Helping Patients Learn How to Find a Living Kidney Donor
If you are in need of a kidney transplant, the free, personalized microsites offered by the National Kidney Registry can help you find a living donor.
If you are in need of a kidney transplant, the free, personalized microsites offered by the National Kidney Registry can help you find a living donor.
Transplant centers that participate in the National Kidney Registry’s Microsite Program can help you set up your own personal microsite, where you can tell your story, spread the word about your donor search and give potential donors an easy way to get tested on your behalf. There are currently 64 centers participating in the Microsite Program. To find a center that offer microsites, see the map of microsite participant centers. The Microsite Program is free for patients enrolled through a participating center.
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Caterina Galante was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes at just 13 months old and lived with the condition for decades before being diagnosed with Stage 5 kidney failure. She was prepared to be placed on the deceased donor waitlist, but her daughter, Daniella, stepped forward, donating her kidney through the Voucher Program to secure her mother a well-matched living donor.