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Alabama · 2 verified centers
State pageChildren's of Alabama
Birmingham, AL
NLDAC financial assistance · not yet verifiedPaired exchange · not yet verifiedChildren's of Alabama's kidney transplant page says its pediatric team partners with UAB, whose surgeons and pediatric nephrologists provide care, and that evaluation happens in the Children's own outpatient transplant clinic.
University of Alabama Hospital
Birmingham, AL
NLDAC financial assistance · not yet verifiedPaired exchangeUAB's living-donor page says the program pioneered paired-kidney exchange in the Southeast, and that its Kidney Paired Donation Program helps donor-recipient pairs with blood-type or antibody differences reach transplant.
Alaska · 0 verified centers
State pageWe have not verified a transplant center in Alaska yet. That is not a judgment about care there — the directory only lists what has been checked so far. The state page still has what Alaska protects for someone who donates.
Arizona · 5 verified centers
State pageBanner University Medical Center-Tucson
Tucson, AZ
NLDAC financial assistance · not yet verifiedPaired exchangeBanner's Tucson kidney-transplant page says its living-donor program uses kidney paired donation exchange, and a living-donor facilitator supports people searching for a donor.
Banner-University Medical Center Phoenix
Phoenix, AZ
NLDAC financial assistance · not yet verifiedPaired exchangeBanner's Phoenix kidney-transplant page says its living-donor program offers kidney paired donation, and hosts a donor champion education program to help people find a living donor.
Mayo Clinic Hospital Arizona
Phoenix, AZ
NLDAC financial assistance · not yet verifiedPaired exchangeMayo Clinic's paired-donation page says its Arizona, Florida, and Minnesota kidney programs maintain shared donor lists to identify compatible pairs across locations.
Phoenix Children's Hospital
Phoenix, AZ
NLDAC financial assistance · not yet verifiedPaired exchangeA pediatric program. Phoenix Children's says its kidney program recently took part in a large pediatric-focused paired exchange, and that adult donor candidates are evaluated and operated on at nearby St. Joseph's Hospital.
St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center
Phoenix, AZ
NLDAC financial assistance · not yet verifiedPaired exchange · not yet verifiedNorton Thoracic Institute's transplant clinic page, St. Joseph's transplant program, lists living kidney donor services among what it offers, alongside kidney, liver, and multi-organ transplant.
Arkansas · 2 verified centers
State pageArkansas Children's Hospital
Little Rock, AR
NLDAC financial assistance · not yet verifiedPaired exchange · not yet verifiedArkansas Children's kidney-transplant page describes two types of pediatric kidney transplants: a living-donor transplant from a relative, friend, or stranger, and a non-living-donor transplant, with a multidisciplinary team guiding families through the process.
UAMS Medical Center
Little Rock, AR
NLDAC financial assistancePaired exchange · not yet verifiedUAMS's living-donor page says a living donor coordinator and an Independent Living Donor Advocate guide donors through evaluation, including lab tests, imaging, and review by its own Living Donor Selection Committee before surgery.
California · 18 verified centers
State pageCalifornia Pacific Medical Center-Van Ness Campus
San Francisco, CA
NLDAC financial assistancePaired exchangeSutter'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 exchangeCedars-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 exchangeCHLA'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 verifiedHarbor-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 exchangeKeck 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 verifiedLoma 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 verifiedLucile 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 verifiedRady 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 verifiedSaint 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 verifiedScripps 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 exchangeSharp'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 verifiedStanford 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 verifiedUCSF 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 exchangeUC 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 exchangeUC 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 verifiedUC 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 verifiedUCSF'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 exchangeUCLA 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.
Colorado · 4 verified centers
State pageAdventHealth Porter
Denver, CO
NLDAC financial assistance · not yet verifiedPaired exchangeAdventHealth Porter's living-donor page says candidates meet individually with a social worker, donor advocate, nephrologist, and surgeon, and that a Patient Review Committee reviews the full case before donation surgery is scheduled; it says the donor evaluation cost is fully covered.
Children's Hospital Colorado
Aurora, CO
NLDAC financial assistance · not yet verifiedPaired exchange · not yet verifiedChildren's Colorado's live-donor page says its coordinators connect an adult donating a kidney to a child there with University of Colorado Hospital's Transplant Center, where the donor's evaluation and surgery happen, and that donors get an Independent Donor Advocate separate from the child's team.
Presbyterian/St Luke's Medical Center
Denver, CO
NLDAC financial assistance · not yet verifiedPaired exchangeHCA HealthONE Presbyterian St. Luke's kidney-transplant page describes a paired-donation program it calls the KPD program, and a Living Donor Champion program that trains a family member or friend to help a patient find a living donor.
University of Colorado Hospital/Health Science Center
Aurora, CO
NLDAC financial assistance · not yet verifiedPaired exchangeUCHealth's living-donation page says an evaluation typically takes one to two days and includes a living donor physician, surgeon, nurse coordinator, and social worker, and that every donor is assigned an independent living donor advocate separate from the transplant team.
Connecticut · 2 verified centers
State pageHartford Hospital
Hartford, CT
NLDAC financial assistance · not yet verifiedPaired exchangeHartford Hospital's living-donation page says a donor who is not compatible with their intended recipient can still donate through the center's kidney exchange programs, and non-directed donors are accepted and offered the National Kidney Registry's Family Voucher Program.
Yale New Haven Hospital
New Haven, CT
NLDAC financial assistance · not yet verifiedPaired exchangeYale New Haven's Center for Living Organ Donors page says its kidney exchange program develops pairings between incompatible donor-recipient pairs to facilitate living donor transplants, and every prospective donor's case is reviewed by an independent Donor Advocacy Panel.
Delaware · 2 verified centers
State pageChristiana Care Health Services
Newark, DE
NLDAC financial assistance · not yet verifiedPaired exchange · not yet verifiedChristianaCare's living-donation page says its living-donor program provides education, evaluation, and after-care for people who want to donate a kidney, and offers donor surgery by laparoscopic or open nephrectomy.
Nemours Children's Hospital Delaware
Wilmington, DE
NLDAC financial assistance · not yet verifiedPaired exchange · not yet verifiedA pediatric program. Nemours's living-donations page says its team collaborates with Thomas Jefferson University Hospital's Transplant Institute to evaluate adult living-donor candidates, and that the living-donor operation itself is performed at Nemours Children's Hospital, Delaware.
District of Columbia · 3 verified centers
State pageChildren's National Medical Center
Washington, DC
NLDAC financial assistance · not yet verifiedPaired exchange · not yet verifiedA pediatric program. Children's National's living-kidney-donation page says donors are evaluated and living donation is achieved in cooperation with MedStar Georgetown Transplant Institute.
George Washington University Hospital
Washington, DC
NLDAC financial assistance · not yet verifiedPaired exchangeGW Hospital's kidney-transplant page lists paired kidney exchange among the transplant types it offers, describing a living donor who donates to another recipient when the donor and their own intended recipient are not compatible.
Medstar Georgetown Transplant Institute
Washington, DC
NLDAC financial assistance · not yet verifiedPaired exchangeMedStar's living-donor page says MedStar Georgetown Transplant Institute partners with the National Kidney Registry and takes part in its Advanced Donation Program.
Florida · 10 verified centers
State pageAdventHealth Orlando
Orlando, FL
NLDAC financial assistance · not yet verifiedPaired exchangeAdventHealth Transplant Institute's page says its own Paired Exchange Program is offered to kidney transplant candidates, and that a donor evaluation's cost is completely covered.
Ascension Sacred Heart Pensacola
Pensacola, FL
NLDAC financial assistance · not yet verifiedPaired exchange · not yet verifiedAscension Sacred Heart's kidney-transplant page says living-donor eligibility depends on blood type and compatibility testing plus overall good health, and that donors under about sixty are preferred though there is no upper age limit.
Cleveland Clinic Florida Weston
Weston, FL
NLDAC financial assistance · not yet verifiedPaired exchangeCleveland Clinic Florida's kidney-transplant page says the program participates in national paired kidney exchanges or swaps, and its living-donor page says every potential donor works with an independent donor advocate whose priority is the donor's well-being.
Halifax Health
Daytona Beach, FL
NLDAC financial assistancePaired exchangeHalifax Health's living-kidney-donation guide says the program offers Kidney Paired Donation and ABO-incompatible transplant options for donor-recipient pairs who are not directly compatible, and names the National Living Donor Assistance Center as a resource for donors who qualify.
Jackson Memorial Hospital University of Miami School of Medicine
Miami, FL
NLDAC financial assistance · not yet verifiedPaired exchangeMiami Transplant Institute's living-donor page says a compatible donor-recipient pair can still choose the Paired Kidney Exchange Program to find a better-suited kidney, and that donors must be mentally and emotionally capable of the decision.
Largo Medical Center
Largo, FL
NLDAC financial assistance · not yet verifiedPaired exchange · not yet verifiedHCA Florida Largo Hospital's kidney-transplant page says it was the first hospital in Florida to perform robotic surgery for living kidney donation, and that a living donor may be a blood relative, spouse, or friend.
Mayo Clinic Hospital Florida
Jacksonville, FL
NLDAC financial assistance · not yet verifiedPaired exchangeMayo Clinic's renal transplant fellowship page for its Florida campus lists living-donor and deceased-donor kidney transplantation and a paired kidney donor program among the transplant center's active clinical programs.
Memorial Regional Hospital
Hollywood, FL
NLDAC financial assistance · not yet verifiedPaired exchange · not yet verifiedMemorial Transplant Institute's living-kidney-donation page says its care team assesses a donor's body mass index and overall health during the evaluation process, and that the surgical team uses minimally invasive and robotic-assisted techniques for donor nephrectomy.
Tampa General Hospital
Tampa, FL
NLDAC financial assistance · not yet verifiedPaired exchangeTampa General's living-donor kidney page says a paired exchange option is available through the National Kidney Registry and the UNOS Kidney Paired Exchange Program, and that donors are evaluated for physical and psychological health before laparoscopic donor surgery.
UF Health Shands Hospital
Gainesville, FL
NLDAC financial assistancePaired exchangeUF Health's living-kidney-donation page says the program partners in the Kidney Paired Donation program so blood-type-incompatible donor-recipient pairs can swap with other pairs, and that a living-donor team functions independently from the recipient's team to protect the donor's well-being.
Georgia · 4 verified centers
State pageChildren's Healthcare of Atlanta - Arthur M. Blank Hospital
Atlanta, GA
NLDAC financial assistance · not yet verifiedPaired exchangeChildren's Healthcare of Atlanta's kidney transplant page says a living donor kidney transplant is an option when someone volunteers a kidney, and that the program also offers a paired donor exchange for patients whose willing donors are not compatible with them.
Emory University Hospital
Atlanta, GA
NLDAC financial assistancePaired exchangeEmory's living-donor page says registering online starts the donor process, and names the National Living Donor Assistance Program as a resource for donor financial support; its kidney-transplant page says the program ranks among the top ten for paired donor exchange.
Piedmont Hospital
Atlanta, GA
NLDAC financial assistance · not yet verifiedPaired exchangePiedmont's kidney-transplant page says the program is a National Kidney Registry donor center of excellence, committed to connecting donor-recipient pairs across the country to make optimal use of willing living donors.
Wellstar MCG Health, affiliated with Medical College of Georgia
Augusta, GA
NLDAC financial assistancePaired exchangeWellstar MCG Health's transplant page says paired kidney donation is offered when a donor's kidney is incompatible with their intended recipient, and lists the National Living Donor Assistance Center, the OPTN Kidney Paired Donation Program, and the Alliance for Paired Donation as donor resources.
Hawaii · 1 verified center
State pageThe Queen's Medical Center
Honolulu, HI
NLDAC financial assistancePaired exchangeQueen's Medical Center's living-kidney-donation page says its Transplant Center participates with the National Kidney Registry, and names National Living Donor Assistance Center as a resource for donor travel, wages, and dependent-care costs.
Idaho · 0 verified centers
State pageWe have not verified a transplant center in Idaho yet. That is not a judgment about care there — the directory only lists what has been checked so far. The state page still has what Idaho protects for someone who donates.
Illinois · 10 verified centers
State pageAdvocate Christ Medical Center
Oak Lawn, IL
NLDAC financial assistance · not yet verifiedPaired exchangeAdvocate Christ's living-donor page describes its own paired kidney donor exchange program, which lets a donor and recipient pair with an incompatible blood type or other incompatibility be paired with another donor and recipient pair so the kidneys can be exchanged.
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
Chicago, IL
NLDAC financial assistance · not yet verifiedPaired exchangeA pediatric program. Lurie Children's says living donor services for its transplants are provided through its partnership with the Kidney Transplantation Program at Northwestern Memorial Hospital.
Edward Hines Jr. Veterans Administration Medical Center
Hines, IL
NLDAC financial assistance · not yet verifiedPaired exchange · not yet verifiedHines VA's own news release says its kidney transplant program, including living donor transplants, runs in partnership with Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine, and it directs interested donors to Loyola's own donor-screening site.
Loyola University Medical Center
Maywood, IL
NLDAC financial assistance · not yet verifiedPaired exchangeLoyola's living-donor page says incompatibility between a donor and recipient can often be worked out by filtering the recipient's blood or through Loyola's own pay-it-forward kidney exchange program.
Northwestern Memorial Hospital
Chicago, IL
NLDAC financial assistance · not yet verifiedPaired exchangeNorthwestern's kidney-donor page says its Organ Transplant Center performs kidney paired donation surgeries, including large multi-way paired exchanges.
OSF Saint Francis Medical Center
Peoria, IL
NLDAC financial assistance · not yet verifiedPaired exchangeOSF's living-donation page says its transplant program participates in national paired kidney exchange programs, and offers a living donor coordinator for prospective donors to speak with directly.
Rush University Medical Center
Chicago, IL
NLDAC financial assistance · not yet verifiedPaired exchangeRush's living-kidney-donor page says its program participates in multiple national paired kidney exchange programs, and lists a dedicated line for people interested in becoming a living donor.
Springfield Memorial Hospital
Springfield, IL
NLDAC financial assistance · not yet verifiedPaired exchange · not yet verifiedMemorial Health's transplant-care page says Springfield Memorial Hospital offers minimally invasive laparoscopic surgery for living kidney donors, through its Alan G. Birtch Center for Transplant Services.
University of Chicago Medical Center
Chicago, IL
NLDAC financial assistance · not yet verifiedPaired exchange · not yet verifiedUChicago Medicine's living-donor page says it works with the National Kidney Registry to help link an incompatible donor and recipient pair with other pairs nationally, and lists a living donor intake coordinator to contact directly.
University of Illinois Medical Center
Chicago, IL
NLDAC financial assistance · not yet verifiedPaired exchangeUI Health's living-kidney-donor page invites people interested in learning about kidney donation to reach its kidney transplant program directly by phone or email.
Indiana · 2 verified centers
State pageAscension St. Vincent Hospital
Indianapolis, IN
NLDAC financial assistance · not yet verifiedPaired exchangeAscension St. Vincent's kidney-transplant page describes a living-donor program with direct donation and, through the National Kidney Registry and UNOS, paired donation, advanced donation, and other donor options. It also offers pediatric kidney transplants.
Indiana University Health
Indianapolis, IN
NLDAC financial assistance · not yet verifiedPaired exchange · not yet verified
Iowa · 3 verified centers
State pageIowa Methodist Medical Center
Des Moines, IA
NLDAC financial assistance · not yet verifiedPaired exchangeIowa Methodist's transplant center page says its program takes part in the National Paired Exchange program and calls itself an early paired-exchange site in Iowa.
The Iowa City VA Health Care System
Iowa City, IA
NLDAC financial assistancePaired exchange · not yet verifiedThe VA Iowa City transplant program's page says it transplants both deceased and living donor kidneys, and lists the National Living Donor Assistance Center among living donor resources.
University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics Transplant Programs
Iowa City, IA
NLDAC financial assistance · not yet verifiedPaired exchange · not yet verifiedUniversity of Iowa Health Care's living-kidney-donation page describes paired kidney exchange for donors who aren't compatible with their intended recipient, and says anonymous donation is accepted.
Kansas · 1 verified center
State pageUniversity of Kansas Hospital
Kansas City, KS
NLDAC financial assistance · not yet verifiedPaired exchange · not yet verifiedUniversity of Kansas Health System's living-kidney-donation page says paired kidney donation is considered when a donor cannot give to their intended recipient, connecting them with another donor-recipient pair.
Kentucky · 3 verified centers
State pageJewish Hospital
Louisville, KY
NLDAC financial assistancePaired exchange · not yet verifiedUofL Health's living-donor page says transplant centers must track a living kidney donor's outcomes for a minimum of two years after donation, and lists the National Living Donor Assistance Center as a donor resource.
Norton Children's Hospital
Louisville, KY
NLDAC financial assistance · not yet verifiedPaired exchange · not yet verifiedA pediatric program. Norton Children's own kidney-transplant page says its nephrology team evaluates candidates and works with outside transplant surgeons, and that a living donor is one path to a new kidney alongside the deceased-donor waiting list.
University of Kentucky Medical Center
Lexington, KY
NLDAC financial assistance · not yet verifiedPaired exchange · not yet verifiedUK HealthCare's living donor program page says a prospective donor completes a medical questionnaire reviewed by its Living Donor Committee, then goes through medical evaluation and screening that includes lab work, testing, social work, and medical and surgical consultations.
Louisiana · 4 verified centers
State pageChildren's Hospital
New Orleans, LA
NLDAC financial assistance · not yet verifiedPaired exchange · not yet verifiedManning Family Children's transplant-services page says its pediatric kidney transplant program is an ongoing collaboration with the LSU Health New Orleans Department of Pediatrics and the Tulane Transplant Institute, with evaluation and follow-up by its own multidisciplinary team.
Ochsner Foundation Hospital
New Orleans, LA
NLDAC financial assistance · not yet verifiedPaired exchangeOchsner's living-donor page says a living donor coordinator reviews an online health questionnaire, arranges testing, and if a donor is not compatible with their intended recipient, offers its own kidney paired exchange program, with evaluation and surgery still done at Ochsner.
Tulane Medical Center
Metairie, LA
NLDAC financial assistance · not yet verifiedPaired exchange · not yet verifiedTulane's living-kidney-transplant page says a transplant coordinator schedules the donor's surgery after evaluation, and its transplant navigators help donors with questions about expenses and financial resources.
Willis-Knighton Medical Center
Shreveport, LA
NLDAC financial assistance · not yet verifiedPaired exchange · not yet verifiedWillis Knighton's living-donor page says a living donor coordinator arranges compatibility testing and review by a team including an independent living donor advocate, and describes a kidney paired donation option for pairs who are not compatible.
Maine · 1 verified center
State pageMaine Medical Center
Portland, ME
NLDAC financial assistance · not yet verifiedPaired exchangeMaineHealth's living donation page for Maine Medical Center says the program has partnered with the National Kidney Registry to facilitate paired and advanced living kidney donation.
Maryland · 3 verified centers
State pageJohns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore, MD
NLDAC financial assistance · not yet verifiedPaired exchangeJohns Hopkins's kidney transplant page says the Comprehensive Transplant Center participates in kidney swaps and exchanges, where donor and recipient pairs trade organs, and separately runs an Incompatible Kidney Transplant Program for donor and patient pairs who are not compatible.
University of Maryland Medical System
Baltimore, MD
NLDAC financial assistance · not yet verifiedPaired exchangeUMMC's living-donor program page says it offers directed donations to someone the donor knows, non-directed donations, and paired donations for a donor and recipient pair that is not compatible with each other.
Walter Reed National Military Medical Center at Bethesda
Bethesda, MD
NLDAC financial assistance · not yet verifiedPaired exchange · not yet verifiedWalter Reed's organ-transplant page says its program performs living and deceased donor kidney transplants, offers robotic living-donor nephrectomy, and takes part in national paired kidney donation programs for donors who are incompatible with their intended recipient.
Massachusetts · 9 verified centers
State pageBaystate Medical Center
Springfield, MA
NLDAC financial assistance · not yet verifiedPaired exchange · not yet verifiedBaystate's living donor program page lists paired kidney exchange, non-directed donation, and advanced donation among the types of living kidney donation offered at the center, and says the National Kidney Registry named the program a Donor Care Network Center of Excellence.
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Boston, MA
NLDAC financial assistancePaired exchangeBIDMC's living-kidney-donation page says the center participates in the National Kidney Registry and offers a kidney exchange option for a donor who isn't compatible with their intended recipient, and every prospective donor meets with an independent living donor advocate.
Boston Children's Hospital
Boston, MA
NLDAC financial assistancePaired exchange · not yet verifiedA pediatric program. Boston Children's Hospital's kidney-transplant page says living-donor surgery for its program takes place in collaboration with a partner adult hospital connected to Boston Children's by a bridge, and non-directed donors are accepted.
Boston Medical Center
Boston, MA
NLDAC financial assistance · not yet verifiedPaired exchangeBoston Medical Center's living kidney donor FAQ says a donor who isn't compatible with their intended recipient can still give through the center's paired exchange or kidney swap program.
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Boston, MA
NLDAC financial assistance · not yet verifiedPaired exchange · not yet verifiedLahey Clinic Medical Center
Burlington, MA
NLDAC financial assistancePaired exchangeLahey's living-kidney-donation page says the program participates in the National Kidney Registry, and names the National Living Donor Assistance Center as a resource for a donor's out-of-pocket costs.
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA
NLDAC financial assistance · not yet verifiedPaired exchange · not yet verifiedTufts Medical Center
Boston, MA
NLDAC financial assistancePaired exchangeTufts Medicine's kidney transplant and living kidney donor page says the program participates in Kidney-Paired Donation, and that the National Living Donor Assistance Center may help with a donor's uncovered costs.
UMass Memorial Medical Center
Worcester, MA
NLDAC financial assistance · not yet verifiedPaired exchangeUMass Memorial's living kidney donor page says the center partners with national kidney donation programs, including the National Kidney Registry, and describes paired donation for a donor who isn't compatible with their intended recipient.
Michigan · 7 verified centers
State pageAscension St. John Hospital
Detroit, MI
NLDAC financial assistance · not yet verifiedPaired exchange · not yet verifiedAscension St. John Hospital's kidney transplant program is now run by Henry Ford Health; Henry Ford's own location page for this site says nephrologists and transplant surgeons there treat adults with end-stage kidney disease.
Children's Hospital of Michigan
Detroit, MI
NLDAC financial assistance · not yet verifiedPaired exchange · not yet verifiedChildren's Hospital of Michigan's kidney-transplant page says its team has performed living-donor and deceased-donor kidney transplants, with surgical procedures done at the hospital in Detroit.
Corewell Health Helen DeVos Children's Hospital
Grand Rapids, MI
NLDAC financial assistance · not yet verifiedPaired exchange · not yet verifiedHelen DeVos Children's Hospital's pediatric kidney-transplant page invites people interested in becoming a living donor for a child on the waiting list to complete a donor-inquiry form.
Corewell Health William Beaumont University Hospital
Royal Oak, MI
NLDAC financial assistance · not yet verifiedPaired exchangeCorewell Health William Beaumont's living-kidney-donor page describes related, unrelated, and altruistic donation, and says a Kidney Paired Donation program is available for donor-recipient pairs who are not compatible.
Henry Ford Hospital
Detroit, MI
NLDAC financial assistancePaired exchangeHenry Ford's living-donor pages describe directed, non-directed, and paired kidney donation coordinated with UNOS, and name the National Living Donor Assistance Center as a resource for donor travel, lodging, and lost-wage costs.
Mercy Health Saint Mary's
Grand Rapids, MI
NLDAC financial assistance · not yet verifiedPaired exchangeTrinity Health's Grand Rapids kidney-transplant page, formerly Mercy Health Saint Mary's, describes direct, paired-exchange, and anonymous living-donor donation, and says the program partners with the National Kidney Registry.
University of Michigan Medical Center
Ann Arbor, MI
NLDAC financial assistancePaired exchangeU-M Health's living-donor page says candidates are evaluated by a nephrologist, surgeon, and social worker, offers a paired kidney donation program for donor-recipient pairs who are not compatible, and names NLDAC as a resource for donor travel, lodging, and lost-wage costs.
Minnesota · 3 verified centers
State pageHennepin County Medical Center
Minneapolis, MN
NLDAC financial assistance · not yet verifiedPaired exchangeMayo Clinic Hospital Minnesota
Rochester, MN
NLDAC financial assistance · not yet verifiedPaired exchangeMayo Clinic's paired-donation page says its Arizona, Florida and Minnesota campuses maintain shared lists, so a paired donation can happen across campuses.
University of Minnesota Medical Center, Fairview
Minneapolis, MN
NLDAC financial assistance · not yet verifiedPaired exchangeM Health Fairview runs its own paired exchange program (PEP) for donors who do not match their intended recipient.
Mississippi · 1 verified center
State pageUniversity of Mississippi Medical Center
Jackson, MS
NLDAC financial assistance · not yet verifiedPaired exchange · not yet verifiedUMMC's living-donor page says potential donors start with a phone screen with the living donor coordinator, then blood compatibility testing and age-appropriate cancer screening, and meet with an independent donor advocate before a selection committee decides on suitability.
Missouri · 8 verified centers
State pageBarnes-Jewish Hospital
St. Louis, MO
NLDAC financial assistance · not yet verifiedPaired exchangeBarnes-Jewish's living-donor page says the hospital is enrolled in national paired-kidney exchange programs and also runs its own internal paired-kidney exchange program with Washington University.
Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital
St. Louis, MO
NLDAC financial assistance · not yet verifiedPaired exchange · not yet verifiedCardinal Glennon's pediatric kidney transplant page says it offers both living-donor and non-living-donor kidney transplants for children, with a living donor usually a relative or close friend of the recipient.
Children's Mercy Hospital
Kansas City, MO
NLDAC financial assistance · not yet verifiedPaired exchange · not yet verifiedChildren's Mercy's kidney transplant page says living-donor transplantation can shorten wait times and may improve outcomes for some children with kidney failure, and its team works closely with families through the process.
Research Medical Center
Kansas City, MO
NLDAC financial assistance · not yet verifiedPaired exchange · not yet verifiedHCA Midwest's transplant institute page for Research Medical Center says its living donor program includes a dedicated team that works with your potential donor and referring physician throughout the process.
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital
St. Louis, MO
NLDAC financial assistance · not yet verifiedPaired exchange · not yet verifiedSSM Health's kidney transplant page for Saint Louis University Hospital says candidates meet with a transplant surgeon, nephrologist, coordinator, and social worker, and undergo extensive medical testing before transplant.
St Luke's Hospital of Kansas City
Kansas City, MO
NLDAC financial assistance · not yet verifiedPaired exchange · not yet verifiedSaint Luke's living-kidney-donation page says a coordinator guides donors through the evaluation process, and donors who live outside the area can complete most of their testing at a location convenient for them.
St. Louis Children's Hospital at Washington University Medical Center
St. Louis, MO
NLDAC financial assistance · not yet verifiedPaired exchange · not yet verifiedWashington University pediatric nephrology's transplant page says St. Louis Children's Hospital's pediatric kidney program, run jointly with WashU transplant surgery, offers both living-donor and deceased-donor transplants.
University of Missouri Hospital and Clinics
Columbia, MO
NLDAC financial assistance · not yet verifiedPaired exchange · not yet verifiedMU Health Care's living kidney donor program page says each donor is supported by a coordinator, an advocate, and a care team throughout evaluation, surgery, and recovery.
Montana · 0 verified centers
State pageWe have not verified a transplant center in Montana yet. That is not a judgment about care there — the directory only lists what has been checked so far. The state page still has what Montana protects for someone who donates.
Nebraska · 1 verified center
State pageThe Nebraska Medical Center
Omaha, NE
NLDAC financial assistancePaired exchangeNebraska Medicine's living organ donation page names the National Living Donor Assistance Center as a resource to offset the financial costs of living donation.
Nevada · 2 verified centers
State pageRenown Regional Medical Center
Reno, NV
NLDAC financial assistance · not yet verifiedPaired exchangeRenown's living-kidney-donation page says donors can give to a specific person, join a kidney paired donation swap, or donate anonymously to someone on the waiting list.
University Medical Center of Southern Nevada
Las Vegas, NV
NLDAC financial assistance · not yet verifiedPaired exchange · not yet verifiedUMC's living donor criteria page lists health and eligibility requirements for kidney donor candidates, including exclusions for certain infections, active cancer, and uncontrolled substance use.
New Hampshire · 1 verified center
State pageMary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital
Lebanon, NH
NLDAC financial assistancePaired exchange · not yet verifiedDartmouth Hitchcock's living-kidney-donor page says a donor whose recipient isn't compatible can exchange kidneys with another incompatible pair through its partnering organizations, the National Kidney Registry and the Alliance for Paired Kidney Donation.
New Jersey · 4 verified centers
State pageHackensack University Medical Center
Hackensack, NJ
NLDAC financial assistance · not yet verifiedPaired exchangeHackensack Meridian's living-donor program page lists paired kidney donation, ABO-incompatible transplants, remote donation, and advanced donation among the living-donation options it offers, and says non-directed donors often start a chain of transplants through its paired exchange program.
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital
New Brunswick, NJ
NLDAC financial assistance · not yet verifiedPaired exchangeRWJBarnabas Health's living-donor program page says it built New Jersey's first and most comprehensive living-donor program, listing a Living Donor Kidney Exchange Program for a donor and recipient pair that is not compatible, alongside altruistic donation and a Compatible Share Program; the Robert Wood Johnson Transplant Center in New Brunswick is listed as one of the program's own locations.
Saint Barnabas Medical Center
Livingston, NJ
NLDAC financial assistance · not yet verifiedPaired exchangeRWJBarnabas Health's living-donor program page says it built New Jersey's first and most comprehensive living-donor program, listing a Living Donor Kidney Exchange Program for a donor and recipient pair that is not compatible, alongside altruistic donation and a Compatible Share Program; the Renal and Pancreas Transplant Department at the Livingston campus is listed as one of the program's own locations.
Virtua Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital
Camden, NJ
NLDAC financial assistance · not yet verifiedPaired exchangeVirtua's living-donor page says Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital took part in the first successful paired-exchange kidney transplant in the Philadelphia region, and describes ongoing paired-exchange and remote-transplant participation for donor and recipient pairs who are not compatible.
New Mexico · 2 verified centers
State pagePresbyterian Hospital
Albuquerque, NM
NLDAC financial assistance · not yet verifiedPaired exchangePresbyterian's transplant-services page says it offers living kidney donation and is affiliated with the National Kidney Registry.
University Hospital, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center
Albuquerque, NM
NLDAC financial assistancePaired exchangeUNM Health's kidney-transplant page says its living-donor program participates in the Paired Kidney Exchange through the National Kidney Registry, and names the National Living Donor Assistance Center as an educational resource.
New York · 15 verified centers
State pageAlbany Medical Center Hospital
Albany, NY
NLDAC financial assistance · not yet verifiedPaired exchange · not yet verifiedAlbany Medical Center's kidney transplant page says its program has received living-donor kidneys from family members and friends for decades, with a focus on donor safety and wellbeing.
Erie County Medical Center
Buffalo, NY
NLDAC financial assistance · not yet verifiedPaired exchangeECMC's living-donor page says it offers paired exchange for donor-recipient pairs who are not compatible, letting incompatible pairs exchange donors with another pair.
James J. Peters VA Medical Center
Bronx, NY
NLDAC financial assistance · not yet verifiedPaired exchange · not yet verifiedThe Bronx VA's facility page says its transplant surgeons perform transplants, including kidney, using organs from living or deceased donors, through its Renal Transplant Department.
Long Island Jewish Medical Center-Cohen Children's Medical Center
Queens, NY
NLDAC financial assistance · not yet verifiedPaired exchange · not yet verifiedCohen Children's pediatric kidney transplant page says a donor must be an adult in good health, generally between eighteen and sixty years old, without high blood pressure, cancer, diabetes, kidney disease, or heart disease.
Montefiore Medical Center
Bronx, NY
NLDAC financial assistance · not yet verifiedPaired exchangeMontefiore Einstein's living-donor page says its program takes part in kidney-paired exchange through the National Kidney Registry for donors who are healthy but incompatible with their intended recipient, and that part of the evaluation can be done remotely for candidates living far away.
Mount Sinai Medical Center
New York, NY
NLDAC financial assistance · not yet verifiedPaired exchange · not yet verifiedMount Sinai's living-donor page says the Zweig Family Center for Living Donation, within the Recanati/Miller Transplantation Institute, supports living donors, transplant recipients, and their families.
NY Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia Univ. Medical Center
New York, NY
NLDAC financial assistance · not yet verifiedPaired exchangeColumbia's living-donor program page describes paired donor exchange, or a kidney swap, as a strategy that pairs incompatible donors with compatible recipients across programs, hospitals, and even regions.
NYU Langone Health
New York, NY
NLDAC financial assistance · not yet verifiedPaired exchange · not yet verifiedNYU Langone's living-donor page describes paired kidney exchange as an option that pairs incompatible donor-recipient pairs together for transplant.
New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center
New York, NY
NLDAC financial assistance · not yet verifiedPaired exchangeWeill Cornell's kidney paired donation page says the program is a founding member of the National Kidney Registry, in partnership with NewYork-Presbyterian, connecting incompatible donor-recipient pairs with other pairs.
North Shore University Hospital/Northwell Health
Manhasset, NY
NLDAC financial assistance · not yet verifiedPaired exchange · not yet verifiedNorthwell's kidney transplant page says a living donor ambassador guides patients through the process of finding a living donor.
State University of New York Upstate Medical University
Syracuse, NY
NLDAC financial assistancePaired exchange · not yet verifiedSUNY Upstate's living organ donation page says a compatible blood type is not required for donation because kidney swaps can be arranged, and names the National Living Donor Assistance Center as a resource for donor travel and other funds.
State University of New York, Downstate Medical Center
Brooklyn, NY
NLDAC financial assistance · not yet verifiedPaired exchange · not yet verifiedSUNY Downstate's donor page says a member of the donor team reviews a candidate's medical history and connects them with an independent living donor advocate as part of the initial screening.
Strong Memorial Hospital, University of Rochester Medical Center
Rochester, NY
NLDAC financial assistancePaired exchange · not yet verifiedURMC's living-donor page says the program partners with national organizations, naming the National Living Donor Assistance Center, to help donors apply for financial assistance toward the costs of donation.
University Hospital of State University of New York at Stony Brook
Stony Brook, NY
NLDAC financial assistancePaired exchangeStony Brook's living-donor page says the program has partnered with UNOS's Kidney Paired Donation program to help patients whose designated donor is incompatible receive a kidney.
Westchester Medical Center
Valhalla, NY
NLDAC financial assistance · not yet verifiedPaired exchange · not yet verifiedWestchester Medical Center's kidney transplant page says its program specializes in living kidney donation to get patients the care they need quickly.
North Carolina · 5 verified centers
State pageCarolinas Medical Center
Charlotte, NC
NLDAC financial assistance · not yet verifiedPaired exchange · not yet verifiedAtrium Health's living-donor-kidney-transplants page describes paired kidney exchange: a donor and recipient who are not compatible can be paired with another donor-recipient pair.
Duke University Hospital
Durham, NC
NLDAC financial assistance · not yet verifiedPaired exchange · not yet verifiedDuke Health's living-donor kidney page says its team supports both directed and altruistic donors through evaluation, surgery, and follow-up care, and offers paired exchange for donor-recipient pairs who are not compatible, plus ABO-incompatible transplant options.
ECU Health Medical Center
Greenville, NC
NLDAC financial assistance · not yet verifiedPaired exchangeECU Health's kidney transplant page says the program is a member of the National Kidney Registry, and describes paired exchange donation as an option for a potential donor who is not compatible with their intended recipient.
University of North Carolina Hospitals
Chapel Hill, NC
NLDAC financial assistance · not yet verifiedPaired exchange · not yet verifiedUNC Medical Center's living-kidney-donor page says candidates work with a donor coordinator through a general-health and blood-type-compatibility evaluation, and the center participates in a national kidney-paired-donation program for donors not directly compatible with their recipient.
Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center
Winston-Salem, NC
NLDAC financial assistancePaired exchange · not yet verifiedWake Forest Baptist's living-donor page names the National Living Donor Assistance Center as a resource for donors, and describes paired kidney exchange as an option when a donor and intended recipient are not compatible.
North Dakota · 2 verified centers
State pageSanford Bismarck Medical Center
Bismarck, ND
NLDAC financial assistance · not yet verifiedPaired exchangeSanford's transplant-surgery page lists related and unrelated living-donor kidney transplant and paired exchange transplant among its services, and says every potential living donor must first contact the transplant program and complete an evaluation.
Sanford Medical Center Fargo
Fargo, ND
NLDAC financial assistance · not yet verifiedPaired exchangeSanford's transplant-surgery page lists related and unrelated living-donor kidney transplant and paired exchange transplant among its services, and says every potential living donor must first contact the transplant program and complete an evaluation.
Ohio · 8 verified centers
State pageChildren's Hospital Medical Center
Cincinnati, OH
NLDAC financial assistancePaired exchangeCincinnati Children's living-donor page says a donor whose blood type is not compatible can enter the National Kidney Registry with their recipient for a kidney swap, and names NLDAC as a resource that may cover travel costs.
Nationwide Children's Hospital
Columbus, OH
NLDAC financial assistance · not yet verifiedPaired exchange · not yet verifiedOhio State University Medical Center
Columbus, OH
NLDAC financial assistance · not yet verifiedPaired exchangeOhio State's living-donation page says the program runs an internal paired donation option alongside national donor exchange registries, and that a donor undergoes a medical history review, a physical examination, and a psychological evaluation.
The Christ Hospital
Cincinnati, OH
NLDAC financial assistance · not yet verifiedPaired exchangeThe Christ Hospital's kidney-transplant page says a prospective living donor is scheduled for one initial outpatient evaluation with the transplant coordinator and social worker, following an education class, plus a medical history, physical exam, and kidney-function testing.
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Cleveland, OH
NLDAC financial assistance · not yet verifiedPaired exchangeCleveland Clinic's living kidney donation page says the donor evaluation generally consists of two days of outpatient appointments and testing, and describes a paired donation program with the National Kidney Registry as well as an altruistic, non-directed donor option.
University Hospitals of Cleveland
Cleveland, OH
NLDAC financial assistancePaired exchange · not yet verifiedUniversity Hospitals' evaluation page says an independent donor advocate, a member of the hospital's ethics committee who is not employed by the Transplant Institute, supports the living donor candidate and keeps the donor evaluation confidential from the recipient.
University of Cincinnati Medical Center
Cincinnati, OH
NLDAC financial assistancePaired exchange · not yet verifiedUC Health's living-donor page says a dedicated living donor advocate guides potential donors through screening, evaluation, surgery, and recovery, and works to ensure informed consent and the donor's rights are protected.
University of Toledo Medical Center
Toledo, OH
NLDAC financial assistance · not yet verifiedPaired exchange · not yet verifiedUToledo Health's transplant page says living donors may give directly to their recipient or indirectly through paired donation or an ongoing donation chain.
Oklahoma · 3 verified centers
State pageIntegris Baptist Medical Center
Oklahoma City, OK
NLDAC financial assistance · not yet verifiedPaired exchangeINTEGRIS's living-donor page says its transplant team reviews a health-history questionnaire and testing, including review by a living donor advocate, and describes a paired kidney donation option for donor-recipient pairs with incompatible blood types.
OU Medical Center
Oklahoma City, OK
NLDAC financial assistancePaired exchange · not yet verifiedOU Health's living-donor page says donors work with a dedicated living donor surgeon and team, lists donor eligibility criteria including a body-mass-index limit, and names the National Living Donor Assistance Center among its donor resources.
St John Medical Center
Tulsa, OK
NLDAC financial assistance · not yet verifiedPaired exchange · not yet verifiedAscension St. John's transplant center page says it offers living donor kidney transplantation and education for living donors, with pre-transplant evaluation guided by its own care team.
Oregon · 3 verified centers
State pageLegacy Good Samaritan Hospital and Medical Center
Portland, OR
NLDAC financial assistance · not yet verifiedPaired exchangeLegacy Health's kidney-donor page says candidates whose kidney does not suit their intended recipient can pursue paired exchange, and describes the center as a Donor Care Network Center of Excellence with the National Kidney Registry.
Oregon Health and Science University
Portland, OR
NLDAC financial assistancePaired exchange · not yet verifiedOHSU's living-kidney-donation page describes an independent donor advocate guiding donors through application, screening, evaluation and surgery, and lists paired exchange as one of three donation types alongside directed and non-directed donation.
VA Portland Health Care System
Portland, OR
NLDAC financial assistance · not yet verifiedPaired exchange · not yet verifiedVA Portland's transplant program page says it assists living kidney donors from evaluation to donation, alongside its liver transplant and hepatopancreatobiliary surgery services.
Pennsylvania · 13 verified centers
State pageAlbert Einstein Medical Center
Philadelphia, PA
NLDAC financial assistance · not yet verifiedPaired exchange · not yet verifiedAllegheny General Hospital
Pittsburgh, PA
NLDAC financial assistance · not yet verifiedPaired exchangeAHN's living-donor kidney page says the program is a member of the National Kidney Registry and pairs donors with recipients through paired donation, with two coordinators devoted to guiding donors through the process.
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Philadelphia, PA
NLDAC financial assistance · not yet verifiedPaired exchangeA pediatric program. Children's Hospital of Philadelphia's living-donor page says adult-donor evaluation happens at Penn Medicine's Transplant Institute at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, and the partnership offers National Kidney Registry access for paired donation.
Geisinger Medical Center
Danville, PA
NLDAC financial assistance · not yet verifiedPaired exchange · not yet verifiedGeisinger's kidney-transplant page says living-donor surgery is done through a minimally invasive procedure and donors usually go home the following day.
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
NLDAC financial assistance · not yet verifiedPaired exchange · not yet verifiedThe University of Pennsylvania's own Almanac says Penn Medicine's Center for Living Donation counsels donors who already have a person in mind, are willing to take part in a paired kidney exchange, or want to donate to anyone in need through a non-directed donation.
Lehigh Valley Hospital
Allentown, PA
NLDAC financial assistance · not yet verifiedPaired exchangeLehigh Valley Health Network's become-a-living-donor page describes a kidney exchange in which an incompatible donor-recipient pair swaps with another incompatible pair so each recipient receives a compatible kidney.
Pinnacle Health System at Harrisburg Hospital
Harrisburg, PA
NLDAC financial assistance · not yet verifiedPaired exchangeUPMC's central Pennsylvania transplant page says its living-donor kidney transplant program at Harrisburg provides a dedicated Independent Living Donor Advocate for living donors, and offers a paired donor exchange for incompatible donor-recipient pairs.
Temple University Hospital
Philadelphia, PA
NLDAC financial assistance · not yet verifiedPaired exchangeTemple's living-kidney-donation page says its Kidney Transplant Program participates in a paired kidney exchange program, and that all potential donors undergo thorough medical and psychological evaluation before donation.
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
Philadelphia, PA
NLDAC financial assistance · not yet verifiedPaired exchangeJefferson Health's living-donor kidney transplant page says it partners with multiple paired donation registries, including the National Kidney Registry, and that donors and recipients are each assigned a personal transplant coordinator.
UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA
NLDAC financial assistance · not yet verifiedPaired exchange · not yet verifiedUPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh's kidney transplant page says its program offers living-donor kidney transplants, including a preemptive option performed before a child begins dialysis.
UPMC Hamot
Erie, PA
NLDAC financial assistance · not yet verifiedPaired exchange · not yet verifiedUPMC Hamot's kidney transplant page says the hospital runs a living-donor kidney transplant program, based at its Bayfront Professional Building location in Erie.
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Pittsburgh, PA
NLDAC financial assistance · not yet verifiedPaired exchangeUPMC's living-donor kidney evaluation page says the program offers paired exchange for donor and recipient pairs with incompatible blood types, and assigns each donor a dedicated transplant coordinator to guide them through the process.
VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System
Pittsburgh, PA
NLDAC financial assistancePaired exchange · not yet verifiedVA Pittsburgh's transplant program page says it performs living-donor kidney transplantation in-house for Veterans, following referral from a primary VA physician and review by a medical review board.
Rhode Island · 1 verified center
State pageRhode Island Hospital
Providence, RI
NLDAC financial assistance · not yet verifiedPaired exchangeRhode Island Hospital's living kidney donor page says the transplant center was one of the first programs in the country to accept non-directed donors, and that it performs live donor kidney exchanges and transplant chains for incompatible pairs.
South Carolina · 3 verified centers
State pageMUSC Children's Hospital
Charleston, SC
NLDAC financial assistance · not yet verifiedPaired exchange · not yet verifiedMUSC Children's Hospital's pediatric kidney transplant page says living and deceased donation options are both offered, and that donors reach the shared MUSC Health Living Donor Program, which has run for more than thirty years.
Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston, SC
NLDAC financial assistance · not yet verifiedPaired exchange · not yet verifiedMUSC's living-donation page says initial screening includes blood, urine, and blood pressure tests, and that the remaining evaluation and testing is typically a two-day process.
Prisma Health Greenville Memorial Hospital
Greenville, SC
NLDAC financial assistance · not yet verifiedPaired exchange · not yet verifiedPrisma Health's living-donor program page says prospective donors start with a coordinator call or application, complete blood-type and cross-compatibility testing, and may take part in a paired donor exchange when they are not compatible with their intended recipient.
South Dakota · 2 verified centers
State pageAvera McKennan Hospital
Sioux Falls, SD
NLDAC financial assistance · not yet verifiedPaired exchange · not yet verifiedAvera's transplant-services page says it offers living-donor kidney transplant options as part of comprehensive kidney services, with a transplant coordinator who guides each donor through the process.
Sanford Health/USD Medical Center
Sioux Falls, SD
NLDAC financial assistance · not yet verifiedPaired exchangeSanford's Sioux Falls living-donor selection criteria names a Kidney Paired Exchange program and a desensitization protocol as options when a donor and recipient are not compatible, and requires donors to be able to give informed consent and complete a psychological evaluation.
Tennessee · 6 verified centers
State pageErlanger Medical Center
Chattanooga, TN
NLDAC financial assistance · not yet verifiedPaired exchange · not yet verifiedErlanger's nephrology and kidney transplant page says it performed the region's first hand-assisted, laparoscopic living-donor nephrectomy, a minimally invasive kidney-removal procedure that allows a quicker recovery for the donor.
Le Bonheur Children's Medical Center
Memphis, TN
NLDAC financial assistance · not yet verifiedPaired exchange · not yet verifiedA pediatric program. Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare's site says the Methodist Transplant Institute partners with Le Bonheur Children's Hospital on pediatric kidney transplant care, and that living-donor transplantation is offered as an option for its pediatric patients.
Methodist University Hospital
Memphis, TN
NLDAC financial assistance · not yet verifiedPaired exchangeMethodist Transplant Institute's living-kidney-donation page says it partners with the Alliance for Paired Kidney Donation to pair incompatible donor-recipient pairs with other pairs nationwide, and that donors meet with a surgeon, nephrologist, and social worker.
Saint Thomas Hospital
Nashville, TN
NLDAC financial assistance · not yet verifiedPaired exchangeAscension Saint Thomas's kidney-transplant page says its living donor program includes a paired donor exchange through the National Kidney Registry, and that every living donor completes a thorough medical screening as part of the evaluation.
University of Tennessee Medical Center at Knoxville
Knoxville, TN
NLDAC financial assistance · not yet verifiedPaired exchange · not yet verifiedUT Medical's transplant-services page says its Living Donor Coordinator helps connect a prospective donor with the program, and that a living-donor transplant can be planned around everyone's schedule rather than the emergency surgery a deceased-donor transplant requires.
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Nashville, TN
NLDAC financial assistancePaired exchangeVanderbilt's kidney-transplant living-donor page says it offers paired kidney donations for a donor-recipient pair with an incompatible blood type or tissue, exchanging a kidney with another such pair, and that every donor is paired with an independent living donor advocate.
Texas · 24 verified centers
State pageBaylor Scott and White All Saints Medical Center-Fort Worth
Fort Worth, TX
NLDAC financial assistancePaired exchangeBaylor University Medical Center
Dallas, TX
NLDAC financial assistancePaired exchangeBaylor Scott & White runs an internal paired exchange across its Dallas, Fort Worth and Temple programs, and says unmatched pairs are also entered into national programs.
CHI St. Luke's Health Baylor College of Medicine Medical Center
Houston, TX
NLDAC financial assistance · not yet verifiedPaired exchange · not yet verifiedChildren's Medical Center of Dallas
Dallas, TX
NLDAC financial assistancePaired exchange · not yet verifiedA pediatric program. Children's Health says it offers adult-to-child living-donor kidney transplants through its affiliation with UT Southwestern Medical Center, which handles the donor side.
Cook Children's Medical Center
Fort Worth, TX
NLDAC financial assistance · not yet verifiedPaired exchange · not yet verifiedA pediatric program. Cook Children's says its team evaluates potential donors, and that it partners with Texas Health Harris Methodist, which performs the living donor operation at its own facility across the street.
Dell Seton Medical Center at The University of Texas at Austin
Austin, TX
NLDAC financial assistance · not yet verifiedPaired exchangeDell Seton is listed on the National Kidney Registry's Donor Care Network center list.
Doctor's Hospital at Renaissance
Edinburg, TX
NLDAC financial assistance · not yet verifiedPaired exchange · not yet verifiedHouston Methodist Hospital
Houston, TX
NLDAC financial assistance · not yet verifiedPaired exchangeHouston Methodist says it participates in several national paired donation programs and also runs an internal paired-exchange system.
Las Palmas Medical Center
El Paso, TX
NLDAC financial assistance · not yet verifiedPaired exchange · not yet verifiedMedical City Dallas Hospital
Dallas, TX
NLDAC financial assistance · not yet verifiedPaired exchange · not yet verifiedMedical City Fort Worth
Fort Worth, TX
NLDAC financial assistance · not yet verifiedPaired exchange · not yet verifiedMemorial Hermann Hospital, University of Texas at Houston
Houston, TX
NLDAC financial assistance · not yet verifiedPaired exchange · not yet verifiedMethodist Dallas Medical Center
Dallas, TX
NLDAC financial assistance · not yet verifiedPaired exchange · not yet verifiedMethodist Specialty and Transplant Hospital
San Antonio, TX
NLDAC financial assistance · not yet verifiedPaired exchangeMethodist Transplant Institute says it maintains its own large in-house paired-donation database of incompatible recipient and donor pairs.
Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center
Houston, TX
NLDAC financial assistance · not yet verifiedPaired exchangeA Veterans Affairs program. VA Houston says it participates in the Kidney Paired Donation program; donors listed include family, friends and strangers.
North Austin Medical Center
Austin, TX
NLDAC financial assistance · not yet verifiedPaired exchangeSt. David's North Austin is listed on the National Kidney Registry's Donor Care Network center list, and its own page describes a paired kidney exchange program.
Parkland Health and Hospital System
Dallas, TX
NLDAC financial assistance · not yet verifiedPaired exchange · not yet verifiedScott and White Memorial Hospital
Temple, TX
NLDAC financial assistancePaired exchangeBaylor Scott & White Temple says it participates in the UNOS kidney paired donation program, alongside the system's internal paired exchange.
Texas Children's Hospital
Houston, TX
NLDAC financial assistance · not yet verifiedPaired exchange · not yet verifiedA pediatric program. Texas Children's says it partners with St. Luke's Medical Center for the living donation process, since all donors must be adults.
Texas Health Harris Methodist Fort Worth Hospital
Fort Worth, TX
NLDAC financial assistancePaired exchange · not yet verifiedUT Southwestern Medical Center/William P. Clements Jr. University Hospital
Dallas, TX
NLDAC financial assistance · not yet verifiedPaired exchange · not yet verifiedUniversity Children's Health
San Antonio, TX
NLDAC financial assistancePaired exchangeA pediatric program. University Health says it participates in the kidney-paired donation program managed by UNOS.
University Hospital, University of Texas Health Science Center
San Antonio, TX
NLDAC financial assistancePaired exchangeUniversity Health says it participates in the national paired donation program through UNOS, and names NLDAC as a financial-support resource for living donors.
University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
Galveston, TX
NLDAC financial assistance · not yet verifiedPaired exchange
Utah · 3 verified centers
State pageIntermountain Medical Center
Murray, UT
NLDAC financial assistancePaired exchangeIntermountain's living-kidney-donation page says its program works with the National Kidney Registry to offer paired donation, and names the National Living Donor Assistance Center and the National Kidney Registry's Donor Shield program as cost-assistance resources for donors.
Primary Children's Hospital
Salt Lake City, UT
NLDAC financial assistance · not yet verifiedPaired exchange · not yet verifiedA pediatric program. Primary Children's Hospital's kidney-transplant page says adults can become living donors for a child they know or one they do not, and lists a University Hospital adult transplant surgeon among its providers for donor surgery.
University of Utah Medical Center
Salt Lake City, UT
NLDAC financial assistancePaired exchangeUniversity of Utah Health's kidney-transplant pages say the program offers a paired exchange option, and its living-kidney-donation page names the National Living Donor Assistance Center as a financial resource for donors.
Vermont · 0 verified centers
State pageWe have not verified a transplant center in Vermont yet. That is not a judgment about care there — the directory only lists what has been checked so far. The state page still has what Vermont protects for someone who donates.
Virginia · 6 verified centers
State pageChildren's Hospital of the King's Daughters
Norfolk, VA
NLDAC financial assistance · not yet verifiedPaired exchangeCHKD's kidney transplant program page says living-donor evaluation and surgery for its pediatric patients is provided at the adjacent Sentara Norfolk General Hospital, which is physically connected to CHKD.
Henrico Doctors' Hospital
Richmond, VA
NLDAC financial assistance · not yet verifiedPaired exchange · not yet verifiedHenrico Doctors' Hospital's living-kidney-donor page says interested donors complete an online health questionnaire so its team can learn about their interest before starting the donation process.
Inova Fairfax Hospital
Falls Church, VA
NLDAC financial assistance · not yet verifiedPaired exchange · not yet verifiedSentara Norfolk General Hospital
Norfolk, VA
NLDAC financial assistance · not yet verifiedPaired exchange · not yet verifiedUniversity of Virginia Health Sciences Center
Charlottesville, VA
NLDAC financial assistance · not yet verifiedPaired exchangeUVA Health's kidney-transplant page says its team has been recognized by the National Kidney Registry for its paired donor exchange work, and it offers dual kidney transplants along with participation in the federal Increasing Organ Transplant Access program.
VCU Health System Authority, VCUMC
Richmond, VA
NLDAC financial assistance · not yet verifiedPaired exchangeVCU Health's Hume-Lee Transplant Center living-kidney-donation page says the program partners with national kidney exchange programs including the National Kidney Registry and the Alliance for Paired Donation.
Washington · 5 verified centers
State pageProvidence Sacred Heart Medical Center & Children's Hospital
Spokane, WA
NLDAC financial assistancePaired exchange · not yet verifiedProvidence Sacred Heart's kidney-transplant page says people who want to become living donors complete a confidential health history form, and lists National Living Donor Assistance Center as a resource for travel, lodging and other costs.
Seattle Children's Hospital
Seattle, WA
NLDAC financial assistance · not yet verifiedPaired exchangeA pediatric program. Seattle Children's kidney-donation page says living-donor evaluation is coordinated through University of Washington Medical Center's Living Kidney Donor Program, and that the hospital can partner with the National Kidney Registry for paired exchange.
Swedish Medical Center
Seattle, WA
NLDAC financial assistance · not yet verifiedPaired exchange · not yet verifiedSwedish's kidney-donor page describes blood-type compatibility testing, a Living Donor Medical Review Board evaluation, and blood-vessel imaging before living donors are approved for surgery.
University of Washington Medical Center
Seattle, WA
NLDAC financial assistancePaired exchangeUW Medicine's living kidney donor program page says it participates in the National Kidney Registry for donor exchange, and lists National Living Donor Assistance Center among resources for people who want to donate.
Virginia Mason Medical Center
Seattle, WA
NLDAC financial assistance · not yet verifiedPaired exchange · not yet verifiedVirginia Mason's living-organ-donation page says kidney paired donation may be an option for donors who are not blood type compatible with their intended recipient, citing the National Kidney Registry.
West Virginia · 2 verified centers
State pageCharleston Area Medical Center
Charleston, WV
NLDAC financial assistance · not yet verifiedPaired exchange · not yet verifiedCAMC's kidney-transplant living-donors page says interested donors fill out a questionnaire and someone from the program follows up to discuss their interest and options, and the center performed the state's first robotic living-donor kidney removal.
West Virginia University Hospitals Inc.
Morgantown, WV
NLDAC financial assistance · not yet verifiedPaired exchange · not yet verified
Wisconsin · 4 verified centers
State pageAurora St. Luke's Medical Center
Milwaukee, WI
NLDAC financial assistance · not yet verifiedPaired exchangeChildren's Hospital of Wisconsin
Milwaukee, WI
NLDAC financial assistance · not yet verifiedPaired exchange · not yet verifiedA pediatric program. Children's Wisconsin says living-donor candidates are evaluated by its team together with its adult care partners at Froedtert Hospital.
Froedtert Memorial Lutheran Hospital
Milwaukee, WI
NLDAC financial assistancePaired exchangeFroedtert's living-donor page says the program participates in kidney exchange through the National Kidney Registry and UNOS, and names NLDAC for donor travel and lost-wage assistance.
University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics
Madison, WI
NLDAC financial assistance · not yet verifiedPaired exchangeUW Health's living-donation page describes paired kidney exchange, and says non-directed donors are listed with the National Kidney Registry.
Wyoming · 0 verified centers
State pageWe have not verified a transplant center in Wyoming yet. That is not a judgment about care there — the directory only lists what has been checked so far. The state page still has what Wyoming protects for someone who donates.
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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