Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients

The Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients (SRTR) evaluates transplant centers in the United States. Data on patient volume and outcomes is sent to the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN). The OPTN runs the national transplant program.

SRTR supports the transplant community with analyses. Transplant centers can use this information to improve patient results and experiences. UF Health’s achievements demonstrate our ability to provide transplants as a treatment for people with the most complex diagnoses.

UF Health – a leader in organ transplantation

UF Health’s lung, liver, and kidney transplant programs are the state’s best and in the top 5 nationwide, based on data published by the Scientific Registry for Transplant Recipients.

• Liver transplant outcomes: We are the No. 1 liver transplant program in the country. Not only do we transplant patients with liver disease faster but also maintain the best one-year transplant patient survival rate of 99.03%, compared to the national average of 93.71%.
• Kidney transplant outcomes: We are the No. 2 kidney transplant program in the country and the best kidney transplant program in the Southeast. Our program outshines the national average for one-year graft survival and transplant patient survival rates, while getting patients transplanted faster.
• Lung transplant outcomes: We are the No. 4 lung transplant program in the country and the best in the Southeast. Our program is No. 1 in three-year patient survival and No. 1 in getting patients transplanted faster.
• Heart transplant outcomes: We continue to rank highly among heart transplant programs, including one-year survival and survival on the waiting list.

Multi-organ transplants

When it comes to taking on the most complex transplant cases, no program has proven itself to be more capable than UF Health, as evidenced by SRTR data.

From the beginning of 2021 through June 2023, UF Health performed several types of multi-organ transplants (heart-lung, kidney-heart-lung, kidney-lung and liver-lung). During that time, UF Health recorded 100% one-year organ survival for all those multi-organ transplants.

That compares favorably to the rest of the U.S. for those four transplant types: heart-lung (83.2%); kidney-heart-lung (66.7%); kidney-lung (82.6%); liver-lung (79.6%).

How does SRTR rank transplant programs?

The SRTR developed a five-tier outcome assessment system to make it easier for the public to understand and compare the out­­­comes of different transplant programs. The assessments focus on three metrics:

Survival rate on the waiting list (pre-transplant mortality rate): Measures how many patients died before undergoing a transplant relative to how many were expected to die

Getting a transplant faster (transplant rate): Measures the rate at which the program finds an organ donation for its candidates

One-year organ survival (first-year graft survival): Measures the organs transplanted and the success rate

Transplant programs receive a score for each of these three metrics, placing them within tier 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5 (with tier 5 indicating likely better performance).

Why UF Health?

Liver

The UF Health transplant center has the best liver transplant program in the nation. Our team excels in transplant hepatology and transplant surgery.

Our program assists patients with advanced liver disease who are in liver failure or end-stage liver disease who receive adult liver transplants from our liver transplant surgeons.

Kidney

UF Health’s transplant center is the second-best kidney transplant program in the nation.

If you're in need of a new kidney, our transplant surgeon and team are nationally recognized for their expertise in kidney transplant surgery and organ transplant care to recipients with kidney disease.

Lung

The UF Health transplant center is the fifth-best lung transplant program in the nation.

Our lung disease pulmonologists and lung transplant team help patients with end-stage lung disease and advanced lung disease, including pulmonary fibrosis, in their journey to become a lung transplant recipient.

Heart

Our transplant center has more than 30 years of experience in advanced heart failure therapies and heart transplantation techniques.

Our heart transplant team is home to the primary referral center in the Southeast for high-risk heart failure patients, including those with congenital heart disease and patients in need of a multi-organ transplant.

Multi-organ transplants

As mentioned above, UF Health has distinguished itself for its ability to tackle the most challenging transplant cases.

As a demonstration of UF Health's leading-edge transplant services, our team is uniquely adept in multi-organ transplant care, recording 100% one-year organ survival for all multi-organ transplants (heart-lung; kidney-heart-lung; kidney-lung and liver-lung).

For this reason and more, UF Health is proud to be able to help even the neediest transplant recipient.