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.
Why the National Kidney Registry:
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Information for Donors
An Unexpected Gift: How Donating a Kidney Can Also Help Protect Your Health
When you apply to become a living kidney donor, you are stepping forward to change—and even save—someone’s life. But along the way, you may also gain something personally valuable: a comprehensive, no-cost evaluation of your health.
Continue ReadingKidney Donor Stories
My Kidney Donation Story: EJ Tamez
Back in 2016, I learned that my brother’s health was deteriorating. I asked my mother about it, and she told me that he was in kidney failure and was already doing dialysis. I immediately went to see him and found him stuck in a chair, barely able to walk. He was only 42 years old back then, with a young family, and seeing him like that really broke my heart.
Continue ReadingWhy 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
60 Lives, 30 Kidneys, All Linked
Vouchers: Giving the Gift of Life
Voucher Program Paying it Forward
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