UMass Memorial Medical Center hosts kidney (renal) and pancreas transplant support groups to help you and your family members before, during, and after transplant. Participants do not need to be UMass Memorial patients to attend.

Organ Transplant Support at UMass Memorial

Whether you are waiting for your transplant or have already had surgery, it is very important to have support all along the way from different people and groups. Read about the value of a support group and how you can make the most of it.

The UMass Memorial Kidney Pancreas Transplant Support Group is facilitated by transplant social workers and offers you and your care provider monthly guest speakers talking about a variety of topics related to kidney and pancreas transplant. But just as importantly, our group is a forum for supportive sharing and spontaneous conversation among you and participants. Give-and-take discussions often touch upon:

• Nutrition
• Medical compliance
• Medications
• Financial support options
• Family relationships
• Depression
• Substance abuse
• Attitudes toward illness

You do not have to be UMass Memorial patient to attend. Light refreshments are provided.

UMass Memorial also hosts a separate support group for kidney transplant patients who are actively seeking a donor. Call for more information.

*Schedule exceptions:

• July: No meeting
• August: Summer BBQ Potluck & Open Discussion
• December: Gift of Life Celebration instead of regular meeting. The group also hosts a small holiday gathering; dates to be decided.

UMass Memorial Medical Center hosts liver transplant support groups to help patients and their families before, during and after transplant. You do not need to be UMass Memorial patient to attend.

UMass Memorial Liver Transplant Support Group

Whether you are waiting for your transplant or have already had surgery, it is very important to have support all along the way from different people and groups. 

The UMass Memorial Liver Transplant Support Group is facilitated by transplant social workers and occasionally features a prescheduled topic or presentation. But just as importantly, our group is a forum for supportive sharing and spontaneous conversation among you and participants. Topics often include:

• Nutrition
• Medical compliance
• Medications
• Financial support options
• Family relationships
• Depression
• Substance abuse
• Attitudes toward illness

Light refreshments are provided.

No registration or RSVP is required. Call with any questions.