Living Kidney Donation Web Sites

In addition to what is available here at Living Donors Online, below are additional resources related to living kidney donation.

General Information on Living Kidney Donation

• Living donation resources from UNOS.
• National Kidney Foundation’s information on becoming a living donor.
• Information about living donation from HRSA.
• National Living Donor Assistance Center–a US government funded program that provides financial assistance to certain living donors.
• Information on living donation from the UK’s National Health Service.
• Resources on living donation from Canadian Blood Services.
• A PDF brochure on living kidney donation from Kidney Health Australia.
• Facebook support groups for living donors: Living Donors Online, Living Donors Living in Pain, Living Donors with Complications, and Living Kidney Donor Support Group.
• Reddit community for kidney donors.
• Watch “living kidney donor” videos on YouTube.
• Transplant Ethics web site: “to promote the integrity of transplant medicine, and the welfare of living donors and organ recipients.”
• American Transplant Foundation mentor program for potential living donors.

Living Donor Registries, Paired Exchange and “Swap” Programs

• Alliance for Paired Kidney Donation web site.
• Altruistic Kidney Donor Program at Brown Health University.
• The National Kidney Registry, an online registry of potential living donors.
• The Kidney Solutions registry.