Transplant center survival statistics: Kidney
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Below are transplant centers whose patient survival rates exceeded or fell short of expectations. Not listed are transplant centers that met survival expectations--which factor in the condition of patients and donated organs.
SOURCE: Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients (www.ustransplant.org)
| Center name | State | Number of transplants | 1-year patient survival % | Expected patient survival % | |
| University of Washington Medical Center | Washignton | 177 | 99.44 | 96.03 | Higher than expected |
| Mount Sinai Medical Center | New York | 269 | 99.13 | 96.05 | Higher than expected |
| Methodist Specialty and Transplant Hospital** | Texas | 341 | 98.24 | 95.94 | Higher than expected |
| University of North Carolina Hospitals | North Carolina | 129 | 98.22 | 94.02 | Higher than expected |
| Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania** | Pennsylvania | 365 | 98.21 | 95.72 | Higher than expected |
| Clarian Health/Methodist/Indiana U/Riley | Indiana | 508 | 97.66 | 95.6 | Higher than expected |
| Ohio State University Medical Center* | Ohio | 428 | 91.04 | 96.44 | Lower than expected |
| Our Lady of Lourdes Medical Center | New Jersey | 106 | 90.57 | 95.01 | Lower than expected |
| Via Christi Regional Medical Center, St. Francis Campus* | Kansas | 64 | 90.14 | 97.6 | Lower than expected |
| University of Tennessee Medical Center at Knoxville* | Tennessee | 102 | 89.63 | 95.23 | Lower than expected |
| Covenant Medical Center* | Texas | 68 | 89.46 | 97.07 | Lower than expected |
| Rhode Island Hospital* | Rhode Island | 137 | 89.1 | 96.79 | Lower than expected |
| University Medical Center* | Texas | 72 | 88.89 | 96.79 | Lower than expected |
| Miami Valley Hospital | Ohio | 50 | 87.8 | 95.05 | Lower than expected |
| Erlanger Medical Center* | Tennessee | 74 | 87.53 | 95.52 | Lower than expected |
| State University of New York Upstate Medical University* | New York | 78 | 86.69 | 96.61 | Lower than expected |
| Johnson City Medical Center Hospital* | Tennessee | 52 | 86.54 | 95.61 | Lower than expected |
| St. Luke’s Roosevelt Hospital Center | New York | 32 | 86.31 | 95.82 | Lower than expected |
| Note: Covers first-time kidney transplants among adults between July 1, 2003 and December 31, 2005 | |||||
| Children’s hospitals are not included | |||||
| * indicates the center also had a survival rate that was lower than expected in the last reporting period (covering Jan. 1, 2003-June 30, 2005) | |||||
| ** indicates the center also had a survival rate that was higher than expected in the last reporting period | |||||
| Statistics are adjusted to take into account the condition of patients and donor organs | |||||
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