State directory · SRTR PSR · KY
Kentucky Transplant Centers
Mid-pack volume · #28 of 48. Kentucky sits mid-pack for report-period volume with 3 SRTR-tracked centers across 6 organ types.
This data is for informational purposes only. It is not medical advice. Always consult your transplant team for decisions about your care.
Center count is not volume
Kentucky ranks #25 of 48 states by SRTR center headcount but #28 by summed reported transplant volume — program inventory and throughput diverge here.
- #25
- Center headcount rank
- #28
- Summed volume rank
Corpus placement ranks states by SRTR center headcount and by summed reported transplant volume separately. Volume is inventory, not a quality grade.
National corpus split
Texas leads with 26 SRTR-tracked transplant centers (#1 of 48 states) but ranks #1 by summed reported volume; California leads volume at 385,415 reported transplants (#1 of 48) with #2 center headcount.
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- Texas centers #1
- #1
- Texas volume rank
- 385,415
- California transplants #1
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- California center rank
Center headcount counts SRTR-listed transplant programs by state of record; volume sums program-specific transplants_performed fields. Neither is an outcomes or referral ranking.
Mid-pack volume · #28 of 48
3 centers · 1,636 summed transplants in Kentucky. Kentucky is mid-pack on volume (3 centers); 1,636 summed PSR transplants; 1% of national state volume; University of Kentucky Medical Center leads in-state at 1,088; national volume rank #28 of 48.
- 3
- SRTR-tracked centers
- 1,636
- Summed reported transplants
- 1%
- Share of national state volume
- 1,088
- In-state volume lead · University of Kentucky Medi…
State totals sum program-specific SRTR fields for centers physically located here. Volume and waitlist size are inventory signals, not outcomes advice. Patients often list across state lines.
Kentucky vs all states by combined SRTR waitlist
Where this state's summed organ waitlist sits among every state with SRTR-tracked centers (inventory signal, not a quality ranking)
1,038 28th of 48 higher than 20 of 48 states
States, banded by summed waitlist_size across organ programs
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Source SRTR Program-Specific Reports · 2026-08-14
Top 3 Kentucky centers by summed transplant volume
Same in-state center list as the directory below, sorted by summed transplants_performed across joined organ programs. Discovery filter, not a quality ranking.
Where Kentucky's reported transplants come from
What this state directory reports
Kentucky sits mid-pack on summed volume - use the organ table and center cards to open program-level fields.
Kentucky: 3 SRTR-tracked transplant centers · covering 6 organ types · 1,636 reported procedures · 1,038 on combined waitlist · 91.1% volume-weighted 1-year graft survival.
See the per-organ summary table for Kentucky-specific breakdowns and the SRTR/OPTN methodology for source and calculation details.
State Summary by Organ
| Organ | Centers | Waitlist | Transplants | Avg 1-yr Survival |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heart-Lung | 1 | N/A | 3 | N/A |
| Kidney | 3 | 870 | 1,067 | 97.7% |
| Kidney-Pancreas | 2 | 27 | 35 | 93.8% |
| Liver | 2 | 128 | 411 | 87.7% |
| Lung | 2 | 10 | 117 | 85.4% |
| Pancreas | 1 | 3 | 3 | N/A |
Jewish Hospital
Norton Children's Hospital
University of Kentucky Medical Center
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Limits of Kentucky State Totals
A state total aggregates the centers in this directory. It does not describe every person who may receive care in Kentucky or the geographic origin of an organ. Program fields stay organ-specific.
Every figure on PlainTransplant is rendered directly from SRTR Program-Specific Reports data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on SRTR Program-Specific Reports data; 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.