Getting started (takes 2-3 days)
First, fill out a questionnaire online to assess your health. Then, a physician will review your questionnaire.
Learning more about you (takes 2-3 weeks)
After reviewing your questionnaire, a Donor Coordinator and a Donor Advocate will contact you by phone to complete prerequisites, such as filling out a Living Donor Records Worksheet. We will also ask you to complete an online education class about liver donation.
Evaluation in a transplant clinic (about two weeks)
Next, you will come into the Transplant Clinic for an assessment, which usually takes a full day. This evaluation will include doing extra tests or consulting with more transplant team members as needed. Your results and assessments will be reviewed for approval by the transplant team.
Donation (time may vary)
Once we get approval from the transplant team, we will help you schedule your transplant surgery. You will come into the clinic for a checkup before your surgery and then have your kidney donation surgery as expected.
Follow-up (two years)
After your surgery, you will return to the clinic for a checkup to ensure you're healing well and not experiencing any issues. You will then be asked to follow up with the transplant team three more times. The first will be six months after your surgery, then at the one-year mark, and finally at the two-year post-op mark.