Kim Norcross is thanking her husband and doctors at Atrium Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center and National Kidney Registry for allowing her to have a life-saving kidney transplant surgery.
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He put up a Times Square billboard in search of a kidney – and saved more lives than his own
Marc Weiner booked one of the world’s most visible advertising spots, hoping his life would change. He ended up changing the lives of dozens of others, too …
Goodhue toddler’s life saved by nationwide kidney match program
By donating his kidney, Eric Ryan helped save two lives: the person who received his organ, and also his 1-year-old son.
Baby David’s Giant Battle: Massillon toddler is doing ‘phenomenal’ after kidney transplant
Less than 48 hours after receiving a new kidney in a transplant at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, Baby David Detwiler was awake, calling for his mom and charming his nurses.
NYPD Reaching Out Across City to Find Potential Organ Donors
Police mobilize to find a kidney donor for officer, others on the waiting list and launch program to connect people in need of a kidney transplant with potential donors.
Husband Donates Kidney So His Wife Can Receive One
When a local TV weatherman did a live broadcast from Hanley Elementary 25 years ago, he met a teacher who stole his heart. On Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2021, 20 years after they were married, he also gave her his kidney through a paired kidney exchange.
Manitou Springs Army Lieutenant Colonel donates life-saving kidney
A Manitou Springs Army lieutenant colonel named Matt Cavanaugh donated his left kidney to a complete stranger in Seattle on Sept. 15, 2021.
Scientist Is Donating Kidney to Raise Awareness About ‘Great’ Need for Diversity in Research
Scientist Norbert Tavares, a single-cell biology program manager at the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, is currently in the process of donating his kidney to a stranger—and it all started because of a podcast.
Op-Ed: The cavalry saved me, and 18 years later, I was the cavalry — with a kidney donation
On a black night in late spring 2003, west of Baghdad, I was a single lieutenant defending our cavalry squadron’s position. Insurgents advanced toward me; tracers lighted the air around me. When my life depended on it, someone came for me. The squadron’s response unit arrived and turned back the attack. Eighteen years later, I …
Minnesota man’s kidney donation to a stranger helped national registry hit a milestone
A Minnesota man who donated a kidney to save another person’s life also set a record in the process. Ben Rengstrof is a high school teacher with a mission, which started with a lesson learned after his father received a lung transplant two years ago. “A kidney donation really isn’t that invasive of a surgery,” …