State directory · SRTR PSR · NC
North Carolina Transplant Centers
Top-third volume · #8 of 48. North Carolina is a high-volume SRTR state book (5 tracked centers, 5,182 summed transplants across 7 organ types). Inventory, not a quality grade.
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
North Carolina ranks #16 of 48 states by SRTR center headcount but #8 by summed reported transplant volume — program inventory and throughput diverge here.
- #16
- Center headcount rank
- #8
- 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.
- 26
- Texas centers #1
- #1
- Texas volume rank
- 385,415
- California transplants #1
- #2
- 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.
Top-third volume · #8 of 48
5,182 summed transplants sit in the heaviest third of state books. North Carolina lands in the heaviest volume third nationally (#8 of 48) at 3.2% of national state volume (5,182 summed transplants across 5 centers); Duke University Hospital leads in-state at 1,747.
- 5
- SRTR-tracked centers
- 5,182
- Summed reported transplants
- 3.2%
- Share of national state volume
- 1,747
- In-state volume lead · Duke University Hospital
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.
North Carolina 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)
4,031 7th of 48 higher than 41 of 48 states
States, banded by summed waitlist_size across organ programs
Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more states. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count and share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source SRTR Program-Specific Reports · 2026-08-14
Top 5 North Carolina 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 North Carolina's reported transplants come from
What this state directory reports
North Carolina sits in the heaviest third of state transplant books - the directory below is a large inventory map, not a referral ranking.
North Carolina: 5 SRTR-tracked transplant centers · covering 7 organ types · 5,182 reported procedures · 4,031 on combined waitlist · 91.2% volume-weighted 1-year graft survival.
See the per-organ summary table for North Carolina-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 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 84.6% |
| Intestine | 1 | 10 | 7 | 100.0% |
| Kidney | 5 | 3,781 | 3,674 | 94.9% |
| Kidney-Pancreas | 5 | 103 | 225 | 99.3% |
| Liver | 3 | 105 | 809 | 92.6% |
| Lung | 2 | 7 | 433 | 76.0% |
| Pancreas | 4 | 22 | 27 | N/A |
Carolinas Medical Center
Duke University Hospital
University of North Carolina Hospitals
Vidant Medical Center
Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center
Compare Kidney centers side-by-side →
Limits of North Carolina State Totals
A large North Carolina total still only aggregates centers physically located here - it does not count every resident served or every candidate listed by a North Carolina program. Open a center for organ-level fields.
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.