Living donation is donating some organs and tissues while you are alive. It offers an alternative for individuals awaiting transplantation from a deceased donor and increases the existing organ supply. According to HRSA, about four out of every 10 donations are from a living donor. The first living transplant was a kidney transplant between twin brothers in 1954. Living donors can give one kidney, one liver lobe, a lung or part of a lung, part of the pancreas, or part of the intestines. To learn more, click one of the following links:
- Matching Donors
- UNOS on Living Donation – directed donation, non-directed donation and paired donation
- Living Donor Informed Consent Information
- Living Donor Informed Consent Information – Spanish
- Living Donor Screener (St. Luke’s Hospital, Kansas City, Mo.)
- Transplant Living
- Living Donation Facts
- UNOS on Types of Live Donation
- Discussing Living Donation with Family & Friends
- Donate Life America
- US Department of Health & Human Services
- American Society of Transplant Surgeons
- American Society of Transplantation
- Find A Living Donor