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The Liver Transplant Program at the Carolinas Center for Liver Diseases 
In 2009, the CMC Liver Transplant Program posted the Highest Percentage of First-Year Survival Rates in North Carolina, according to the Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients. In addition, CMC Liver Transplant Program led the state, performing more transplant surgeries than either UNC Hospitals or Duke University Medical Center, and posted better outcomes one year post-transplantation.
Our Liver Transplant Program is second to none in North Carolina, and is a leading program in the Southeast.
| Procedures performed in 2009 |
# of Liver Transplants |
First-year Survival Rate |
One-year Graft Survival |
| CMC |
64 |
90.02 |
88.35 |
| UNC Hospitals |
40 |
83.64 |
81.76 |
| Duke University Medical Center |
57 |
78.57 |
70.57 |
In 2009, CMC performed 64 liver transplants, more than doubling the number of surgeries we performed in 2006 when the total was 26. CMC performed the greatest number of transplants in North Carolina compared to Duke's 57 and UNC's 40 liver transplants.
Since launching our liver transplant program in 1994 through December 2009, our physicians have performed more than 500 liver transplants.
Our medical staff includes experienced liver transplant surgeons and hepatologists from leading transplant centers across the country. CMC's liver transplant surgeons bring more than 40 years of cumulative experience and have performed deceased donor, pediatric, split liver and donor after cardiac death liver transplants.
Carolinas Center for Liver Diseases offers comprehensive management of patients with:
- Hepatitis C
- Hepatitis B
- Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease
- Autoimmune liver disease
- Primary biliary cirrhosis
- Primary sclerosing cholangitis
- Hemochromatosis
- Wilson's disease
- Acute liver failure
- Evaluation of liver mass
- Hepatocellular carcinoma
- Cholangiocarcinoma
- Metastatic disease
For patients with hepatocellular carcinoma or cholangiocarcinoma, a multidisciplinary team that includes hepatologists, surgeons, interventional radiologists and oncologists is assembled to develop the most optimal plan of care.
Satellite Location Now Open to Serve Patients in western North Carolina, eastern Tennesee
In addition to our location on the main campus of Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte, N.C., the CMC Liver Transplant Program has an outpatient office site at Valdese Hospital near Morganton, N.C.
Education is the key to making informed decisions, whether you're a patient or family member of a person with liver disease or a physician considering making a referral. The Liver Transplant Program urges you to read more about our program, our staff, the evaluation process, aftercare and patient expectations.
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