Identifying a Potential Donor

African Americans are less likely to receive living donor transplants than other racial and ethnic groups.

Thus, it is very important for African Americans to seek living donors.

There are more than 6,000 living organ donors per year. One in four of these donors isn’t biologically related to the recipient.

Who Can Be a Living Kidney Donor?

While many people are willing, not everyone can be a living donor. Potential donors must be:

1. Over the age of 18
2. Willing to donate
3. Physically fit
4. In good general health, and
5. Free of diabetes, cancer, kidney disease, and heart disease

Specific requirements vary by the transplant center. Potential donors should contact the transplant center for further information about eligibility to donate.

Identifying a Potential Donor

African Americans are less likely to receive living donor transplants than other racial and ethnic groups.

Thus, it is very important for African Americans to seek living donors.

Identifying a Potential Donor

There are more than 6,000 living organ donors per year. One in four of these donors isn’t biologically related to the recipient.

Who Can Be a Living Kidney Donor?

While many people are willing, not everyone can be a living donor. Potential donors must be:

1. Over the age of 18
2. Willing to donate
3. Physically fit
4. In good general health, and
5. Free of diabetes, cancer, kidney disease, and heart disease

Specific requirements vary by the transplant center. Potential donors should contact the transplant center for further information about eligibility to donate.

Types of Living Kidney Donor Transplant

Living donations include many forms, but the three most common are:

Direct Donation is a donation between a donor and recipient who know each other.

Non-directed Donors are persons who make a living donation to someone whom they do not know. This is also referred to as “altruistic donation.”

A Conventional paired donation is an exchange between two kidney donor/recipient pairs whose blood types are not a match for their intended recipient. Instead, the two recipients trade donors so that each can receive a kidney from a donor with a matching blood type.

Types of Living Donor Transplant

Living donations include many forms, but the three most common are:

Direct Donation is a donation between a donor and recipient who know each other.

Non-directed Donors are persons who make a living donation to someone whom they do not know. This is also referred to as “altruistic donation.”

A Conventional paired donation is an exchange between two kidney donor/recipient pairs whose blood types are not a match for their intended recipient. Instead, the two recipients trade donors so that each can receive a kidney from a donor with a matching blood type.