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#41
Living Donation in the News / Comparison of Single-Port Robo...
Last post by Clark - August 26, 2025, 10:33:35 AMhttps://www.liebertpub.com/doi/abs/10.1089/end.2023.0364
Comparison of Single-Port Robotic Donor Nephrectomy and Laparoscopic Donor Nephrectomy
Michael A. Palese, et al.
Journal of EndourologyVol. 38, No. 2
https://doi.org/10.1089/end.2023.036
Abstract
Purpose: To compare the intra- and postoperative outcomes of single-port robotic donor nephrectomies (SP RDNs) and laparoscopic donor nephrectomies (LDNs).
Materials and Methods: We retrospectively reviewed our institutional database for patients who received LDN or SP RDN between September 2020 and December 2022. Donor baseline characteristics, intraoperative outcomes, postoperative outcomes, and recipient renal function were extracted and compared between LDN and SP RDN. SP RDN learning curve analysis based on operative time and graft extraction time was performed using cumulative sum analysis.
Results: One hundred forty-four patients underwent LDN and 32 patients underwent SP RDN. LDN and SP RDN had similar operative times (LDN: 190.3 ± 28.0 minutes, SP RDN: 194.5 ± 35.1 minutes, p = 0.3253). SP RDN patients had significantly greater extraction times (LDN: 83.2 ± 40.3 seconds, SP RDN: 204.1 ± 52.2 seconds, p < 0.0001) and warm ischemia times (LDN: 145.1 ± 61.7 seconds, SP RDN: 275.4 ± 65.6 seconds, p < 0.0001). There were no differences in patient subjective pain scores, inpatient opioid usage, or Clavien–Dindo II+ complications. Short- and medium-term postoperative donor and recipient renal function were also similar between the groups. SP RDN graft extraction time and total operative time learning curves were achieved at case 27 and 13, respectively.
Conclusion: SP RDN is a safe and feasible alternative to LDN that minimizes postoperative abdominal incisional scars and has a short learning curve. Future randomized prospective clinical trials are needed to confirm the findings of this study and to identify other potential benefits and drawbacks of SP RDNs.
Comparison of Single-Port Robotic Donor Nephrectomy and Laparoscopic Donor Nephrectomy
Michael A. Palese, et al.
Journal of EndourologyVol. 38, No. 2
https://doi.org/10.1089/end.2023.036
Abstract
Purpose: To compare the intra- and postoperative outcomes of single-port robotic donor nephrectomies (SP RDNs) and laparoscopic donor nephrectomies (LDNs).
Materials and Methods: We retrospectively reviewed our institutional database for patients who received LDN or SP RDN between September 2020 and December 2022. Donor baseline characteristics, intraoperative outcomes, postoperative outcomes, and recipient renal function were extracted and compared between LDN and SP RDN. SP RDN learning curve analysis based on operative time and graft extraction time was performed using cumulative sum analysis.
Results: One hundred forty-four patients underwent LDN and 32 patients underwent SP RDN. LDN and SP RDN had similar operative times (LDN: 190.3 ± 28.0 minutes, SP RDN: 194.5 ± 35.1 minutes, p = 0.3253). SP RDN patients had significantly greater extraction times (LDN: 83.2 ± 40.3 seconds, SP RDN: 204.1 ± 52.2 seconds, p < 0.0001) and warm ischemia times (LDN: 145.1 ± 61.7 seconds, SP RDN: 275.4 ± 65.6 seconds, p < 0.0001). There were no differences in patient subjective pain scores, inpatient opioid usage, or Clavien–Dindo II+ complications. Short- and medium-term postoperative donor and recipient renal function were also similar between the groups. SP RDN graft extraction time and total operative time learning curves were achieved at case 27 and 13, respectively.
Conclusion: SP RDN is a safe and feasible alternative to LDN that minimizes postoperative abdominal incisional scars and has a short learning curve. Future randomized prospective clinical trials are needed to confirm the findings of this study and to identify other potential benefits and drawbacks of SP RDNs.
#42
Living Donation in the News / Standardizing Patient Educatio...
Last post by Clark - August 26, 2025, 10:28:17 AMhttps://digscholarship.unco.edu/capstones/149/
https://digscholarship.unco.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1228&context=capstones
Standardizing Patient Education for Living Kidney Donors
Diana Thompson
ABSTRACT
Published Doctor of Nursing Practice scholarly research project, University of Northern Colorado, 2025.
Living kidney donation occurs when a person voluntarily donates a functioning kidney to another individual in need. The kidney donation process is lengthy, complex, and can be overwhelming for many potential donors. A gap was identified in the patient education process at the project site as evidenced by frequent postoperative questions and concerns expressed by living donors and their caregivers. A literature review suggested this was a national problem, yet a standardized education process for living kidney donors has yet to be developed. The purpose of this scholarly project was to develop a standardized process for living kidney donor education comprised of a checklist of teaching materials and topics for the healthcare team and an established education delivery timeline prior to surgery. This DNP scholarly project aimed to answer the following research question:
Q1 How can an evidence-based, expert-informed, and standardized patient education process and timeline be developed for integration into an existing living kidney donor program?
As guided by the plan do study act model, survey data were collected from 16 transplant team members directly involved in living donor education at the project site. The survey findings revealed that although the required topics were being covered during donor evaluation, there were inconsistencies about which team member was providing the education and at which point during the process each topic should be addressed. The survey results were synthesized with best practices from the literature and regulatory requirements to develop a checklist and timeline aimed at standardizing donor education and strengthening team communication. A pilot plan was iv proposed for implementing and evaluating the checklist and timeline in the future. The project findings have implications for how and when critical information is communicated to potential living kidney donors using a team-based approach.
https://digscholarship.unco.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1228&context=capstones
Standardizing Patient Education for Living Kidney Donors
Diana Thompson
ABSTRACT
Published Doctor of Nursing Practice scholarly research project, University of Northern Colorado, 2025.
Living kidney donation occurs when a person voluntarily donates a functioning kidney to another individual in need. The kidney donation process is lengthy, complex, and can be overwhelming for many potential donors. A gap was identified in the patient education process at the project site as evidenced by frequent postoperative questions and concerns expressed by living donors and their caregivers. A literature review suggested this was a national problem, yet a standardized education process for living kidney donors has yet to be developed. The purpose of this scholarly project was to develop a standardized process for living kidney donor education comprised of a checklist of teaching materials and topics for the healthcare team and an established education delivery timeline prior to surgery. This DNP scholarly project aimed to answer the following research question:
Q1 How can an evidence-based, expert-informed, and standardized patient education process and timeline be developed for integration into an existing living kidney donor program?
As guided by the plan do study act model, survey data were collected from 16 transplant team members directly involved in living donor education at the project site. The survey findings revealed that although the required topics were being covered during donor evaluation, there were inconsistencies about which team member was providing the education and at which point during the process each topic should be addressed. The survey results were synthesized with best practices from the literature and regulatory requirements to develop a checklist and timeline aimed at standardizing donor education and strengthening team communication. A pilot plan was iv proposed for implementing and evaluating the checklist and timeline in the future. The project findings have implications for how and when critical information is communicated to potential living kidney donors using a team-based approach.
#43
Living Donation Forum / Re: January 2025 Living Organ ...
Last post by Clark - August 25, 2025, 01:01:26 PMNot at all! Rewriting now!
#44
Living Donation Forum / Re: January 2025 Living Organ ...
Last post by tjhurley - August 21, 2025, 01:07:06 PMThanks so much for being so kind.
Before we had left Michael's name off the anniversary list because he was a private person. I think it would be nice if it read:
"Janet Hurley donated a kidney to her adult son Michael Hurley on January 22, 2009. Michael died on February 5, 2024 with his donated kidney still working after 56 rounds of chemotherapy"
Would that be too long?
Before we had left Michael's name off the anniversary list because he was a private person. I think it would be nice if it read:
"Janet Hurley donated a kidney to her adult son Michael Hurley on January 22, 2009. Michael died on February 5, 2024 with his donated kidney still working after 56 rounds of chemotherapy"
Would that be too long?
#45
Living Donation Forum / Re: January 2025 Living Organ ...
Last post by Clark - August 19, 2025, 03:25:36 PMDear Janet,
Thank you so much for giving us this news, heartbreaking as it is. I'm sure I speak form many that your loss must be so very hard to bear. You describe Michael in loving terms, taking understandable pride in his volunteering for a research trial. It's heartening to hear your gift enabled him to cope with so many rounds of chemotherapy. Best wishes to you and yours.
Would you like us to update the text in our calendar listing for your donation? Or, if you would prefer, we could just have it stop appearing after 2024. Whatever you wish. Your current text is "Janet Hurley donated a kidney to her adult child on January 22nd, 2009." True, but not capturing critical details? Take your time, and please feel welcome to private message or use the calendar communication link if you prefer to wordsmith out of public scruntiny. Take good care.
Thank you so much for giving us this news, heartbreaking as it is. I'm sure I speak form many that your loss must be so very hard to bear. You describe Michael in loving terms, taking understandable pride in his volunteering for a research trial. It's heartening to hear your gift enabled him to cope with so many rounds of chemotherapy. Best wishes to you and yours.
Would you like us to update the text in our calendar listing for your donation? Or, if you would prefer, we could just have it stop appearing after 2024. Whatever you wish. Your current text is "Janet Hurley donated a kidney to her adult child on January 22nd, 2009." True, but not capturing critical details? Take your time, and please feel welcome to private message or use the calendar communication link if you prefer to wordsmith out of public scruntiny. Take good care.
#46
Living Donation Forum / Re: January 2025 Living Organ ...
Last post by tjhurley - August 19, 2025, 03:00:31 PMI'm Janet Hurley, I donated to my adult son Michael, on January 22nd. Michael and I did not celebrate a 16th anniversary. Michael died of complications from metastatic colorectal cancer (brain, bone and lung metastasis) on February 5th, 2024 at the age of 42. Mike was only 27 when he received my kidney. His colorectal cancer was most likely related to his immunosuppressive regime. He never regretted receiving the kidney, he did regret that his early colorectal symptoms were ignored as they often are for younger people. Hopefully, this will change for kidney transplant patients in the future. Mike's kidney performed well through 56 rounds of chemotherapy. He participated in a research trial that was highly successful. He was so pleased that he could contribute to cancer research that would help other kidney recipients in the future. He battled cancer for 4 years. We were so proud of him always, his kidney never let him down. His older brother had received a kidney from his dad (my husband) in 2002 and they are both doing great.
#47
Living Donation Forum / Living Organ Donor Anniversari...
Last post by Clark - July 31, 2025, 07:50:18 PM August donation anniversaries are here! Add yours at https://livingdonorsonline.org/donor-experiences/donation-anniversaries/. Best wishes to all that your memories are sweet. All for whom they are bittersweet, or sad, or complicated, please know we hope to be in the best position to understand and sympathize. Take good care.
Fifty-eighth anniversary:
Theodore Charles Lombard donated a kidney to his daughter on August 30th, 1967
Forty-fifth anniversary:
Julie Edmonds donated a kidney to her sister, Susan Martin, on August 21st, 1980
Thirty-third anniversary:
Patrick M. Emmett donated a kidney to his ex-wife on August 28th, 1992
Thirty-first anniversary:
Donna Luebke donated a kidney to her sister on August 26th, 1994
Twenty-seventh anniversary:
Michael McGhee donated a kidney to his son, Michael, on August 25th, 1998
Twenty-sixth anniversary:
Lisa Weisenberger donated a kidney to her brother, Chad, on August 5th, 1999
Twenty-fifth anniversary:
Rita Kocian (deceased 2/12/04) donated a kidney to her mother in August, 2000
Ellen donated part of her liver to her cousin on August 8th, 2000
Laurie donated part of her liver to her cousin on August 8th, 2000
Walter E Kitter donated a kidney to his friend, Roger Kohlhoff, on August 21st, 2000
Myron Thirtle donated a kidney to his father on August 31st, 2000. His father survived 10 years until succumbing to cancer in 2010
Twenty-fourth anniversary:
Katherine Coe donated a kidney to a friend on August 8th, 2001
Twenty-third anniversary:
Kristin Barnes donated part of her liver to her father on August 29th, 2002
Twenty-second anniversary:
Chuck Swartout donated part of his liver to his stepsister on August 5th, 2003
Julie donated a kidney to her brother on August 20th, 2003
Bruce Dobben donated a kidney to a friend on August 27th, 2003
Kevin Rodgers donated a kidney to a friend on August 29th, 2003
Twenty-first anniversary:
Carolyn Ambrose donated a kidney to her husband on August 4th, 2004
Ana Mora donated a kidney to her cousin on August 7th, 2004
Jennifer Leigh McGuinn donated a kidney to her father on August 10th, 2004
Michele Moeller donated a kidney and bone marrow to an unrelated person she found on LDO! on August 10th, 2004
Alfonso Gaspar became a bone marrow donor to a young child on August 12th, 2004
Jayne Kavanagh donated bone marrow to an internationally matched recipient on August 12th, 2004
Amber D. Murray donated a kidney to her brother on August 17th, 2004
Twentieth anniversary:
Amber Allen donated a kidney to her cousin on August 9th, 2005
Amber Billings donated a kidney to her cousin on August 10th, 2005
Janet Saulter-Hemmer donated a kidney to her friend, Jim Morgenland, on August 18th, 2005
Nineteenth anniversary:
Jennifer donated a kidney to her father on August 1st, 2006
Ruth Spang donated a kidney to her father, James, on August 3rd, 2006
Lana J. James donated a kidney to her cousin on August 30th, 2006
Eighteenth anniversary:
Tammy Pigion donated part of her liver to her son on August 2nd, 2007
Melanie Hubbard donated a kidney to her friend, Dale Nix, on August 10th, 2007
Amy Covert donated a kidney to a friend on August 15th, 2007
Marsha Moran donated a kidney to her spouse, James, on August 15th, 2007
Matthew Lynette donated a kidney to his brother, Andrew, on August 15th, 2007
Katherine Howe donated part of her liver to her husband, David, on August 20th, 2007
Seventeenth anniversary:
Melissa Swanson donated a kidney to a stranger met on LDO on August 5th, 2008
Marybeth Marshall donated a kidney to her brother on August 12th, 2008
John Tran donated part of his liver to his wife, Christine, on August 14th, 2008
Lonnie Howell donated a kidney to a stranger who had become a close friend by the time of donation on August 19th, 2008
Kayla Asher donated a kidney to her cousin, Julie Mitchell, on August 20th, 2008
Dominion Giventer gave part of his liver to his 1 year old nephew on August 29th, 2008
Sixteenth anniversary:
Marian Mamayek donated a kidney to her friend, Sharlene Bender, on August 6th, 2009
Tania Eggleston donated a kidney to her Dad on August 11th, 2009
Carleen Dickerson donated a kidney to her cousin on August 12th, 2009
Patricia Roussin donated a kidney to Anthony Lopez, an unrelated person, on August 12th, 2009
Rabbi Ephraim Simon donated a kidney to a stranger on August 13th, 2009
Lessa Ennis donated a kidney to an unrelated person, Lee Kingery, on August 25th, 2009
Patti Bartlett donated a kidney to her brother, Mark Manwar, on August 26th, 2009
Fifteenth anniversary:
Samantha Perouty donated her left kidney to her uncle on August 2nd, 2010
Stacie Brane donated a kidney to her sister, Kristie Goade, on August 12th, 2010
Fourteenth anniversary:
Avis Lynch donated a kidney to her mother, Winnetta F. Guthrie, on August 10th, 2011
John made a non-directed kidney donation on August 11th, 2011
Rick made a non-directed kidney donation that started an open chain with 17 donor-recipient pairs so far on August 15th, 2011
David Lieu donated a kidney to his twin brother, Michael, on August 23rd, 2011
Jodi Dykstra donated a kidney to her father on August 23rd, 2011
Melinda Stern donated a kidney to her sister, Kristine Brenneman on August 31st, 2011
Thirteenth anniversary:
Cathy May donated a kidney to her friend, Amy Gray Light, on August 16th, 2012
Jennifer Ross made a non-directed kidney donation on August 16th, 2012
Jeannette Myers-Whitney donated a kidney to a stranger on August 23rd, 2012, as a paired donation to benefit her husband, Rod
Kim Merrell made an anonymous, non-directed kidney donation on August 30th, 2012
Twelfth anniversary:
Margaret Koppelman donated a kidney on August 7th, 2013
Linda donated a kidney to Priscilla's mom, Karen, on August 16th, 2013
Eleventh anniversary:
Joshua Davies donated a kidney anonymously on August 8th, 2014
Corey Zaretsky donated a kidney to his brother, Matthew, on August 14th, 2014
Tenth anniversary:
Elle Gillum donated part of her liver to her dad, Dean Toney, on August 12th, 2015
Ninth anniversary:
Diana Castillo donated a kidney to her friend, German Alech, on August 31st, 2016
Seventh anniversary:
Danielle DiMartino donated a kidney to a stranger on August 2nd, 2018
Kelly Thoele donated a kidney to Minh Le, the fiancé of a former employee on August 23rd, 2018
Fifth anniversary:
Annette donated a kidney to Hailey, her future daughter-in-law, on August 22, 2020
Second anniversary:
Karen Jones made a non-directed kidney donation on August 16th, 2023
First anniversary:
Stephanie Lomuscio made a non-directed anonymous liver donation to German Cortez on August 8th, 2024
Fifty-eighth anniversary:
Theodore Charles Lombard donated a kidney to his daughter on August 30th, 1967
Forty-fifth anniversary:
Julie Edmonds donated a kidney to her sister, Susan Martin, on August 21st, 1980
Thirty-third anniversary:
Patrick M. Emmett donated a kidney to his ex-wife on August 28th, 1992
Thirty-first anniversary:
Donna Luebke donated a kidney to her sister on August 26th, 1994
Twenty-seventh anniversary:
Michael McGhee donated a kidney to his son, Michael, on August 25th, 1998
Twenty-sixth anniversary:
Lisa Weisenberger donated a kidney to her brother, Chad, on August 5th, 1999
Twenty-fifth anniversary:
Rita Kocian (deceased 2/12/04) donated a kidney to her mother in August, 2000
Ellen donated part of her liver to her cousin on August 8th, 2000
Laurie donated part of her liver to her cousin on August 8th, 2000
Walter E Kitter donated a kidney to his friend, Roger Kohlhoff, on August 21st, 2000
Myron Thirtle donated a kidney to his father on August 31st, 2000. His father survived 10 years until succumbing to cancer in 2010
Twenty-fourth anniversary:
Katherine Coe donated a kidney to a friend on August 8th, 2001
Twenty-third anniversary:
Kristin Barnes donated part of her liver to her father on August 29th, 2002
Twenty-second anniversary:
Chuck Swartout donated part of his liver to his stepsister on August 5th, 2003
Julie donated a kidney to her brother on August 20th, 2003
Bruce Dobben donated a kidney to a friend on August 27th, 2003
Kevin Rodgers donated a kidney to a friend on August 29th, 2003
Twenty-first anniversary:
Carolyn Ambrose donated a kidney to her husband on August 4th, 2004
Ana Mora donated a kidney to her cousin on August 7th, 2004
Jennifer Leigh McGuinn donated a kidney to her father on August 10th, 2004
Michele Moeller donated a kidney and bone marrow to an unrelated person she found on LDO! on August 10th, 2004
Alfonso Gaspar became a bone marrow donor to a young child on August 12th, 2004
Jayne Kavanagh donated bone marrow to an internationally matched recipient on August 12th, 2004
Amber D. Murray donated a kidney to her brother on August 17th, 2004
Twentieth anniversary:
Amber Allen donated a kidney to her cousin on August 9th, 2005
Amber Billings donated a kidney to her cousin on August 10th, 2005
Janet Saulter-Hemmer donated a kidney to her friend, Jim Morgenland, on August 18th, 2005
Nineteenth anniversary:
Jennifer donated a kidney to her father on August 1st, 2006
Ruth Spang donated a kidney to her father, James, on August 3rd, 2006
Lana J. James donated a kidney to her cousin on August 30th, 2006
Eighteenth anniversary:
Tammy Pigion donated part of her liver to her son on August 2nd, 2007
Melanie Hubbard donated a kidney to her friend, Dale Nix, on August 10th, 2007
Amy Covert donated a kidney to a friend on August 15th, 2007
Marsha Moran donated a kidney to her spouse, James, on August 15th, 2007
Matthew Lynette donated a kidney to his brother, Andrew, on August 15th, 2007
Katherine Howe donated part of her liver to her husband, David, on August 20th, 2007
Seventeenth anniversary:
Melissa Swanson donated a kidney to a stranger met on LDO on August 5th, 2008
Marybeth Marshall donated a kidney to her brother on August 12th, 2008
John Tran donated part of his liver to his wife, Christine, on August 14th, 2008
Lonnie Howell donated a kidney to a stranger who had become a close friend by the time of donation on August 19th, 2008
Kayla Asher donated a kidney to her cousin, Julie Mitchell, on August 20th, 2008
Dominion Giventer gave part of his liver to his 1 year old nephew on August 29th, 2008
Sixteenth anniversary:
Marian Mamayek donated a kidney to her friend, Sharlene Bender, on August 6th, 2009
Tania Eggleston donated a kidney to her Dad on August 11th, 2009
Carleen Dickerson donated a kidney to her cousin on August 12th, 2009
Patricia Roussin donated a kidney to Anthony Lopez, an unrelated person, on August 12th, 2009
Rabbi Ephraim Simon donated a kidney to a stranger on August 13th, 2009
Lessa Ennis donated a kidney to an unrelated person, Lee Kingery, on August 25th, 2009
Patti Bartlett donated a kidney to her brother, Mark Manwar, on August 26th, 2009
Fifteenth anniversary:
Samantha Perouty donated her left kidney to her uncle on August 2nd, 2010
Stacie Brane donated a kidney to her sister, Kristie Goade, on August 12th, 2010
Fourteenth anniversary:
Avis Lynch donated a kidney to her mother, Winnetta F. Guthrie, on August 10th, 2011
John made a non-directed kidney donation on August 11th, 2011
Rick made a non-directed kidney donation that started an open chain with 17 donor-recipient pairs so far on August 15th, 2011
David Lieu donated a kidney to his twin brother, Michael, on August 23rd, 2011
Jodi Dykstra donated a kidney to her father on August 23rd, 2011
Melinda Stern donated a kidney to her sister, Kristine Brenneman on August 31st, 2011
Thirteenth anniversary:
Cathy May donated a kidney to her friend, Amy Gray Light, on August 16th, 2012
Jennifer Ross made a non-directed kidney donation on August 16th, 2012
Jeannette Myers-Whitney donated a kidney to a stranger on August 23rd, 2012, as a paired donation to benefit her husband, Rod
Kim Merrell made an anonymous, non-directed kidney donation on August 30th, 2012
Twelfth anniversary:
Margaret Koppelman donated a kidney on August 7th, 2013
Linda donated a kidney to Priscilla's mom, Karen, on August 16th, 2013
Eleventh anniversary:
Joshua Davies donated a kidney anonymously on August 8th, 2014
Corey Zaretsky donated a kidney to his brother, Matthew, on August 14th, 2014
Tenth anniversary:
Elle Gillum donated part of her liver to her dad, Dean Toney, on August 12th, 2015
Ninth anniversary:
Diana Castillo donated a kidney to her friend, German Alech, on August 31st, 2016
Seventh anniversary:
Danielle DiMartino donated a kidney to a stranger on August 2nd, 2018
Kelly Thoele donated a kidney to Minh Le, the fiancé of a former employee on August 23rd, 2018
Fifth anniversary:
Annette donated a kidney to Hailey, her future daughter-in-law, on August 22, 2020
Second anniversary:
Karen Jones made a non-directed kidney donation on August 16th, 2023
First anniversary:
Stephanie Lomuscio made a non-directed anonymous liver donation to German Cortez on August 8th, 2024
#48
Living Donation in the News / To the editor: Rep. Kaptur sho...
Last post by Clark - July 07, 2025, 05:09:13 PMhttps://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/2025/06/26/to-the-editor-rep-kaptur-should-champion-the-end-kidney-deaths-act/stories/20250623007
To the editor: Rep. Kaptur should champion the End Kidney Deaths Act
A living donor kidney transplant is the best treatment for kidney failure.
As a living kidney donor, nephrology nurse, family with kidney disease, and advocate, I urge Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D., Toledo) to cosponsor and champion the End Kidney Deaths Act (H.R. 2687). This bill offers the best chance we have to finally end the tragic and preventable deaths caused by the kidney shortage.
In Rep. Kaptur's district, 2,065 people are on dialysis, and 443 die each year waiting for a transplant. These deaths are not inevitable. They are the result of a system that does not do enough to support living kidney donation. We need to change that. The End Kidney Deaths Act is a bipartisan, 10-year pilot program that would provide a refundable tax credit of $10,000 per year for five years to individuals who donate a kidney to a stranger. The total compensation of $50,000 is recognition for their time, recovery, and bravery.
With more than 40 years in nephrology nursing, kidney disease has shaped both my professional career and personal life. My husband and both of our children have Polycystic Kidney Disease; my husband spent time on dialysis before receiving two living donor transplants. I've experienced this journey firsthand, donating my kidney to a stranger in 2017. That life-changing experience led me to start the nonprofit Kidney Donor Conversations in 2018 and publish the book Understanding Living Kidney Disease.
The End Kidney Deaths Act is grounded in fairness and fiscal responsibility. The federal government currently spends $50 billion a year on dialysis for over half a million Americans. Dialysis costs about $100,000 per patient per year. By contrast, a living donor transplant is both more effective and less expensive. Living donor kidneys last twice as long as those from deceased donors, and their recipients tend to have better outcomes. By passing this bill, taxpayers could save up to $37 billion over the next decade.
Between 2010 and 2021, over 100,000 Americans died while waiting for a kidney.
If Congress passes the End Kidney Deaths Act, we could save that many lives in the next 10 years. The legislation will also increase access to transplantation for highly sensitized patients who are hardest to match. Non-directed donors often serve as the first link in transplant chains that multiply their impact and help many recipients. The longest such chain saved 114 lives.
There is simply no other solution that comes close to solving the kidney shortage. Fewer than 1 percent of deaths occur under conditions that allow for deceased organ recovery. Even in the best-case scenario, optimizing deceased donation would yield only 2,000 more kidneys per year. That is not enough.
Meanwhile, only about 400 people per year donate a kidney to a stranger. These non-directed donors are the key to solving the crisis. The End Kidney Deaths Act would finally support them in a meaningful way, providing a fair, ethical path to saving lives.
Let's take an innovative step to save more lives. Improving the kidney care system matters, but our top priority should be championing living kidney donors—the gold-standard option for people with kidney failure. Let us work together to ensure that no one dies simply because they cannot find a willing donor. Help pass the End Kidney Deaths Act.
Glenna Frey, of Whitehouse, is a nephrology nurse and a living kidney donor; co-founder and executive director, Kidney Donor Conversations, Inc.; and author of "Understanding Living Kidney Donation: The Best Treatment for Kidney Disease."
First Published June 26, 2025, 12:47 p.m.
To the editor: Rep. Kaptur should champion the End Kidney Deaths Act
A living donor kidney transplant is the best treatment for kidney failure.
As a living kidney donor, nephrology nurse, family with kidney disease, and advocate, I urge Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D., Toledo) to cosponsor and champion the End Kidney Deaths Act (H.R. 2687). This bill offers the best chance we have to finally end the tragic and preventable deaths caused by the kidney shortage.
In Rep. Kaptur's district, 2,065 people are on dialysis, and 443 die each year waiting for a transplant. These deaths are not inevitable. They are the result of a system that does not do enough to support living kidney donation. We need to change that. The End Kidney Deaths Act is a bipartisan, 10-year pilot program that would provide a refundable tax credit of $10,000 per year for five years to individuals who donate a kidney to a stranger. The total compensation of $50,000 is recognition for their time, recovery, and bravery.
With more than 40 years in nephrology nursing, kidney disease has shaped both my professional career and personal life. My husband and both of our children have Polycystic Kidney Disease; my husband spent time on dialysis before receiving two living donor transplants. I've experienced this journey firsthand, donating my kidney to a stranger in 2017. That life-changing experience led me to start the nonprofit Kidney Donor Conversations in 2018 and publish the book Understanding Living Kidney Disease.
The End Kidney Deaths Act is grounded in fairness and fiscal responsibility. The federal government currently spends $50 billion a year on dialysis for over half a million Americans. Dialysis costs about $100,000 per patient per year. By contrast, a living donor transplant is both more effective and less expensive. Living donor kidneys last twice as long as those from deceased donors, and their recipients tend to have better outcomes. By passing this bill, taxpayers could save up to $37 billion over the next decade.
Between 2010 and 2021, over 100,000 Americans died while waiting for a kidney.
If Congress passes the End Kidney Deaths Act, we could save that many lives in the next 10 years. The legislation will also increase access to transplantation for highly sensitized patients who are hardest to match. Non-directed donors often serve as the first link in transplant chains that multiply their impact and help many recipients. The longest such chain saved 114 lives.
There is simply no other solution that comes close to solving the kidney shortage. Fewer than 1 percent of deaths occur under conditions that allow for deceased organ recovery. Even in the best-case scenario, optimizing deceased donation would yield only 2,000 more kidneys per year. That is not enough.
Meanwhile, only about 400 people per year donate a kidney to a stranger. These non-directed donors are the key to solving the crisis. The End Kidney Deaths Act would finally support them in a meaningful way, providing a fair, ethical path to saving lives.
Let's take an innovative step to save more lives. Improving the kidney care system matters, but our top priority should be championing living kidney donors—the gold-standard option for people with kidney failure. Let us work together to ensure that no one dies simply because they cannot find a willing donor. Help pass the End Kidney Deaths Act.
Glenna Frey, of Whitehouse, is a nephrology nurse and a living kidney donor; co-founder and executive director, Kidney Donor Conversations, Inc.; and author of "Understanding Living Kidney Donation: The Best Treatment for Kidney Disease."
First Published June 26, 2025, 12:47 p.m.
#49
Living Donation in the News / Transplanting Kidney Donor Bon...
Last post by Clark - July 07, 2025, 05:04:02 PMhttps://www.renalandurologynews.com/reports/transplanting-kidney-donor-bone-marrow-chimerism-treatment-risk/
Transplanting Kidney Donor Bone Marrow, Tregs Results in Chimerism
Jessica Nye June 27, 2025
Inducing temporary chimerism by transplanting donor Tregs and bone marrow after kidney transplantation was successful in a phase 1 and 2a trial. The hope is that it will reduce the risk for graft loss.
A first-in-human, proof-of-concept trial finds that combined bone marrow and regulatory T-cell (Treg) transplantation is safe and feasible and induces low-level temporary chimerism after living donor kidney transplantation. Rainer Oberbauer, MD, PhD, of the Medical University of Vienna, presented the findings at the 62nd European Renal Association (ERA) congress in Vienna, Austria.
Inducing chimerism-based tolerance via cotransplantation of hematopoietic stem cells shortly after kidney transplantation has the potential to decrease graft loss.
In 2021, Dr Oberbauer published the proposal for this phase 1/2a trial (NCT03867617) in Frontiers in Medicine that tested the safety and efficacy of induced chimerism among kidney transplant recipients. The prospective, open-label, controlled, single-center trial recruited patients (N=12) undergoing major histocompatibility complex (HLA)-mismatched living donor kidney transplantation at Vienna General Hospital.
In the intervention group (n=6), living donors gave both a kidney and bone marrow tissues via leukapheresis. The bone marrow samples were used for in vitro expansion of CD45RA+CD4+CD25highCD127low/neg Tregs and bone marrow cells. The transplant recipients underwent kidney transplantation and received Treg (range, 1.0-1.5×107 cells/kg) and bone marrow (range, 0.7-1.9×108 nucleated cells/kg) infusion within 3 days of kidney transplantation. In addition, the patients received 4 subcutaneous injections of 162 mg tocilizumab on days 0, 5, 15, and 21 and immunosuppression with 6 mg/kg intravenous (IV) thymoglobulin 2 weeks prior to transplant; 10 mg/kg IV belatacept on days 0, 4, 13, and 27 and weeks 8 and 12, followed by 5 mg/kg every 4 weeks; sirolimus dosed to maintain trough levels at 7 to 12 ng/mL; and corticosteroids. At 6 months, sirolimus and corticosteroids were withdrawn gradually among stable patients.
The control group (n=6) received kidney transplantation and the same immunosuppression intervention, with the exception that thymoglobulin was administered at the time of transplantation.
The coprimary outcomes were leukocyte donor chimerism and safety.
All study participants were men aged 25 to 63 years. The patients received kidney transplantation between 2019 and 2023.
After a Treg culture lasting between 14 and 21 days, patients in the intervention group received Treg infusions with doses ranging between 74.2×107 and 150.7×107 cells/kg and bone marrow infusions with doses ranging between 59.2×108 and 196.9×108 nucleated cells/kg. No infusion-related safety signals were observed.
All infusion recipients developed total leukocyte donor chimerism at a level of less than 1% (P =.001). No chimerism was observed among the control group.
A transcriptomics analysis found no humoral activity in the intervention group. A sequencing analysis indicated that infusion recipients had undergone significantly more clonal deletion of donor-specific T-cells at 1 (P =.035) and 3 (P =.047) months but only tended to have sustained lower levels at 6 months (P =.054). The T-cell proliferation assay identified a downregulation of anti-donor responses of CD4 (P =.032) and CD8 (P =.016) T cells at 12 months in the intervention cohort compared with the control group.
At a median follow-up of 32 months, patients in the intervention group had glomerular filtration rates (GFRs) ranging from 33 to 99 mL/min/1.72 m2, which did not differ from the control group (P =.42).
To date, withdrawal of sirolimus and corticosteroids has been successfully achieved among half of the intervention cohort, and they are currently receiving belatacept maintenance monotherapy. Two patients remain on dual therapy immunosuppression.
No graft versus host disease occurred, and only 1 patient developed de novo donor-specific antibodies with no clinical effects.
Dr Oberbauer concluded, "Combined Treg therapy and bone marrow transplantation is safe and feasible in living donor kidney transplantation and induces low-level chimerism which is sufficient to cause clonal deletion of donor-specific T-cells. These data provide insight into the immunomodulatory effect of combination cell therapy, which allowed for a safe minimization of immunosuppression."
Transplanting Kidney Donor Bone Marrow, Tregs Results in Chimerism
Jessica Nye June 27, 2025
Inducing temporary chimerism by transplanting donor Tregs and bone marrow after kidney transplantation was successful in a phase 1 and 2a trial. The hope is that it will reduce the risk for graft loss.
A first-in-human, proof-of-concept trial finds that combined bone marrow and regulatory T-cell (Treg) transplantation is safe and feasible and induces low-level temporary chimerism after living donor kidney transplantation. Rainer Oberbauer, MD, PhD, of the Medical University of Vienna, presented the findings at the 62nd European Renal Association (ERA) congress in Vienna, Austria.
Inducing chimerism-based tolerance via cotransplantation of hematopoietic stem cells shortly after kidney transplantation has the potential to decrease graft loss.
In 2021, Dr Oberbauer published the proposal for this phase 1/2a trial (NCT03867617) in Frontiers in Medicine that tested the safety and efficacy of induced chimerism among kidney transplant recipients. The prospective, open-label, controlled, single-center trial recruited patients (N=12) undergoing major histocompatibility complex (HLA)-mismatched living donor kidney transplantation at Vienna General Hospital.
In the intervention group (n=6), living donors gave both a kidney and bone marrow tissues via leukapheresis. The bone marrow samples were used for in vitro expansion of CD45RA+CD4+CD25highCD127low/neg Tregs and bone marrow cells. The transplant recipients underwent kidney transplantation and received Treg (range, 1.0-1.5×107 cells/kg) and bone marrow (range, 0.7-1.9×108 nucleated cells/kg) infusion within 3 days of kidney transplantation. In addition, the patients received 4 subcutaneous injections of 162 mg tocilizumab on days 0, 5, 15, and 21 and immunosuppression with 6 mg/kg intravenous (IV) thymoglobulin 2 weeks prior to transplant; 10 mg/kg IV belatacept on days 0, 4, 13, and 27 and weeks 8 and 12, followed by 5 mg/kg every 4 weeks; sirolimus dosed to maintain trough levels at 7 to 12 ng/mL; and corticosteroids. At 6 months, sirolimus and corticosteroids were withdrawn gradually among stable patients.
The control group (n=6) received kidney transplantation and the same immunosuppression intervention, with the exception that thymoglobulin was administered at the time of transplantation.
The coprimary outcomes were leukocyte donor chimerism and safety.
All study participants were men aged 25 to 63 years. The patients received kidney transplantation between 2019 and 2023.
After a Treg culture lasting between 14 and 21 days, patients in the intervention group received Treg infusions with doses ranging between 74.2×107 and 150.7×107 cells/kg and bone marrow infusions with doses ranging between 59.2×108 and 196.9×108 nucleated cells/kg. No infusion-related safety signals were observed.
All infusion recipients developed total leukocyte donor chimerism at a level of less than 1% (P =.001). No chimerism was observed among the control group.
A transcriptomics analysis found no humoral activity in the intervention group. A sequencing analysis indicated that infusion recipients had undergone significantly more clonal deletion of donor-specific T-cells at 1 (P =.035) and 3 (P =.047) months but only tended to have sustained lower levels at 6 months (P =.054). The T-cell proliferation assay identified a downregulation of anti-donor responses of CD4 (P =.032) and CD8 (P =.016) T cells at 12 months in the intervention cohort compared with the control group.
At a median follow-up of 32 months, patients in the intervention group had glomerular filtration rates (GFRs) ranging from 33 to 99 mL/min/1.72 m2, which did not differ from the control group (P =.42).
To date, withdrawal of sirolimus and corticosteroids has been successfully achieved among half of the intervention cohort, and they are currently receiving belatacept maintenance monotherapy. Two patients remain on dual therapy immunosuppression.
No graft versus host disease occurred, and only 1 patient developed de novo donor-specific antibodies with no clinical effects.
Dr Oberbauer concluded, "Combined Treg therapy and bone marrow transplantation is safe and feasible in living donor kidney transplantation and induces low-level chimerism which is sufficient to cause clonal deletion of donor-specific T-cells. These data provide insight into the immunomodulatory effect of combination cell therapy, which allowed for a safe minimization of immunosuppression."
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Last post by Clark - July 02, 2025, 04:00:05 PMhttps://livingdonorsonline.org/donor-experiences/donation-anniversaries/
Happy anniversary to all celebrating! Our sympathies if this is a painful reminder. May this remind us all of the desires of these wonderful folks to help another at their own risk and sacrifice. How are Barbara and her brother 52 years later? And Kathleen and her brother 48 years later?
July brings us anniversaries for both Tom and Macey, who, like me, have represented us all by serving on the OPTN board of directors. Please consider such service an opportunity for you in the future!
July also reminds us of the tragic outcome for Patti and her husband. Such a heartbreaking story, We hope he and the rest of those who knew and loved Patti are sustained well in their grief.
Please consider adding your anniversary if you wish. What you reveal is up to you. Take good care all!
Fifty-second anniversary:
Barbara Outz Johnson donated a kidney to her brother on July 5th, 1973
Forty-eighth anniversary:
Kathleen Mahoney donated a kidney to her brother when she was 20 and he was 14, on July 11th, 1977
Thirty-fifth anniversary:
Joan Schurman donated a kidney to her son on July 8th, 1990
Thirtieth anniversary:
Mare Medernach donated a kidney to her brother, Mark, on July 19th, 1995
Twenty-ninth anniversary:
David Scott donated a kidney to his sister, Gail Haisley, on July 10th, 1996
Twenty-fifth anniversary:
Laura Hawes donated part of her liver to her mother on July 25th, 2000
Twenty-fourth anniversary:
Jenny Lee donated a kidney to her daughter on July 9th, 2001
Lisa Steele donated a kidney to an unrelated recipient on July 12th, 2001
Stephanie Ritchon donated a kidney to her sister on July 16th, 2001
Twenty-third anniversary:
Jess Coleman donated part of his liver to his wife on July 3rd, 2002
Gerda A. Coakley donated a kidney to her brother on July 10th, 2002
Margaret donated part of her liver to her mother on July 12th, 2002
Michaela Robertson donated a kidney to her father, Calder Robertson, on July 16th, 2002
Ted Whitehead donated part of his liver to his brother on July 19th, 2002
Julie Michaels donated a kidney to a friend on July 24th, 2002
Tim Hurley donated a kidney to his son on July 24th, 2002
Twenty-second anniversary:
Steven Seidner donated a kidney to his father on July 8th, 2003
Tom Falsey donated a kidney to a stranger on July 15th, 2003
Patricia donated a kidney to a stranger on July 22nd, 2003
Zell Kravinsky donated a kidney to a stranger on July 22nd, 2003
Donna Vogelgesang donated a kidney to her father on July 30th, 2003
Karen Kennedy donated a kidney to her mother on July 30th, 2003
Linda Marshall donated a kidney to her mom on July 30th, 2003
Twenty-first anniversary:
Lisa Quinn donated a kidney to her mother-in-law on July 7th, 2004
Susan Kuhn donated a kidney to her husband on July 9th, 2004
Gary W. donated a kidney to his father on July 7th, 2004
Kimberly Moity donated a kidney to her husband on July 13th, 2004
Mike donated a kidney to his uncle on July 20th, 2004
Barbara Romine donated a kidney to her daughter on July 28th, 2004
Sherry donated a kidney to her husband on July 28th, 2004
Patti McRoberts, a living kidney donor to her husband on July 31st, 2000, never woke up, and died on July 29th, 2004
Eighteenth anniversary:
Irismer donated a kidney to her cousin on July 2nd, 2007
Kevin Vericker donated a kidney to his brother on July 5th, 2007
Ellen Sweeney donated part of her liver to her sister, Susan, on July 12th, 2007
Tristan Smith donated a kidney to his 11 year old cousin on July 12th, 2007
Tanya Moder donated a kidney to a stranger on July 17th, 2007
Charissa Cook donated a kidney to her father, Joseph DiBeneditto, on July 18th, 2007
Matt Jones donated a kidney to an unrelated person on July 18th, 2007
Laurie Fosburg Carlo donated a kidney to her sister-in-law on July 20th, 2007
Joyce Hennes donated a kidney to a friend on July 24th, 2007
Seventeenth anniversary:
Marilyn (Moe) Shea donated a part of her liver to her employer on July 1st, 2008
Breann Dobben donated a kidney to her boyfriend on July 7th, 2008
Jonas Read donated a kidney to his childhood friend, Austin Pierce, on July 31st, 2008
Sixteenth anniversary:
Anne Caldwell donated a kidney to a friend from church on July 7th, 2009
Jody Clement donated a kidney to her best friend, Faye, on July 8th, 2009
Macey Leigh donated a kidney to her cousin, Marc, on July 10th, 2009
Cathy Hopkins donated a kidney to her uncle on July 16th, 2009
Jordan Brough donated a kidney to a stranger (and then friend) on July 16th, 2009
Laurie Stuart donated a kidney to her ex-husband, Paul, on July 22nd, 2009
Fifteenth anniversary:
Nicki Hayes became a non-directed kidney donor on July 13th, 2010
Rasula Rashid donated a kidney to her daughter, Firoza, on July 13th, 2010
Tom O'Driscoll donated a kidney to Carolyn Branson, suggested by Chaya Lipschutz, on July 23rd, 2010
Nina Brown donated 60% of her liver to her sister-in-law's best friend, Lynn Deal, on July 15th, 2010
Dawn made a non-directed kidney donation on July 26th, 2010
Betty (Bryant) Shelton made a non-directed kidney donation on July 27th, 2010
Sara Guzman donated a kidney to her husband, Julian, on July 27th, 2010, after he received a liver transplant. He died on November 1st, 2010 due to other complications.
Jeanne Blackburn donated a kidney to an unidentified unrelated person on July 28th, 2010
Fourteenth anniversary:
Jeremy Hunsicker donated a kidney to his sister, Naomi Schlaner, on July 7th, 2011
Rebecca Kelley donated a kidney to her ex-husband, Frank, on July 7th, 2011
David Frazier donated a kidney to his co-worker, Kristen Adams, on July 12th, 2011
Donna Reed Foster donated a kidney to Kerry Anthony Conrad, no relation, on July 13th, 2011
Patrick Liam O'Connor donated a kidney to his uncle, Francis Nolan, on July 14th, 2011
Julie donated a kidney to her adopted sister on July 15th, 2011
Leticia Rodriguez donated a kidney to her friend, Elizabeth Lopez, on July 20th, 2011
John Milligan donated a kidney to his wife, Jane, on July 22nd, 2011
Thirteenth anniversary:
Robin donated a kidney to Toby, her son, on July 5th, 2012
Shelli Hudson-Altringer donated a kidney to her brother, Jim Hudson, on July 17th, 2012
Annie Wright donated a kidney to a co-worker as part of a chain on July 19th, 2012
Twelfth anniversary:
Peggy Williams donated a kidney to an unrelated person on July 3rd, 2013
Maurice Bryant donated a kidney to his father, Alvin, on July 9th, 2013
Nancy B Ross donated a kidney on July 10th, 2013
Jessica Kuhn donated a kidney on July 30th, 2013
Sharon Topai donated a kidney to a dear friend on July 31st, 2013
Eleventh anniversary:
Shipra Singh donated a kidney to his mother, Santosh Singh, on July 7th, 2014
Lynn Bakiares donated a kidney to her husband, Jeffrey, on July 9th, 2014
Randy Browder donated a kidney to his friend, Ronnie Scott, on July 10th, 2014
Ashley Hoyng donated a kidney to an unrelated person on July 22nd, 2014
Yanira Santos donated a kidney to her mother, Carmen Urena, on July 22nd, 2014
Susan Clark donated a kidney to an unrelated person, Yennifer Guitterez, on July 24th, 2014
Happy anniversary to all celebrating! Our sympathies if this is a painful reminder. May this remind us all of the desires of these wonderful folks to help another at their own risk and sacrifice. How are Barbara and her brother 52 years later? And Kathleen and her brother 48 years later?
July brings us anniversaries for both Tom and Macey, who, like me, have represented us all by serving on the OPTN board of directors. Please consider such service an opportunity for you in the future!
July also reminds us of the tragic outcome for Patti and her husband. Such a heartbreaking story, We hope he and the rest of those who knew and loved Patti are sustained well in their grief.
Please consider adding your anniversary if you wish. What you reveal is up to you. Take good care all!
Fifty-second anniversary:
Barbara Outz Johnson donated a kidney to her brother on July 5th, 1973
Forty-eighth anniversary:
Kathleen Mahoney donated a kidney to her brother when she was 20 and he was 14, on July 11th, 1977
Thirty-fifth anniversary:
Joan Schurman donated a kidney to her son on July 8th, 1990
Thirtieth anniversary:
Mare Medernach donated a kidney to her brother, Mark, on July 19th, 1995
Twenty-ninth anniversary:
David Scott donated a kidney to his sister, Gail Haisley, on July 10th, 1996
Twenty-fifth anniversary:
Laura Hawes donated part of her liver to her mother on July 25th, 2000
Twenty-fourth anniversary:
Jenny Lee donated a kidney to her daughter on July 9th, 2001
Lisa Steele donated a kidney to an unrelated recipient on July 12th, 2001
Stephanie Ritchon donated a kidney to her sister on July 16th, 2001
Twenty-third anniversary:
Jess Coleman donated part of his liver to his wife on July 3rd, 2002
Gerda A. Coakley donated a kidney to her brother on July 10th, 2002
Margaret donated part of her liver to her mother on July 12th, 2002
Michaela Robertson donated a kidney to her father, Calder Robertson, on July 16th, 2002
Ted Whitehead donated part of his liver to his brother on July 19th, 2002
Julie Michaels donated a kidney to a friend on July 24th, 2002
Tim Hurley donated a kidney to his son on July 24th, 2002
Twenty-second anniversary:
Steven Seidner donated a kidney to his father on July 8th, 2003
Tom Falsey donated a kidney to a stranger on July 15th, 2003
Patricia donated a kidney to a stranger on July 22nd, 2003
Zell Kravinsky donated a kidney to a stranger on July 22nd, 2003
Donna Vogelgesang donated a kidney to her father on July 30th, 2003
Karen Kennedy donated a kidney to her mother on July 30th, 2003
Linda Marshall donated a kidney to her mom on July 30th, 2003
Twenty-first anniversary:
Lisa Quinn donated a kidney to her mother-in-law on July 7th, 2004
Susan Kuhn donated a kidney to her husband on July 9th, 2004
Gary W. donated a kidney to his father on July 7th, 2004
Kimberly Moity donated a kidney to her husband on July 13th, 2004
Mike donated a kidney to his uncle on July 20th, 2004
Barbara Romine donated a kidney to her daughter on July 28th, 2004
Sherry donated a kidney to her husband on July 28th, 2004
Patti McRoberts, a living kidney donor to her husband on July 31st, 2000, never woke up, and died on July 29th, 2004
Eighteenth anniversary:
Irismer donated a kidney to her cousin on July 2nd, 2007
Kevin Vericker donated a kidney to his brother on July 5th, 2007
Ellen Sweeney donated part of her liver to her sister, Susan, on July 12th, 2007
Tristan Smith donated a kidney to his 11 year old cousin on July 12th, 2007
Tanya Moder donated a kidney to a stranger on July 17th, 2007
Charissa Cook donated a kidney to her father, Joseph DiBeneditto, on July 18th, 2007
Matt Jones donated a kidney to an unrelated person on July 18th, 2007
Laurie Fosburg Carlo donated a kidney to her sister-in-law on July 20th, 2007
Joyce Hennes donated a kidney to a friend on July 24th, 2007
Seventeenth anniversary:
Marilyn (Moe) Shea donated a part of her liver to her employer on July 1st, 2008
Breann Dobben donated a kidney to her boyfriend on July 7th, 2008
Jonas Read donated a kidney to his childhood friend, Austin Pierce, on July 31st, 2008
Sixteenth anniversary:
Anne Caldwell donated a kidney to a friend from church on July 7th, 2009
Jody Clement donated a kidney to her best friend, Faye, on July 8th, 2009
Macey Leigh donated a kidney to her cousin, Marc, on July 10th, 2009
Cathy Hopkins donated a kidney to her uncle on July 16th, 2009
Jordan Brough donated a kidney to a stranger (and then friend) on July 16th, 2009
Laurie Stuart donated a kidney to her ex-husband, Paul, on July 22nd, 2009
Fifteenth anniversary:
Nicki Hayes became a non-directed kidney donor on July 13th, 2010
Rasula Rashid donated a kidney to her daughter, Firoza, on July 13th, 2010
Tom O'Driscoll donated a kidney to Carolyn Branson, suggested by Chaya Lipschutz, on July 23rd, 2010
Nina Brown donated 60% of her liver to her sister-in-law's best friend, Lynn Deal, on July 15th, 2010
Dawn made a non-directed kidney donation on July 26th, 2010
Betty (Bryant) Shelton made a non-directed kidney donation on July 27th, 2010
Sara Guzman donated a kidney to her husband, Julian, on July 27th, 2010, after he received a liver transplant. He died on November 1st, 2010 due to other complications.
Jeanne Blackburn donated a kidney to an unidentified unrelated person on July 28th, 2010
Fourteenth anniversary:
Jeremy Hunsicker donated a kidney to his sister, Naomi Schlaner, on July 7th, 2011
Rebecca Kelley donated a kidney to her ex-husband, Frank, on July 7th, 2011
David Frazier donated a kidney to his co-worker, Kristen Adams, on July 12th, 2011
Donna Reed Foster donated a kidney to Kerry Anthony Conrad, no relation, on July 13th, 2011
Patrick Liam O'Connor donated a kidney to his uncle, Francis Nolan, on July 14th, 2011
Julie donated a kidney to her adopted sister on July 15th, 2011
Leticia Rodriguez donated a kidney to her friend, Elizabeth Lopez, on July 20th, 2011
John Milligan donated a kidney to his wife, Jane, on July 22nd, 2011
Thirteenth anniversary:
Robin donated a kidney to Toby, her son, on July 5th, 2012
Shelli Hudson-Altringer donated a kidney to her brother, Jim Hudson, on July 17th, 2012
Annie Wright donated a kidney to a co-worker as part of a chain on July 19th, 2012
Twelfth anniversary:
Peggy Williams donated a kidney to an unrelated person on July 3rd, 2013
Maurice Bryant donated a kidney to his father, Alvin, on July 9th, 2013
Nancy B Ross donated a kidney on July 10th, 2013
Jessica Kuhn donated a kidney on July 30th, 2013
Sharon Topai donated a kidney to a dear friend on July 31st, 2013
Eleventh anniversary:
Shipra Singh donated a kidney to his mother, Santosh Singh, on July 7th, 2014
Lynn Bakiares donated a kidney to her husband, Jeffrey, on July 9th, 2014
Randy Browder donated a kidney to his friend, Ronnie Scott, on July 10th, 2014
Ashley Hoyng donated a kidney to an unrelated person on July 22nd, 2014
Yanira Santos donated a kidney to her mother, Carmen Urena, on July 22nd, 2014
Susan Clark donated a kidney to an unrelated person, Yennifer Guitterez, on July 24th, 2014