Model for End-Stage Liver Disease (Combined MELD)
Offers multiple versions of MELD for liver transplant planning.
On this page, you'll find the original MELD Score (Pre-2016), MELD Na (previously UNOS/OPTN standard), and MELD 3.0. MELD 3.0 is the current standard calculation for organ transplantation consideration in the United States and better accounts for disparities in organ allotment based on sex.
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Patrick S. Kamath, MD, is a professor of gastroenterology and hepatology at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. His research interests include acute-on-chronic liver failure, nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, polycystic liver disease, Budd-Chiari syndrome and hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia. Dr. Kamath is internationally renowned as a leading researcher in hepatology and has also won numerous awards as an educator.
W. Ray Kim, MD, is the Chief of the Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology at Stanford University. He formerly studied in Seoul, South Korea, and completed fellowships in gastroenterology and hepatology at the Mayo Clinic.