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4,481,545 Registered Donors
1,621 Awaiting Transplant (6.30.2025)
1,363 Kidney (waiting: 6.30.2025)
150 Liver (waiting: 6.30.2025)
65 Heart (waiting: 6.30.2025)
49 Kidney/Pancreas (waiting: 6.30.2025)
8 Lung (waiting: 6.30.2025)
4 Pancreas (waiting: 6.30.2025)
2 Intestine (waiting: 6.30.2025)

Pancreas Donation

Pancreas, Pancreas-Kidney and Islet Allocation

UNOS on Pancreas Transplant

Pancreas donation is the donation of a segment of the pancreas or the whole organ. According to Transplant Living, while it is possible for a living donor to donate a pancreas segment, most pancreas donation transplants involve the whole organ from a deceased donor.
With a pancreas that does not work well, it cannot produce insulin the body’s cells need to grow and function, and can lead to diabetes, hardening of the blood vessels and cause a heart attack, kidney failure or a stroke. To learn about what the pancreas does watch this video created the Transplant Living.