In keeping with California Pacific's Transplant Department's philosophy of delivering care close to patients' homes, the heart team conducts outreach clinics where needed in the community. Currently, heart failure clinics are located in San Francisco weekly and in Redding monthly. Patients are seen on a monthly basis after transplantation, and then every three months at the cardiologist's discretion, with right heart catheterizations performed every six months. To improve the quality of patients' lives, California Pacific began performing simultaneous kidney-pancreas transplants in 1989. To date, more than 2,800 kidney transplants and 50 kidney-pancreas transplants have been performed.
Survival rates are amongst the best in the nation, as are lengths of stay.
The program consists of an integrated, cohesive team. Five nephrologists specializing in kidney transplantation oversee patient care. Clinical nurse coordinators closely monitor patients referred to the program. Kidney transplants are performed by one of two surgeons. Social workers are also part of the transplant team.