Not long ago, if you wanted to donate a kidney to a loved one, the odds were usually against you. You likely weren’t the right match. Now, thanks to the power of large numbers and algorithms and the National Kidney Registry, that doesn’t matter anymore.
Kidney Transplant News
Keck Medicine shows solidarity with living kidney donation advocate
Each day, an average of 13 people die while waiting for a kidney transplant, but living kidney donations can be a highly effective countermeasure. It’s a message that Mark Scotch has taken on the road. The 66-year-old is an avid long-distance cyclist and founder of The Organ Trail, a series of cycling trips spanning several states developed to raise …
April is National Donate Life Month
Transplants transform lives and reshape futures. These lifesaving procedures wouldn’t be possible without a simple yet selfless decision from an organ donor.
Mercy Health Kidney Transplant Center is first and only center in Michigan to participate in National Kidney Registry
The Kidney Transplant Center at Mercy Health has performed more than 2,800 kidney transplants and is the first and only center in Michigan to participate in the National Kidney Registry, which is the largest paired donation program in the world.
Local Nuns Help Raise Awareness about Kidney Transplant Exchange Program
When it comes to organ transplants, the greatest number of people are on the waiting list for a human kidney. Unfortunately, the demand for kidneys far exceeds the supply. As part of the celebration of National Catholic Sisters Week, March 8-14, two nuns who are members of the Poor Clares of Perpetual Adoration in Cleveland …
Patient’s donation triggers chain of kidney transplants
Mary Marlowe couldn’t have known it at the time, but her decision in January 2021 to give a kidney to a total stranger would set off a chain reaction that would result in four people getting kidneys in one week in September 2021 at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. The transplants—which took place on Sept. 14, …
Doctor to climb Mount Kilimanjaro to raise awareness of living kidney donation
As an emergency physician at FirstHealth of the Carolinas, endurance athlete and anonymous kidney donor, Matthew Harmody, M.D., has never been one to shy away from difficult, impactful work. His next challenge combines physical fortitude and living kidney donation advocacy as he joins 21 other kidney donors to climb the world’s largest free-standing mountain, Mount …
For Plano woman, giving is a way of life
Kidney donor Shannon Catalano plans to scale Mount Kilimanjaro to raise awareness for patients in need, bring attention to the importance of kidney donation, and show that a one-kidney life is far from limiting.
How a ‘kidney chain’ is saving lives: ‘An awesome gift’
Every year, more than 100,000 people in the United States are waiting for a kidney transplant. It can be hard to find a match, even among family. When organ donors don’t have a local match, some are agreeing to donate to a patient at another hospital, creating a donor chain. Senior national correspondent Kate Snow …
Local man finally gets kidney donation after long search
A local Oskaloosa man has something to celebrate—life. Shane Blanchard calls his recent kidney donation a “whole new life,” adding that he’s no longer “tied to a machine 10 hours a day. I’m not going to doctors appointments every other day. It’s a completely different life.” …