People in Transplant: Garet Hil
An interview with Garet Hill, entrepreneur, kidney donor, and Founder/CEO of the National Kidney Registry.
News & Press
Read the latest news articles and press releases about living kidney donation, the Donor Care Network, the National Kidney Registry, and Donor Care Network Centers of Excellence.
A Look at Living Organ Donor Programs
Living 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
(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.
Kidney Swaps Are Revolutionizing a Broken Organ-Donation System in the U.S.
Lisa 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
Today 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
The 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.
This nonprofit just took a big step to make kidney donation in the US easier
Donating 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
Today the National Kidney Registry announced that all donors involved in NKR swaps will be provided Donor Shield protections including lost wage reimbursement.
Fort Worth Physician Gets Second Chance After Kidney Transplant
Dr. Karamat Choudhry is a retired cardiothoracic surgeon who worked with Medical City Fort Worth since the day it first opened in 1976 and served as the second chief of staff at the hospital. When he needed a kidney transplant, he knew exactly where he wanted to go.
Medical City Fort Worth Transplant InstituteGrandmother’s kidney donation garners kidney voucher for granddaughter
The Emory Transplant Center and patient Jamie McNeil have together created a safety net for McNeil’s two-year-old granddaughter, while also starting a chain of kidney transplants through the National Kidney Registry’s (NKR) Donor Voucher Program. McNeil was Emory’s first participant in the voucher donor program, which allows donors to donate their kidney many years before their intended…
Emory Transplant Center