Walter Payton Liver Center

The Walter Payton Liver Center integrates research, medical care and surgical treatment for patients with liver diseases. The Walter Payton Liver Center provides patients with a team of the world's best physicians and surgeons, and has placed into their hands the most advanced technology. The Center creates an environment that blends the best in patient care with all the tools needed to conduct the research necessary to transform and save lives.

In this mission, we are motivated by the individual whose name honors our work. Walter Payton led a life driven by a desire - truly a passion -- for winning. His commitment to his team, his city and his family serves as a lesson for all of us as we approach the challenges in our lives.

Our Services

The Walter Payton Liver Center is dedicated to deliver outstanding and compassionate patient. Our goals are to:
• Enhance clinical service with the constant addition of new programs, treatments and specialists
• Expand and tailor new diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopic procedures
• Employ and perfect the most advanced surgical technologies
• Teach a strong, basic foundation in medical sciences combined with extensive clinical training in patient care
• Advance cutting-edge basic and clinical research
• Train and promote physicians who are at the forefront of innovative care through the development of new cures, treatments and technologies
• Reach out to inform, educate and enlighten the communities we serve and the world at large
• Above all, save lives

Our Team
The Payton Center's multi-disciplinary care team includes hepatologists, gastroenterologists, transplant surgeons, research scientists, nurses, social workers, pharmacists, psychologists and dieticians.
Our Locations

University of Illinois Medical Center
Walter Payton Liver Center
1740 West Taylor Street
Seventh Floor West
Chicago, IL 60612

To request an appointment, please call 866.682.WPLC.