People in Transplant: Garet Hil
December 2, 2019An interview with Garet Hill, entrepreneur, kidney donor, and Founder/CEO of the National Kidney Registry.
News & Press
Read the latest press releases, news articles and media coverage of Donor Shield, the National Kidney Registry and living kidney donation.
Fox News: A Look at Living Organ Donor Programs
November 24, 2019Living donor Lisa Emmott and her husband, living donor and organ recipient, Neil Emmott on the importance of organ donor programs.
National Kidney Registry Improves Donor Lost Wage Reimbursement Program by Eliminating Income Restrictions
November 21, 2019(Greenwich, CT – November 21, 2019) – Today the National Kidney Registry (NKR) announced the elimination of all income restrictions on their Donor Shield lost wage reimbursement program.
TIME: Kidney Swaps Are Revolutionizing a Broken Organ-Donation System in the U.S.
November 5, 2019Lisa Emmott never thought much about the 37 million American adults who suffer from kidney disease until her husband became one of them.
UCSF Medical Center is First Transplant Center in the Western U.S. to Provide Donor Shield
October 3, 2019Today the National Kidney Registry (NKR) and University of California, San Francisco Medical Center (UCSF) announced that all living kidney donors who donate at UCSF will be provided Donor Shield protections through the NKR.
National Kidney Registry Launches Family Voucher Program
September 16, 2019The National Kidney Registry (NKR) has successfully launched the Family Voucher Program which allows donors to donate a kidney now and receive vouchers for immediate family members in case a family member ever needs a kidney transplant in the future.
Vox: This nonprofit just took a big step to make kidney donation in the US easier
August 7, 2019Donating a kidney saves a life — and now, thanks to the National Kidney Registry, it doesn’t have to cost you money.
National Kidney Registry to Reimburse Lost Wages for Donors
August 5, 2019Today the National Kidney Registry announced that all donors involved in NKR swaps will be provided Donor Shield protections including lost wage reimbursement.