As one of the nation's premier health care institutions, Scripps is committed to the highest possible quality of clinical care, medical education and clinical research.  The Scripps Center for Organ and Cell Transplantation specializes in liver, kidney, pancreas, and pancreatic islet transplants. The center also provides living donor programs for liver and kidney transplants.

The goals of the Scripps Center for Organ and Cell Transplantation are: 1) to help every patient on the Scripps waitlist get transplanted, 2) to provide progressive and high-quality transplant care for the people of San Diego and surrounding regions, 3) to provide compassionate care for its patients and support for their families and friends, 4) to participate in educational and research endeavors essential to achieving the best possible outcome for patients and 5) to integrate the surgical expertise unique to the Transplant Section into the health care delivery network that is constantly evolving at Scripps Health.

The Section of Organ and Cell Transplantation is an integral part of the Division of General Surgery and Organ Transplantation in the Department of Surgery. The Liver Transplantation Program of Scripps Clinic and Scripps Green Hospital was founded in 1990, as part of the multidivisional Liver Disease Center. Liver transplantation procedures began shortly thereafter. The Clinical Research Program was added in 1993, the Kidney Transplant Program in 1994, and the Pancreas Transplant Program in 1999.  A teaching affiliation between the Transplant Section at Scripps and the U.S. Naval Hospital / San Diego surgical training program was established in 1995, and since that time surgical residents from the U.S. Naval Hospital / San Diego have come to Scripps to receive their training in the care and management of transplant patients.