The National Kidney Registry (NKR) is proud to announce the successful completion of its Coronado Regional Training, an educational event for transplant professionals in the San Diego area. The event took place January 9 and 10, 2025, at Hotel del Coronado, Coronado Island, California. This hands-on training offered an in-depth look at kidney paired donation …
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National Kidney Registry Facilitates 10,000th Living Donor Kidney Transplant
The National Kidney Registry (NKR) announced its 10,000th transplant, with 1,744 transplants facilitated in 2024 alone. The NKR facilitated its first transplant in 2008 and reached the 5,000-transplant milestone in June 2021. The NKR is expected to facilitate approximately 30% of all U.S. living donor kidney transplants in 2025. “This is a remarkable milestone and …
National Kidney Registry Holds Richmond Regional Training
The National Kidney Registry (NKR) is pleased to announce the successful completion of its Richmond Regional Training, an educational event for transplant professionals in the Richmond, Virginia area. The event took place November 21 and 22, 2024, at The Jefferson Hotel in Richmond, Virginia. This hands-on training offered an in-depth look at kidney paired donation …
National Kidney Registry Holds Chicagoland Regional Training
The National Kidney Registry (NKR) is proud to announce the successful completion of its Chicagoland Regional Training, an educational event for transplant professionals across the Midwest. The event took place October 24 and 25, 2024, at the Renaissance Hotel in downtown Chicago, Illinois. This hands-on training offered an in-depth look at kidney paired donation (KPD) …
National Kidney Registry Holds New England Regional Training Event in Boston
The National Kidney Registry (NKR) hosted a successful regional training event for transplant professionals on September 12–13, 2024, at the Lenox Hotel Boston. The training included topics such as the kidney paired donation process, donor-recipient compatibility, patient microsites, remote donation, the Kidney for Life program, and Donor Shield. A total of 30 people attended the …
National Kidney Registry Appoints Margaret Voges Operations Committee Chair
Today the National Kidney Registry (NKR) announced that Margaret Voges, RN, has been appointed the Chair of the NKR Operations Committee. Margaret Voges is the lead Transplant Coordinator for the Kidney Paired Donation program at the University of Minnesota. She obtained a BA in Nursing from the College of St. Catherine in 1989 and has …
The National Kidney Registry Adds Three Microsite Donor Mentors for Living Kidney Donors Donating Through a Microsite
Today the National Kidney Registry announced the addition of three microsite donor mentors to its Microsite Program. The Microsite Program provides free websites and coaching to transplant patients seeking a living donor to increase their chances of achieving a living donor transplant. Donor candidates who sign up for the donation process through a patient’s microsite …
National Kidney Registry Hosts 2024 NorCal Regional Training
The National Kidney Registry (NKR) hosted a successful regional training event on May 1–3, 2024, at the Hayes Mansion in San Jose, California. A total of 27 people attended the event, including three members of the NKR team and representatives from 13 transplant centers: Hartford Hospital Transplant Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, University of Minnesota Medical …
Dr. Ephraim Fuchs Joins ImmunoFree, Inc. as its Chief Medical Officer
Today, ImmunoFree, Inc. announced that Dr. Ephraim Fuchs has been appointed the Chief Medical Officer of ImmunoFree. In his role as CMO, Dr. Fuchs will oversee all medical and scientific affairs of the company and be responsible for the development of the ImmunoFree tolerance protocol for the 1,000,000+ transplant recipients worldwide who can benefit from …
National Kidney Registry Transfers Commercial Operations to For-profit Entity
Effective June 30, 2023, the National Kidney Registry (NKR) has transferred its commercial operations to a for-profit entity to comply with IRS regulations and begin paying income taxes. The new for-profit entity carries the corporate name of “Best Match Corporation” but will be referred to under its DBA name, the “National Kidney Registry.” The nonprofit …
National Kidney Registry Appoints EJ Tamez as Head Donor Search Coach
The National Kidney Registry is thrilled to announce that Eusebio J. (EJ) Tamez has been appointed Head Donor Search Coach for the National Kidney Registry, with the primary focus of achieving 400 living donor microsite patient transplants in 2023. EJ is the fourth living kidney donor to join the National Kidney Registry team. He is …
National Kidney Registry Appoints Ryan Meehan Chief Financial Officer
Today the National Kidney Registry announced that Ryan Meehan has been appointed the Chief Financial Officer of the NKR. In the CFO role, Ryan will be responsible for the financial management of the organization while developing key innovations and leading several strategic initiatives. “Ryan brings with him a diverse business background, a Wharton MBA and …
National Kidney Registry Appoints New Chief Operating Officer
Another Living Donor Joins the NKR Team Today the National Kidney Registry (NKR) announced that Michael Lollo has been appointed the Chief Operating Officer of the NKR. Lollo is a non-directed living kidney donor who previously served as president of the National Kidney Donation Organization (NKDO), the largest living donor organization in the world. Lollo …
National Kidney Registry Passes Kidney Backup Policy
The National Kidney Registry Medical Board has approved a new policy that provides added assurance to kidney transplant recipients in NKR swaps. The new policy protects eligible recipients whose transplanted kidney fails within 90 days of transplant surgery. Patients who are eligible for this policy would be prioritized to receive another living donor kidney in …
National Kidney Registry Re-engineers Billing Systems to Facilitate KPD Cost Reimbursements for Transplant Hospitals
The National Kidney Registry announced the completion of a two-year reengineering project to allow hospitals to tie nearly all paired exchange costs back to patients transplanted. With the rapid expansion of services that increase the efficiency and reduce the risk of paired exchange transplantation, such as computerized matching, organ packaging, organ shipping, logistics support and …
Dr. Barry Straube, Former Chief Medical Officer of CMS Joins NKR Medical Board
Barry M. Straube, M.D., the former Chief Medical Officer of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), nephrologist and transplant physician, has joined the National Kidney Registry’s Medical Board. In joining the National Kidney Registry Board, Dr. Straube said, “I hope we can collectively promulgate a greater sense of urgency to get more focus …
NKR Keynotes Wharton Welcome Weekend Speech Delivered by Alumnus and NKR Founder & President, Garet Hil
Today, during his keynote speech to participants of the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania’s annual “Welcome Weekend,” Garet Hil, Founder and CEO of the National Kidney Registry, announced the completion of economic research identifying $100 billion in U.S. healthcare savings that can be generated by facilitating living donor kidney transplants over the next …