Heart Transplant in San Diego

San Diego's Longest Operating Heart Transplant Center

Sharp HealthCare’s Heart Transplant Program is recognized as one of the premier programs in Southern California and the nation. 

Led by a medical team of experts, Sharp's Heart Transplant Center has one of the country’s highest one-year survival rates, consistently exceeding national averages. 

To learn more about our survival rates, visit the Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients. We hope you find this website helpful, but please remember that Sharp HealthCare does not control or endorse the information presented on this website, nor does this site endorse the information found on www.sharp.com.

Why Choose Sharp for Heart Transplant Surgery?

  • Our premier heart transplant program celebrated 25 years of providing care for the San Diego community in 2010
  • Patients who do not meet the criteria for a heart transplant may be referred to mechanical circulatory support  
  • We perform both heart transplant and retransplant procedures

Meet the Heart Transplant Team

Sharp's heart transplant medical team provides unparalleled expertise to ensure our patients receive the best care. Meet our heart transplant medical team.

How to Become a Heart Transplant Patient

Prospective heart transplant patients will need to be evaluated to determine transplant candidacy. To learn more, visit becoming a heart transplant patient and read answers to our frequently asked questions.

Heart Transplant Patient Stories

Read Sharp's heart transplant patient stories.

 Meet some of our heart transplant patients by reading their life-changing patient success stories.

Free Heart Transplant Support Group

Attend our free monthly heart transplant patient-family support group, which is led by a social worker and nurse practitioner who are available to answer questions.

For More Heart Transplant Surgery Information

To learn more about the heart transplant program, please contact the program directly by calling the office at 858-939-3831, Monday through Friday, 7 am to 3 pm. After hours, please call 858-939-3400 and ask to speak to the on-call heart transplant coordinator who is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

To learn more about Sharp's transplant services or to find a Sharp-affiliated doctor, search for a San Diego heart surgeon or call 1-800-82-SHARP (1-800-827-4277), Monday through Friday, 8 am to 6 pm. To find general information about transplant, visit Heart Transplantation in Adult Health or read the Transplant News archive.