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The Swiss pediatric liver center (HUG)

The only center in Switzerland accredited in Highly Specialized Medicine (HSM) for pediatric liver transplantation as well as for hepatobiliary and pancreatic surgery in children.

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Children's Hospital
Rue willy-Donzé 6
1205 Geneva
Switzerland

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The Swiss pediatric liver center - HUG
Rue willy-Donzé 6
1211 Geneva 14
Switzerland

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Barbara Wildhaber
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Barbara Wildhaber
Chief Medical Officer of the Pediatric Surgery Division
Valérie McLin
Prof
Valérie McLin
Attending Physician in the Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Pediatric Nutrition Unit

The Swiss Pediatric Liver Center is the only center in Switzerland accredited in Highly Specialized Medicine (HSM) for pediatric liver transplantation as well as for hepatobiliary and pancreatic surgery in children. Our mission is to care for and support all children with liver disease.

The goal of this website is to answer essential questions : What is this disease ? What will happen during the medical exams ? What should we do while waiting for a transplant ? What will happen during the liver transplant ? What will happen once we get back home ?

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Contact & Location

Do you have an emergency? Need to contact the secretariat or access the Center? Find all the practical information you need here.

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Valérie McLin & Barbara Wildhaber
Prof. Valérie McLin & Prof. Barbara Wildhaber
Crédit photo : Julien Gregorio

«We must replace solitary achievement with collective success»   Albert Jacquard

«It is in this spirit that we care for children and we try to meet the many challenges day! », Pre Barbara Wildhaber & Pr Valérie McLin, the two managers of the Center.

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Our mission is to care for and support all children with liver disease

The Swiss Pediatric Liver Center is the only center in Switzerland accredited in Highly Specialized Medicine (HSM) for pediatric liver transplantation as well as for hepatobiliary and pancreatic surgery in children.

More than 220 children have already received liver transplants in Geneva since 1989. Their 90.9% survival rate is one of the highest in Europe.

The Swiss Pediatric Liver Center is the headquarters of the International Registry of Congenital Portosystemic Shunts.

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Click here to support research on pediatric liver diseases and help improve the care and support provided to patients and their families. Thank you for your support.
 

News & Events

05.03.2026

Big Yellow Friday – 13 March 2026 | Awareness Day for Childhood Liver Diseases

28.02.2026

International Rare Disease Day: HUG Rare Diseases Center launches its new website

25.02.2026

16th International Rare Disease Day in Switzerland – Bellinzona, 27 February 2026