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National Kidney Registry Now Offers Microsite Coach Check-In Webinars

The National Kidney Registry is now conducting microsite coach check-in webinars, a new initiative designed to support patients who are working with a microsite coach as part of their search for a living kidney donor. Microsite check-in webinars offer patients a chance to connect with their coach, ask questions, and receive practical guidance on how …

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The National Kidney Registry Announces its 1,000th Microsite Transplant

Today, the National Kidney Registry (NKR) achieved a significant milestone: the 1,000th microsite patient to receive a living donor transplant. It took the NKR approximately six years to facilitate 1,000 kidney paired donation (KPD) transplants from its inception in 2008. Today, the NKR is facilitating approximately 2,000 KPD transplants per year. The Microsite Program is …

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