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EJ Tamez: My Living Kidney Donor Experience

EJ Tamez, Living Donor Coach

On March 1, 2017, EJ Tamez became a living kidney donor when he donated a kidney to his younger brother, Luis Tamez. EJ has become a passionate advocate for living kidney donation, and is now Head Donor Search Expert Coach to the National Kidney Registry to help people with kidney failure find a living kidney donor.

Experience the process of living kidney donation along with EJ in this video, which follows his kidney donation journey, from the pre-surgery consultation with the transplant surgeon through recovery.