Living Donors – The Gift of Life

Living donation offers an even better chance to kidney and liver patients. Patients who are able to receive a living donor transplant can receive the best quality organ much sooner, often in less than a year.

Over the last several years, transplant surgeons and other members of transplant teams throughout the country have developed new techniques and procedures to save more patients’ lives through living donor transplants. It is now possible for a living person to donate a kidney, a portion of the liver, a portion of a lung and, in some rare instances, a portion of the pancreas.

Living Donor Transplant Is Life Saving

Today, living organ donation is a viable option for many transplant patients, yet the number of people waiting for a transplant far exceeds the number of donors. There are many benefits for both the donor and the recipent, such as improved health and better quality of life.One of the most obvious benefits is that you can save a life, or drastically improve the quality of life for the recipient. When a recipient has a living donor, the wait time for transplant is shorter and the transplant can be scheduled. This allows for donations to take place when the recipient is in good health and when it is convenient for both the donor and the recipient, such as summer vacation or winter break.

If you are in need of an organ transplant or would like to consider donating a healthy organ or a portion of a healthy organ to someone in need, please click the below participating hospitals that specialize in living donor programs throughout the United States. You will be able to schedule an in-person evaluation or a video evaluation from home.