Surgeons across the nation performed 7,127 adult liver transplants in 2015, the first year the number of such surgeries exceeded 7,000, according to a 2015 annual data report published in the American Journal of Transplantation in January 2017.
Here are the 10 hospitals with the highest liver transplant volume in the nation in 2015, according to the Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients. SRTR analyzes data from the Organ Procurement Transplant Network on every solid organ procurement organization and transplant program in the U.S.
Ochsner Foundation Hospital (New Orleans) — 213 transplants in 2015
University of California San Francisco Medical Center — 159
University of Maryland Medical System (Baltimore) — 153
Vanderbilt University Medical Center/Nashville (Tenn.) VA Medical Center — 149
Mayo Clinic Florida (Jacksonville) — 147
Emory University Hospital (Atlanta) — 146
Indiana University Health (Indianapolis) — 146
University of California at Los Angeles Medical Center — 146
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia) — 142
University of Alabama Hospital (Birmingham) — 140