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Location

Toronto General Hospital
Munk Building – 12th Floor, Maria H. Bacardi Ambulatory Transplant Centre & Transplant Clinic

Contact

If you need to cancel or reschedule your appointment, please message your transplant care team via myUHN Patient Portal.

If you would like to speak to someone over the phone, please call our Transplant Reception at 416 340 4800 ext. 4113 and they will redirect your call to your transplant care team.

Hours

Monday – Friday
9:00 am – 12:00 pm
Days will vary depending on the physician.

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Referrals

For urgent referrals, please contact the office directly.

Please note that only physicians may send a referral.

For standard stem-cell transplant or leukemia referrals and PIE Clinic referrals, please fax your referral letter and any pertinent medical information to 416 340 5442. Please specify which type of referral you are making. For all other referrals, please contact 416 340 4800 ext. 4113/8605. Our office will call you with information about the patient's first appointment. Your office is responsible for providing the patient with the appointment information, including time and location, and important documents, test results and imaging that they must bring.​

Please note that clinic appointments may be virtual visits. The clinic team will let you know what type of appointment is appropriate for your care. Learn more about virtual visits at UHN »

What We Do

The Transplant Infectious Diseases Clinic​​

The Transplant Infectious Diseases Clinic provides services to the following groups of patients:​

  • Organ transplant candidates and recipients
  • Organ transplant donors
  • Patients with Ventricular Assist Devices (VADs)
  • Stem-cell transplant candidates and recipients
  • Persons with cancers of the blood or organs

Patients who need diagnosis, treatment, or prevention of infections will be referred by their physician using a referral form package including test and diagnostic results.

You will receive an appointment at our clinic. During the appointment, an infectious disease doctor will determine if you need further tests and treatment. A follow-up will be scheduled to review the results and determine if further action is necessary.

We commonly evaluate the following conditions:

  • Bacterial infections (surgical wound infection, urinary tract infections, lung infections, intraabdominal infection, as well as bone infections)
  • Viral infections (cytomegalovirus, Epstein-Barr virus, BK virus and shingles virus)
  • Fungal infections (Aspergillus and other fungi)
  • VAD-related infections
  • Latent or dormant infections that may need treatment

Pre-transplant Infection Evaluation Clinic (PIE Clinic)

At this clinic, we will provide you with a comprehensive assessment of pre-transplant conditions that need to be managed before you get your transplant. At this clinic, we also offer vaccinations and TB skin testing and counsel for safe living after transplantation.

Who is eligible for this clinic?

  • Transplant candidates (both organ and stem-cell transplant candidates)
  • Patients scheduled to receive chemotherapy for malignancies
  • Potential living donors
  • Potential VAD (ventricular assist device) recipients ​

Tests & Services

The following tests are routinely performed through the Transplant Infectious Diseases Clinic:

  • Nucleic acid testing for various viruses including CMV, EBV, BK, and Adenovirus
  • CMV-resistance testing
  • Multiplex respiratory virus panel for patients with suspected pneumonia
  • Galactomannan testing for the non-culture base diagnosis of invasive aspergillosis
  • Therapeutic Drug Monitoring (TDM) for antimicrobials and antifungals
  • QuantiFERON TB Gold

Other tests that you maybe asked to complete with your clinic appointment:

How to Prepare

Learn more about what you can expect when you have a clinic appointment.​​​

Health Information

Materials and Resources to Help You

Resources from the Patient & Family Education Program

Visit our Health Information section to find dedicated resources to help you understand your condition. Find the information you're looking for.​

Our Team

Meet Our Team

The Transplant Infectious Diseases Clinic is run by Dr. Deepali Kumar, Dr. Coleman Rotstein, Dr. Shahid Husain, Dr. Sasan Hosseini and Dr. Atul Humar who have a combined experience of greater than 50 years in caring of this patient population. All the doctors are known experts in their field and have published extensively in the field.

Medical Director: Dr. Deepali Kumar

Staff Physicians or Specialists:

  • Dr. Shahid Husain
    Transplant Clinic
    Wednesdays
    9:00 am – 12:00 pm​
  • Dr. Coleman Rotstein
    Transplant Clinic
    Mondays, Thursdays and Fridays
    9:00 am – 12:00 pm
  • Dr. Deepali Kumar
    Transplant Clinic
    Tuesdays and Fridays
    9:00 am – 12:00 pm
  • Dr. Atul Humar
    Transplant Clinic
    Fridays
    9:00 am – 12:00 pm
  • Dr. Sasan Hosseini
    Transplant Clinic
    Mondays and Thursdays
    9:00 am – 12:00 pm​
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