The National Kidney Registry announced the successful completion of its 1,000th paired exchange transplant, making it the first program in the world to complete 1,000 kidney exchange transplants. The 1,000th transplant, completed today at the University of Cincinnati, is part of a chain of 10 transplants. These transplants are taking place at other centers across …
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National Kidney Registry Completes 56 Participant Swap: Second-Largest Kidney Swap in History
Today, the National Kidney Registry announced the successful completion of Chain 221, the second-largest kidney swap in history and the largest swap to be concluded in under 40 days. Chain 221 involved 56 participants, 19 transplant centers and completed approximately one year after NKR’s largest swap which included 60 participants and was featured on the …
National Kidney Registry Facilitates 500th Transplant, Solidifies Position as the Most Productive Kidney Exchange Program in the World
The National Kidney Registry announced the successful completion of its 500th paired exchange transplant. The surgery was completed yesterday, just before midnight, at UCLA’s Ronald Regan Medical Center. The NKR initiated its first exchange transplants just over four years ago, in February of 2008, at the Weill/Cornell Medical Center. Commenting on the past four years, …
Good Samaritan Kidney Donor, Who Was Fired by Employer for Taking Time Off to Donate a Kidney, Wins Lawsuit
The National Kidney Registry and Zabell & Associates announced today the favorable resolution of a lawsuit, funded by the National Kidney Registry, in support of a Good Samaritan donor, involving unlawful discrimination and workplace retaliation. The donor initiated a chain of transplants, organized by the National Kidney Registry, by donating her kidney to a stranger …
Dr. Barry Straube, Former Chief Medical Officer of CMS Joins NKR Medical Board
Barry M. Straube, M.D., the former Chief Medical Officer of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), nephrologist and transplant physician, has joined the National Kidney Registry’s Medical Board. In joining the National Kidney Registry Board, Dr. Straube said, “I hope we can collectively promulgate a greater sense of urgency to get more focus …
One Lambda and NKR Introduce The Toolbox to Help Hardest-to-Match Patients Shorten Wait Time for Transplants
One Lambda, Inc., the leader in antibody detection products, and the National Kidney Registry announced the introduction of The Toolbox, a new innovative web module. The Toolbox is designed to help medical professionals make intelligent decisions on donor selection based on antibody profiles of patients. At the same time, The Toolbox will help medical professionals …
NKR Doubles KPD Matches, Announces Results of Major Software Enhancement
Today, the National Kidney Registry (NKR) announced the results of a major upgrade to its matching system that is increasing the number of matches found for kidney transplant patients with incompatible donors. The software upgrade has extended the NKR’s matching capability from two-deep loops and 12-deep chains to 20-deep loops and 20-deep chains. Early results …
NKR Exceeds 50,000 Twitter Followers: More Patients Learning About Kidney Swaps Through Social Media
Today, the National Kidney Registry announced that its Twitter following broke through the 50,000 level. With over 80,000 patients waiting for a kidney transplant, an ever increasing number are educating themselves about kidney transplant “swaps” via the National Kidney Registry’s tweets. “The magnitude of our following on Twitter is allowing us to educate many more …
NKR Introduces GPS Tracking Technology for Shipped Kidneys
BrickHouse Security, a leading provider of security and surveillance products to businesses and consumers, today announced that, in partnership with the National Kidney Registry (NKR), they have implemented the first real-time GPS tracking system for the shipment of living donor organs. The National Kidney Registry is the leader in facilitating paired exchange kidney transplants and …
NKR Renames Prestigious Award – Terasaki Medical Innovation
We are pleased to announce that the National Kidney Registry is renaming the prestigious “Medical Innovation Award” to the “Terasaki Medical Innovation Award” in honor of Dr. Paul Terasaki, a pioneer in transplant medicine, who in 1964 developed the test that became the international standard for tissue typing. Dr. Terasaki’s many significant scientific breakthroughs have …