About Living Kidney Donation

By clicking on the links below, you’ll learn about preparing for, undergoing, and recovering from living kidney donation surgery, and then living with one kidney for the rest of your life.

• Why living kidney donation?
• The tap on the shoulder (being asked to donate)
• Now…about your health (donor evaluation)
• The gift (the surgical process)
• Afterwards…

Keep in mind that policies and procedures vary from transplant team to transplant team. While we’ve attempted to capture common policies and procedures, you should confirm the actual process with your transplant team.