SRTR rankings · Liver · November 2025 cohort

Liver transplant centers by 1-year survival

119 liver programs meet SRTR's minimum case-volume floor in the November 2025 cohort. Rankings order risk-adjusted 1-year graft survival, not a recommendation to choose a center.

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This data is for informational purposes only. It is not medical advice. Always consult your transplant team for decisions about your care. Rankings show centers by highest survival rate and do not constitute a recommendation.

According to SRTR Program-Specific Reports (November 2025), 119 liver programs meet the published case-volume floor and average 91.5% risk-adjusted 1-year graft survival; Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center leads at 100.0%.

Survival is not volume

Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center in Wisconsin leads risk-adjusted 1-year graft survival at 100.0% (#1 of 119) but ranks #87 by program volume at 154 transplants; University of California at Los… in California leads volume at 1,059 (#1 of 119) with 92.7% survival (rank #61).

100.0%
Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center survival #1: #87
Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center volume rank: 1,059
University of California at Los… transplants #1: #61
University of California at Los… survival rank

SRTR risk-adjusted 1-year graft survival and transplant counts come from Program-Specific Reports (November 2025). Higher survival is not a referral recommendation; high-volume programs accept broader candidate pools.

Liver ranking picture

the ranked set performed 38,557 liver transplants combined; 9,398 candidates sit on these programs' combined waitlists.

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Programs ranked: 91.5%
Mean 1-yr survival: 9,398
Combined waitlist

Survival rates are SRTR risk-adjusted estimates for historical cohorts. Centers accepting higher-risk patients may report lower rates while providing appropriate care.

Compiled by PlainTransplant · August 14, 2026

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Every figure on PlainTransplant is rendered directly from SRTR Program-Specific Reports data, no number is typed in by an editor. Organ rankings for Liver are ordered from SRTR Program-Specific Reports risk-adjusted 1-year graft survival; no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a correction. Data current as of November 2025.

Centers with highest 1-year graft survival rate from SRTR November 2025, limited to programs reporting at least 5 liver transplants in the period (below that, a single case can swing the rate by 20+ points). 119 centers meet that floor.

Note: Survival rate alone does not determine the best center for your situation. Centers that accept higher-risk patients or sicker patients may have lower survival rates. Discuss your options with your transplant team.

Mean 1-year graft survival across 119 ranked liver programs in the November 2025 SRTR cohort

What this shows: the bar behind each 1-yr Survival figure is scaled to Aurora St. Luke's Medical C…'s rate (100.0%), the highest in this cohort. Hover a row for that center's exact share of the leader and its rank out of 119.

Rank	Center	State	1-yr Survival	3-yr Survival	Transplants	Waitlist stock	Additions
1	Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center	Wisconsin	100.0%	78.5%	154	27	36
2	Centura Porter Adventist Hospital	Colorado	100.0%	80.0%	52	7	12
3	Children's Healthcare of Atlanta at Egleston	Georgia	100.0%	100.0%	76	7	6
4	Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center	Texas	100.0%	92.3%	92	41	41
5	Texas Children's Hospital	Texas	100.0%	0.0%	137	14	33
6	UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh	Pennsylvania	100.0%	100.0%	65	22	43
7	VA Portland Health Care System	Oregon	100.0%	78.4%	82	16	24
8	Froedtert Memorial Lutheran Hospital	Wisconsin	99.0%	85.8%	279	59	86
9	Cleveland Clinic Florida Weston	Florida	98.4%	84.9%	192	59	106
10	The Queen's Medical Center	Hawaii	98.0%	85.6%	68	28	35
11	UF Health Shands Hospital	Florida	97.8%	91.0%	354	44	180
12	University Hospitals of Cleveland	Ohio	97.6%	94.1%	171	36	49
13	UT Southwestern Medical Center/	Texas	97.5%	87.5%	531	220	197
14	Westchester Medical Center	New York	96.5%	85.3%	279	49	77
15	University of Minnesota Medical Center, Fairview	Minnesota	96.3%	92.6%	364	52	138
16	Intermountain Medical Center	Utah	96.3%	89.4%	320	25	175
17	University Hospital, University of Texas Health Science Center	Texas	96.1%	92.9%	372	182	281
18	Willis-Knighton Medical Center	Louisiana	96.0%	59.2%	67	37	15
19	Banner-University Medical Center Phoenix	Arizona	95.8%	76.5%	295	13	70
20	New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center	New York	95.8%	86.8%	225	87	117
21	William Beaumont Hospital	Michigan	95.5%	95.5%	148	41	52
22	Indiana University Health	Indiana	95.3%	86.1%	551	99	231
23	UAMS Medical Center	Arkansas	95.3%	86.0%	160	23	61
24	New York University Medical Center	New York	95.2%	90.1%	189	39	141
25	North Shore University Hospital/Northwell Health	New York	95.2%	92.1%	113	58	153
26	Methodist Specialty and Transplant Hospital	Texas	95.2%	83.7%	454	83	96
27	Memorial Hermann Hospital, University of Texas at Houston	Texas	95.1%	85.8%	152	30	28
28	Yale New Haven Hospital	Connecticut	94.8%	83.1%	165	100	65
29	University of California San Diego Medical Center	California	94.7%	87.7%	354	68	174
30	University of Virginia Health Sciences Center	Virginia	94.7%	86.0%	321	28	94
31	Keck Hospital of USC	California	94.7%	86.5%	620	219	218
32	University of Washington Medical Center	Washington	94.5%	93.4%	426	87	154
33	Geisinger Medical Center	Pennsylvania	94.4%	90.5%	62	32	33
34	University of Kentucky Medical Center	Kentucky	94.4%	90.4%	313	118	117
35	Piedmont Hospital	Georgia	94.3%	88.4%	566	146	230
36	Florida Hospital Medical Center	Florida	94.3%	83.4%	258	36	74
37	Montefiore Medical Center	New York	94.3%	81.0%	193	20	56
38	Duke University Hospital	North Carolina	94.3%	87.0%	361	38	202
39	Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania	Pennsylvania	94.2%	86.2%	545	163	233
40	Auxilio Mutuo Hospital	Puerto Rico	93.9%	89.8%	152	17	39
41	VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System	Pennsylvania	93.9%	74.6%	144	45	40
42	Mayo Clinic Hospital	Arizona	93.9%	86.2%	757	101	390
43	Stanford Health Care	California	93.7%	85.4%	473	138	170
44	Loma Linda University Medical Center	California	93.5%	83.9%	483	72	123
45	Oregon Health & Science University	Oregon	93.5%	95.8%	269	79	127
46	Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center	Massachusetts	93.5%	84.1%	291	16	106
47	Rochester Methodist Hospital (Mayo Clinic)	Minnesota	93.4%	90.5%	498	101	194
48	Ochsner Foundation Hospital	Louisiana	93.3%	84.8%	577	77	160
49	Strong Memorial Hospital, University of Rochester Medical Center	New York	93.3%	85.3%	315	61	106
50	Integris Baptist Medical Center	Oklahoma	93.2%	83.7%	313	99	130
51	Cedars-Sinai Medical Center	California	93.1%	84.9%	438	71	150
52	California Pacific Medical Center	California	93.0%	88.3%	337	93	97
53	CHI St. Luke's Health Baylor College of Medicine Medical Center	Texas	92.9%	88.0%	531	212	210
54	Loyola University Medical Center	Illinois	92.9%	85.1%	259	47	100
55	Henry Ford Hospital	Michigan	92.9%	86.1%	392	119	160
56	Methodist Dallas Medical Center	Texas	92.9%	87.0%	310	75	109
57	Allegheny General Hospital	Pennsylvania	92.8%	82.0%	157	27	78
58	Medical University of South Carolina	South Carolina	92.8%	80.9%	329	109	128
59	Northwestern Memorial Hospital	Illinois	92.7%	82.4%	367	68	163
60	Tampa General Hospital	Florida	92.7%	85.3%	607	140	363
61	University of California at Los Angeles Medical Center	California	92.7%	85.9%	1,059	490	385
62	Carolinas Medical Center	North Carolina	92.6%	88.4%	297	35	119
63	University of Illinois Medical Center	Illinois	92.6%	80.8%	211	31	80
64	Mayo Clinic Florida	Florida	92.5%	88.4%	522	97	226
65	University of California San Francisco Medical Center	California	92.5%	91.4%	778	414	263
66	Barnes-Jewish Hospital	Missouri	92.3%	81.4%	476	62	177
67	University of Cincinnati Medical Center	Ohio	92.3%	85.6%	892	16	170
68	Rush University Medical Center	Illinois	92.0%	88.5%	160	39	96
69	Johns Hopkins Hospital	Maryland	91.9%	90.0%	509	290	201
70	Vanderbilt University Medical Center	Tennessee	91.9%	85.2%	605	134	232
71	St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center	Arizona	91.9%	81.1%	99	16	20
72	University of Colorado Hospital/Health Science Center	Colorado	91.8%	86.2%	374	95	188
73	Tulane Medical Center	Louisiana	91.7%	87.4%	72	7	17
74	Penn State Milton S Hershey Medical Center	Pennsylvania	91.7%	79.2%	130	6	35
75	University of Alabama Hospital	Alabama	91.7%	86.5%	463	140	181
76	University Hospital	New Jersey	91.6%	92.3%	244	67	83
77	Swedish Medical Center	Washington	91.6%	82.1%	191	49	108
78	OU Medical Center	Oklahoma	91.6%	87.5%	115	9	49
79	SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital	Missouri	91.5%	93.2%	152	50	71
80	The Nebraska Medical Center	Nebraska	91.4%	87.8%	392	82	183
81	Albert Einstein Medical Center	Pennsylvania	91.3%	78.6%	323	42	109
82	University of Michigan Medical Center	Michigan	91.3%	86.7%	278	42	155
83	University of Maryland Medical System	Maryland	91.2%	84.3%	439	175	128
84	St Luke's Hospital of Kansas City	Missouri	91.1%	82.4%	114	27	28
85	University of North Carolina Hospitals	North Carolina	91.0%	88.9%	151	32	55
86	Baylor University Medical Center	Texas	91.0%	82.9%	428	32	111
87	Mount Sinai Medical Center	New York	91.0%	82.9%	729	104	238
88	UMass Memorial Medical Center	Massachusetts	90.8%	83.0%	430	222	89
89	University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics	Wisconsin	90.6%	85.3%	401	90	168
90	The Cleveland Clinic Foundation	Ohio	90.5%	83.5%	633	68	258
91	Baylor Scott and White All Saints Medical Center-Fort Worth	Texas	90.5%	86.7%	393	20	72
92	Hartford Hospital	Connecticut	90.4%	88.1%	146	69	61
93	Ohio State University Medical Center	Ohio	90.1%	87.1%	575	89	227
94	Massachusetts General Hospital	Massachusetts	90.0%	85.9%	578	172	114
95	Presbyterian/St Luke's Medical Center	Colorado	89.9%	84.1%	220	47	60
96	University of Kansas Hospital	Kansas	89.8%	84.3%	290	140	127
97	Emory University Hospital	Georgia	89.7%	85.8%	494	70	152
98	NY Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia Univ. Medical Center	New York	89.6%	87.3%	351	98	155
99	Largo Medical Center	Florida	89.6%	84.7%	74	12	46
100	Houston Methodist Hospital	Texas	89.3%	80.8%	1,007	377	396
101	University of Chicago Medical Center	Illinois	89.2%	83.5%	261	59	139
102	University of Pittsburgh Medical Center	Pennsylvania	89.0%	84.6%	331	94	173
103	University of Utah Medical Center	Utah	89.0%	89.7%	161	36	78
104	Jackson Memorial Hospital University of Miami School of Medicine	Florida	88.9%	84.7%	636	113	198
105	Banner University Medical Center-Tucson	Arizona	88.0%	68.4%	51	13	14
106	Georgetown University Medical Center	District of Columbia	87.9%	82.6%	516	212	201
107	Thomas Jefferson University Hospital	Pennsylvania	87.7%	85.2%	361	101	105
108	Medical College of Virginia Hospitals	Virginia	87.6%	88.0%	584	213	290
109	Methodist University Hospital	Tennessee	87.0%	81.6%	419	38	103
110	Lahey Clinic Medical Center	Massachusetts	86.6%	85.6%	269	73	136
111	Our Lady of Lourdes Medical Center	New Jersey	84.4%	87.2%	132	29	62
112	Jewish Hospital	Kentucky	81.0%	84.0%	98	10	22
113	University of Mississippi Medical Center	Mississippi	80.0%	87.9%	181	37	74
114	Temple University Hospital	Pennsylvania	78.6%	79.4%	73	12	18
115	Scripps Green Hospital	California	77.2%	84.4%	148	41	42
116	University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics Transplant Programs	Iowa	71.4%	89.7%	144	20	33
117	Avera McKennan Hospital	South Dakota	66.7%	61.9%	90	0	0
118	Broward Health Medical Center	Florida	50.0%	77.5%	66	0	0
119	Childrens Hospital Los Angeles	California	50.0%	N/A	116	20	26

Featured Liver Programs

A quick-scan card view of top liver transplant programs. Use the full ranking table above for complete comparisons.

Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center

Wisconsin · Rank #1 · 100.0% 1-yr

Centura Porter Adventist Hospital

Colorado · Rank #2 · 100.0% 1-yr

Children's Healthcare of Atlanta at Egleston

Georgia · Rank #3 · 100.0% 1-yr

Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center

Texas · Rank #4 · 100.0% 1-yr

Texas Children's Hospital

Texas · Rank #5 · 100.0% 1-yr

Compare Liver centers side-by-side →Liver overview

How to Read This Ranking

Survival rankings for liver transplantation reflect a single, well-defined outcome: the probability that the transplanted organ remains functional one year after surgery, adjusted for differences in patient mix. Two centers reporting the same raw survival number can sit very far apart in a risk-adjusted ranking when one accepts a much sicker waiting list than the other. SRTR's hierarchical Bayesian models lean toward the national average for low-volume centers, so a small program with five transplants in the cohort window will move less in either direction than a large program with five hundred, the ranking is most stable for centers in the middle of the volume distribution.

Risk adjustment matters because not every liver candidate carries the same baseline risk. Recipients with advanced disease, multiple prior failed transplants, donor-recipient size mismatches, or immunological sensitization will have lower expected survival before the procedure begins. SRTR's models subtract this expected survival from observed survival to produce a center-specific performance estimate. A center that consistently accepts the most complex referrals, for instance, regional referral hospitals taking patients other programs decline, can outperform on risk-adjusted survival while reporting lower raw numbers. The ranking column you see here is the adjusted figure, not the raw one.

Patients and referring clinicians use these rankings as one signal among several. Distance from home, insurance coverage, surgeon volume in your specific subtype, willingness to accept marginal donors, and program-specific eligibility criteria all weigh into a real-world transplant decision. The rankings here describe the typical outcome envelope a program has produced in the SRTR cohort window, they do not, and cannot, predict your individual outcome. Always discuss center selection with your transplant nephrologist, hepatologist, cardiologist, or pulmonologist, who can correlate published survival data with your specific clinical profile.

Caveats and Limitations

SRTR Program-Specific Reports are released semi-annually (May and November). Rankings shown here reflect the most recent published cohort; some single-event changes at a program may not yet be visible.
Programs below SRTR's minimum case-volume threshold are excluded from comparative rankings to preserve statistical reliability. Such programs may still be active and may report individual outcomes elsewhere.
One-year graft survival is the SRTR's primary public outcome but not the only metric that matters. Patient survival, three-year graft survival, time to transplant from listing, and post-transplant readmission rates each tell a different story about program performance.
Geographic concentration of transplant centers means a top-ranked program may be impractical for patients in rural or under-served regions. The Compare and State views allow filtering by geography to surface programs that are realistic options for a specific patient.

Data Sources

SRTR Program-Specific Reports (November 2025 release) - risk-adjusted 1-year graft survival estimates for liver transplant programs. srtr.org
OPTN liver allocation policy - policy governing liver distribution nationally. optn.transplant.hrsa.gov

About These Rankings

Source: SRTR Program-Specific Reports, November 2025 Centers are ranked by estimated 1-year graft survival probability for adult recipients. Centers without sufficient case volume are excluded per SRTR statistical methodology

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.