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The National Kidney Registry is pleased to welcome its newest microsite center: Corewell Health Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital in Grand Rapids, Michigan. A total of 64 transplant centers nationwide now participate in the NKR’s Microsite Program. The Microsite Program provides free websites and coaching to transplant patients seeking a living donor to increase their chances …

In 2024, Luis Barrera went for his first dialysis appointment after spending 12 years with kidney failure. Hoping for a miracle, Nancy Zevgolis matched with Barrera and became his donor.

When doctors told Snowmass Village resident JD Daly he needed a kidney donor, his wife Mary Paula Daly’s response was immediate: “I’ll do it.”

The National Kidney Registry (NKR) is proud to announce the release of its “Success Stories” booklet, designed to offer hope and encouragement to individuals and families searching for a living kidney or liver donor. The booklet features firsthand stories from transplant recipients and donors to offer hope, encouragement, and real-life examples of what’s possible. “We …

David Garey was 24 years old when he donated a kidney to an anonymous recipient through the paired kidney exchange program at University of Utah Health.

16-year-old Max Pendlum, a talented viola player and high school theater performer, is in need of a kidney transplant due to bilateral kidney dysplasia.

Fall River singer Nadia Pavão is facing a critical health battle and revealed she urgently needs a kidney transplant.

Shawn Kortes, who has polycystic kidney disease, had been searching for a new kidney for months. He received a kidney transplant on Feb. 25 at UCI Medical Center in Orange.

A living donor has been found for the life-saving kidney transplant for Elias Manolis, 13, born with UVJ obstruction, a chronic kidney condition, that left him with failing kidneys.

An Overland Park mother in desperate need of a kidney has found a match.