Liver Transplant Care at Memorial Şişli
Memorial’s official sources identify a liver transplant and organ transplantation center at the Şişli campus. The program describes both living-donor and deceased-donor transplantation within its regulated clinical service.
That national capability must not be read as a promise of access for a non-resident. MedTransplant focuses this page on a case-specific living-donor evaluation pathway and does not claim international access to deceased-donor allocation.
Recipient Evaluation Is Multidisciplinary
A transplant center may review the cause and severity of liver disease, current stability, infection and cancer status, heart and lung fitness, kidney function, nutrition, prior treatment and the patient’s ability to follow long-term care.
Only the responsible transplant team can decide whether transplantation, another treatment or further assessment is appropriate.
Potential Living-Donor Evaluation
A potential living donor may need blood-group review, medical and psychosocial assessment, liver-function testing, cross-sectional imaging and detailed analysis of liver anatomy and volume.
Living liver donation is major surgery for a healthy person. The potential donor must be evaluated independently, understand the risks, participate voluntarily and remain free to withdraw. A willing donor is not automatically a suitable donor.
Consent, Relationship and Ethical Review
Identity and relationship evidence may be requested under hospital and authority requirements. Donation must not involve payment, brokerage, pressure or a promise of acceptance. Additional ethical review may be required for some relationships or circumstances.
Records for Preliminary Hospital Review
A structured first file helps the hospital identify missing information before travel.
- Current hepatology summary and diagnosis
- Recent liver, kidney, blood-count and coagulation results
- CT or MRI reports and available image files
- Cancer staging or pathology when relevant
- Potential donor identity, relationship and available health information
How the MedTransplant Case Review Works
MedTransplant registers the inquiry, organizes recipient and potential-donor information, submits the prepared file for appropriate hospital review and communicates requests or a preliminary response. It does not make clinical decisions or contact patients on behalf of an unverified donor.
National Capability Is Not International Eligibility
Liver transplantation is organized within national legal, clinical and allocation systems. A hospital’s ability to perform transplantation does not establish access for an international patient, especially to deceased-donor pathways.
The hospital and relevant authorities must confirm whether a lawful pathway exists for the individual case.
Plan Travel Only After Preliminary Review
Recipient and potential donor travel should normally follow a meaningful hospital response. Requested tests, expected assessment stages, possible length of stay, accommodation and follow-up planning are case-specific.
Case-Specific Quotation
No unverified package price is presented. A quotation may depend on recipient and donor assessment, diagnostics, imaging review, hospitalization and the treatment plan, and can only be considered after the hospital reviews the case.
Long-Term Care Remains Essential
Transplant planning includes immunosuppressive treatment, infection monitoring, laboratory follow-up and coordination with clinicians after the patient returns home. The responsible teams must agree how continuity of care will work before treatment proceeds.
Country-specific preparation
International patient pathways
Review focused pre-travel guidance for patients preparing recipient and potential living-donor information.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does Memorial Şişli perform liver transplantation?
Memorial’s official sources identify liver transplantation at its Şişli Organ Transplantation Center. An individual case still requires specialist review.
Can an international patient access a deceased-donor liver?
This page makes no such claim. Deceased-donor access is governed by national allocation rules and must be confirmed by the hospital and relevant authorities.
Can a relative automatically become a living donor?
No. Relationship does not establish medical, anatomical, psychosocial, ethical or legal suitability.
What records should be sent first?
Start with a current hepatology summary, recent laboratory results, imaging reports and relevant treatment history. Potential-donor information is separate and case-specific.
Should recipient and donor travel before review?
It is generally safer to wait for a meaningful preliminary hospital response and requested next steps.
Does MedTransplant provide a donor?
No. MedTransplant does not source, recruit, sell, broker or arrange donors or organs.
Does case submission guarantee acceptance?
No. It guarantees neither hospital acceptance nor donor approval, surgery, timing or outcome.
Who makes the final decision?
The transplant center and relevant authorities make all final clinical, donor, ethical and legal decisions.
Sources and verification
Medical and ethical responsibility
MedTransplant coordinates international case preparation and referral. It does not provide medical advice, determine eligibility, allocate organs, arrange donors or guarantee acceptance, timing or outcomes.