KidneyTalk Podcast: The Kidney Matchmaker - National Kidney Registry

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The Kidney Matchmaker

Kidney chains, trains, exchanges and paired donation of kidney transplants are gaining media attention and helping people find life saving organs and expedite transplantation. Garet Hil, the President and Founder of the National Kidney Registry describes his journey with trying to find his daughter a kidney and how he was inspired to help solve the problem of incompatible donors for all.

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Stephen Furst got his big break into movies in "Animal House," in which he played Flounder. Stephen has also starred as Dr. Elliot Axelrod in "St. Elsewhere" and as Vir Cotto in "Babylon5." He is a successful television and movie producer/director and a kidney patient.

Lori Hartwell is the author of Chronically Happy - Joyful Living in Spite of Chronic Illness, and President/Founder of Renal Support Network. A kidney patient since the age of two, she has consistently strived to instill hope into the lives of people who live with chronic kidney disease.

Posted June 3rd, 2010