Giving to the Transplant Center

Three surgeons performing a liver transplant.

The Largest and Most Experienced Transplant Center in Michigan

Your gift can help our physicians provide the highest-quality care while contributing to major advances in patient care, research, and education.

Gifts are moving our ground-breaking work forward, by:

  • Leading education programs to enhance organ donation awareness to meet growing needs
  • Employing new technology to optimize lung function to increase organ availability
  • Improving the quality of life for all our transplant patients

Transplant Surgery is working to improve health challenges and protect those who seek our care. Our faculty are at the forefront of science and bursting with scientific discovery. And, with our commitment to inclusive medical education that will bring forth generations of experts in the field, your gift will impact patients’ lives.

Giving Opportunities

Transplant Center Support

Help us meet unfunded needs that can include patient and public education, our patient emergency fund, research aimed at improving quality of life for transplant recipients, promotion of organ and tissue donation awareness, and Camp Michitanki.
Support our areas of need

Transplant Patient Emergency Fund

Together with our Transplant social workers, the emergency fund assists over 500 patients and families a year with needs during the transplantation process such as medication coverage, food, and transportation.
Assist our patients and families

UMH Camp Michitanki Transplant Fund

Your gift supports Camp Michitanki, the U-M Transplant Center’s summer camp. The camp provides an exciting camping experience for children ages 7-15 who have had an organ transplant.
Give now to help kids experience summer camp

Transplant Center Innovation Fund

Gifts will support research, clinical innovations, and the development of new programs within the University of Michigan Transplant Center.
Give now to create new possibilities for transplant patients

Transplant Center Nursing Excellence Fund

Support continuing education for all Transplant Center nurses, promote innovative methods to improve patient outcomes, and enhance skills in providing excellent care for Transplant Center patients and their families.
Give now to advance caregiver excellence

Philanthropy News

 Headshot Bert and Pat Armstrong smiling and seated in a booth on their cruise in Bermuda.
Philanthropy News

Armstrong family fuels transplant hope and progress

The Armstrong family honors Bert’s legacy with a fellowship fund supporting future heart transplant doctors, advancing research and hope at U-M.
 Alan Bergmooser
Philanthropy News

Memorial Gifts Helping Transplant Nurses Improve Patient Care

When Alan Bergmooser, 58, passed away unexpectedly at his home on January 17, 2021, his friends and family wanted to celebrate his life and make a difference for others.
 Nurse educating a patient who is holding a heart model
Philanthropy News

CVC Nursing Team Thanks Donor for Improving Care and Safety of Heart Transplant Patients

On July 20, 2022, the nursing team in the University of Michigan Health Frankel Cardiovascular Center (FCVC) hosted a special virtual Zoom session with honored guest Daniel Silverman...

Partner With Us

We would be pleased to discuss your interests and goals — and the impact your gift can have. We can connect you with faculty and staff, identify where your help is most needed, and share how giving can provide personal satisfaction as well as financial and tax benefits.
Jackie Rink

Jackie Rink

Associate Director of Development