Baylor St. Luke's Liver Transplant Program
CHI St. Luke's Health Baylor College of Medicine Medical Center · Houston, TX
At a glance
| Measure | This program |
|---|---|
| Typical wait for a transplant | Not reached in the report period |
| Out of 100 people listed here, within one year | 39 of 100 transplanted; 6 of 100 die waiting |
| Patients alive 1 year after transplant | 97.2% |
| Patients alive 3 years after transplant | 88.2% |
| Program type | Adult program |
Typical wait is the SRTR median time to transplant: half of patients listed here were transplanted sooner, half later.
How we calculate “out of 100”: SRTR reports how often patients on each program’s list are transplanted and how often they die while waiting. We convert those two rates into what they mean for 100 people listed at the program for one year, counting transplant and death as competing outcomes. It is an estimate for a typical patient, not a prediction for you: your MELD score, blood type and health change your own odds.
How Baylor St. Luke's compares
Other liver transplant programs in Texas:
| Program | City | Typical wait | 1-year survival |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baylor All Saints Fort Worth | Fort Worth | 2.8 months | 97.5% |
| Baylor Dallas | Dallas | 2.2 months | 97.5% |
| Children's Health Dallas | Dallas | 10.5 months | 98.1% |
| Houston Methodist | Houston | 11.6 months | 95.9% |
| Medical City Dallas | Dallas | 1.0 months | 96.8% |
| Memorial Hermann–TMC | Houston | 13.0 months | 96.6% |
| Methodist Dallas | Dallas | 6.6 months | 97.0% |
| Methodist San Antonio | San Antonio | 42.3 months | 97.7% |
| Houston VA (DeBakey) | Houston | Not reached in the report period | 97.6% |
| Texas Children's | Houston | 2.8 months | 98.4% |
| University Children's Health | San Antonio | 2.4 months | 96.9% |
| University Health San Antonio | San Antonio | 7.3 months | 97.2% |
| UT Southwestern | Dallas | 11.4 months | 97.3% |
Programs offered
- Pediatric living donor transplant
- Split-liver transplant
- Uses livers from donation after circulatory death (DCD)
- Normothermic machine perfusion of donor livers
- ABO-incompatible transplant
- Evaluates patients who are listed at another center
From SRTR program data and the center’s public website. A service missing from this list may still be offered; ask the program.
Location and contact
CHI St. Luke's Health Baylor College of Medicine Medical Center
6720 Bertner Ave, Ste Mc1-266, Houston, TX 77030
National Friends is an independent patient-advocacy charity and is not affiliated with CHI St. Luke's Health Baylor College of Medicine Medical Center.
Frequently asked questions
What are the chances of getting a liver transplant at Baylor St. Luke's within a year?
Based on SRTR data, out of 100 people on this program’s waiting list, about 39 receive a transplant within one year and about 6 die while waiting.
What is the survival rate after liver transplant at Baylor St. Luke's?
97.2% of patients are alive one year after transplant at CHI St. Luke's Health Baylor College of Medicine Medical Center, and 88.2% at three years (SRTR).
Can I be listed at Baylor St. Luke's and another transplant center at the same time?
Yes. OPTN policy allows multiple listing. Each center must evaluate and accept you. See our dual listing guide.
Sources
- SRTR: Program-Specific Reports (PSR) for U.S. transplant programs
- SRTR: Transplant center search
- OPTN Policies (Policy 3.4 multiple registrations; Policy 9 liver allocation)
- HRSA/OPTN: Multiple listing, patient information
About this content
Medically reviewed by James F. Trotter, MD and Joseph S. Redman, MD, PhD of the National Friends Medical Advisory Board on . Reviewers check clinical statements against the cited sources; data tables come from the public SRTR program-specific reports and OPTN policy.
Disclosure: Dr. Trotter and Dr. Redman practice at Intermountain Health. Every program on this site, including Intermountain, is shown from the same public SRTR reports; figures a center reported to us directly are labeled as center-reported.
Published by Friends of the National Liver Waiting List, a 501(c)(3) patient advocacy charity. Updated . Not medical advice: talk with your hepatologist or transplant team about your own care.