Do I have to undergo testing and surgery at the same center as the patient, or can I go to a center near me?

If you donate through the National Kidney Registry’s remote donation network, you can complete the donation—from pre-donation testing through your donation surgery—at an NKR transplant center close to you. Your kidney is then shipped to the transplant center where the recipient is being transplanted, which could be in a different city or even across the country.