The Uterine Transplantation UK HQ is at the Lister Hospital (Chelsea, London) and the research team also has a base at Imperial College London and The University of Oxford NHS Trust.
Our research is carried out across various sites: Hammersmith Hospital Campus (Institute of Reproductive Development and Biology), Imperial College South Kensington Campus (Institute of Biomedical Engineering), The Oxford Transplant Centre (Churchill Hospital, Oxford) and The Lister Hospital.
Two series of operations are currently being offered:
- 10 operations transplanting a womb from a brain dead donor
- 5 operations transplanting a womb from a living relative of the recipient
- Each operation takes place at The Churchill Hospital, part of Oxford University NHS Trust in Oxford
- Preliminary assessment, and post-operative care takes place at Queen Charing Cross and Queen Charlotte’s Hospitals in London and the Churchill Transplant Centre in Oxford, with obstetric care at Queen Charlotte’s Hospital. Charing Cross and Queen Charlotte’s Hospitals are part of Imperial College Healthcare.
- The embryo transfer procedures are carried out at The Lister Fertility Clinic in Chelsea, London
- The surgical and medical team has members from five different hospitals in London and Oxford and is led by Professor Richard Smith and Consultant Transplant Surgeon Miss Isabel Quiroga.