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Improving Living Kidney Donation & Transplantation

The National Kidney Registry is dedicated to increasing living kidney donation, ensuring better donor-recipient matches, and providing comprehensive support and protections for living donors.

10,000 NKR-Facilitated Transplants

Kidney Donor Blog

Information for Donors

What is Kidney Prioritization for Living Kidney Donors?

Timothy Wan, Esq., NKR General Counsel and Chief Litigator

When you donate a kidney through the National Kidney Registry (NKR), you are covered by a wide range of protections, one of which is kidney prioritization.

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Kidney Donor Stories

My Kidney Donation Story: Rick Rabe

Rick Rabe

My wife Julie was diagnosed with polycystic kidney disease at an early age and has lived with the disease for almost fifty years. In 2024, when her nephrologist suggested she start the transplantation process, I went through the testing. I was 69 at the time.

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Why Choose an NKR Center

NKR Member Centers agree to an extensive list of guidelines and commitments to provide the highest level of care, protection, and support to living donors and transplant recipients. As of 2025, there are 103 NKR Member Centers spanning 35 states and the District of Columbia.

Member Centers
NKR center locations across the USA.