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What every US living donor program publishes — financial help for donors, paired exchange, and how to reach them. Checked against public sources and dated.
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  • California Pacific Medical Center-Van Ness Campus

    San Francisco, CA

    NLDAC financial assistancePaired exchange

    Sutter's living-donor page says CPMC guides donors from a free evaluation through recovery, including a two-day donor evaluation with medical exam, psychosocial consultation, and blood compatibility testing, and that incompatible pairs can go through paired kidney donation.

  • Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

    Los Angeles, CA

    NLDAC financial assistance · not yet verifiedPaired exchange

    Cedars-Sinai's living-donor page says prospective donors register online, complete an in-person evaluation, and incompatible pairs may be considered for paired exchange, medication therapy, or advanced donation.

  • Children's Hospital Los Angeles

    Los Angeles, CA

    NLDAC financial assistance · not yet verifiedPaired exchange

    CHLA's living-donor page says kidney donation for its patients is done in partnership with Keck Medicine of USC, where adult donors are evaluated and have their surgery, and that the program can coordinate a paired kidney exchange when a donor's blood type is not compatible.

  • Harbor UCLA Medical Center

    Torrance, CA

    NLDAC financial assistance · not yet verifiedPaired exchange · not yet verified

    Harbor-UCLA's transplant program page says potential donors are evaluated by the transplant team against selection criteria covering age, health, and pregnancy status before donor surgery is scheduled.

  • Keck Hospital of USC

    Los Angeles, CA

    NLDAC financial assistance · not yet verifiedPaired exchange

    Keck Medicine of USC's living-donor page says its program participates in paired kidney exchange across the country, including through the National Kidney Registry, for donors who are not compatible with their intended recipient.

  • Loma Linda University Medical Center

    Loma Linda, CA

    NLDAC financial assistance · not yet verifiedPaired exchange · not yet verified

    Loma Linda University Health's living-donor page says a kidney donor does not need to be related to the recipient, though the program notes a blood-related donor is more likely to be compatible.

  • Lucile Salter Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford

    Palo Alto, CA

    NLDAC financial assistance · not yet verifiedPaired exchange · not yet verified

    Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford's donor FAQ says its pediatric program prefers living-donor transplants for their lower rejection rates, that a parent is typically the most likely donor, and its minimal-incision nephrectomy gives donors a shorter recovery than the standard approach.

  • Rady Children's Hospital and Health Center

    San Diego, CA

    NLDAC financial assistancePaired exchange · not yet verified

    Rady Children's living-donor page says kidney donation for its pediatric patients is coordinated with UC San Diego Health, where donors are evaluated and undergo surgery, and lists paired and voucher donation through the National Kidney Registry as options.

  • Saint Joseph Hospital

    Orange, CA

    NLDAC financial assistance · not yet verifiedPaired exchange · not yet verified

    Saint Joseph Hospital's kidney-donation page says its transplant center will evaluate all appropriate options for living donation and lists blood-type compatibility among the criteria a donor should meet.

  • Scripps Green Hospital

    La Jolla, CA

    NLDAC financial assistancePaired exchange · not yet verified

    Scripps Green's living organ donation page names the National Living Donor Assistance Center as a resource that can help with a donor's lost wages and travel expenses, alongside the center's own Donor Shield benefit.

  • Sharp Memorial Hospital

    San Diego, CA

    NLDAC financial assistance · not yet verifiedPaired exchange

    Sharp's living-donor page says its kidney transplant program is part of the Living Donor Kidney Exchange Program through the National Kidney Registry, and also describes a voucher donation option for donors without a compatible recipient.

  • Stanford Health Care

    Stanford, CA

    NLDAC financial assistance · not yet verifiedPaired exchange · not yet verified

    Stanford Health Care's living-donor pages describe two donor types its program supports: direct donors who give to a loved one, and paired or chain donors, whose kidney goes to a stranger in exchange for a compatible kidney for their own loved one.

  • UCSF Medical Center at Mission Bay

    San Francisco, CA

    NLDAC financial assistance · not yet verifiedPaired exchange · not yet verified

    UCSF Benioff Children's Hospitals' living-donor kidney page, a pediatric program description, says a potential donor first meets with a transplant doctor and coordinator, then undergoes tissue typing for suitability, and points families to UCSF Health's adult kidney care providers for more.

  • University of California Davis Medical Center

    Sacramento, CA

    NLDAC financial assistance · not yet verifiedPaired exchange

    UC Davis's living-donation page says the process begins with a health questionnaire reviewed by a living donor nurse coordinator, that incompatible donor-recipient pairs can join its paired exchange program, and that donors then complete a medical evaluation before surgery is scheduled.

  • University of California Irvine Medical Center

    Orange, CA

    NLDAC financial assistance · not yet verifiedPaired exchange

    UC Irvine Health's living-donor program page says it coordinates paired exchanges linking two or more donor-recipient pairs, and describes the program as a National Kidney Registry Center of Excellence.

  • University of California San Diego Medical Center

    La Jolla, CA

    NLDAC financial assistancePaired exchange · not yet verified

    UC San Diego Health's living-donation page names the National Living Donor Assistance Center as a resource for a donor's lost wages and travel expenses, and describes a paired exchange arranged with the National Kidney Registry.

  • University of California San Francisco Medical Center

    San Francisco, CA

    NLDAC financial assistance · not yet verifiedPaired exchange · not yet verified

    UCSF's living-donor kidney page says candidates complete a full medical, surgical, and psychosocial evaluation, and that its paired exchange and advanced donation voucher programs help donors and recipients with incompatible blood or tissue types donate through each other.

  • University of California at Los Angeles Medical Center

    Los Angeles, CA

    NLDAC financial assistance · not yet verifiedPaired exchange

    UCLA Health's living-donor page describes a Paired Exchange Program for donor-recipient pairs who are not directly compatible, alongside direct, non-directed, and advanced kidney donation.

My Kidney Story does not collect, store, or evaluate medical information, and nothing on this page is medical advice. Donor eligibility is determined solely by a transplant center after its own independent evaluation.

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