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Considering Being a Living Donor? Here’s What to Expect.
Being a living donor is one of the most rewarding experiences you can have. Your kidney donation will forever change the life of a transplant
What Sets APKD Apart – Our Customer Service
At the Alliance for Paired Kidney Donation, our goal is to save lives by ensuring living kidney transplants for every patient who needs one. We
A Day in the Life of a Transplant Coordinator
Kidney transplant clinics benefit from the work of kidney transplant coordinators. These professionals help facilitate the finding of matches, contact between all parties involved and
Is COVID-19 Still a Risk? For Kidney Patients, the Answer is Yes.
As the world is coming back to a place of normality, kidney patients are still wondering about the impact of COVID-19 on their health. Do
4 Key Features of the APKD Software Program
The Alliance for Paired Kidney Donation’s award-winning algorithm helps kidney transplant centers find effective matches. As your center evaluates the right program to use for your patients, consider these unique
Christina Schultz: Donating to Strangers through Paired Kidney Donation
One of the beautiful things about the Alliance for Paired Kidney Donation software is the fact that it helps more people than just the initial kidney recipient.
Lindsey Derocher – An APKD Living Donor Story
Kidney donation gives people a new lease on life when they no longer have functioning kidneys. Yet often, kidney recipients and potential donors who
Domino Donation: A Kidney to Save Two Lives Instead of One
Via WebMD – On a warm summer day in June, Amy Nadel sat in a waiting room at Johns Hopkins as one of her children
APKD Donor Protection Program: Another Reason to Save a Life
The decision to become a living kidney donor is a highly personal one. While this amazing, life-saving gift brings tremendous satisfaction in and of itself,
Pilot Kidney Exchange Transplant Program Launched Between US, Italy
New agreement signed at the Italian Ministry of Health allows for the first-ever exchange of living donor kidneys between Europe and the United States Toledo,
Top Tips for Finding a Living Kidney Donor
Kidney donation can often move forward more quickly than other types of organ donation because you can use a living donor. If your transplant team
Understanding Paired Kidney Exchange – Is It For Me?
Kidney transplants are a unique type of transplant because they can accommodate a live donor. In theory, this should increase the number of successful matches
Eight Families in Three States Transformed through Local Connection
The lives of eight families in three states have been transformed, and a local organization created the link that made it possible. The non-profit Alliance
Michael Rees receives the 2021 AAKP Medal of Excellence Award
Michael Rees, the CEO and Medical Director of the Alliance for Paired Kidney Donation, was awarded the 2021 AAKP Medal of Excellence Award. See the
Kidneys for Communities’ new program aims to increase living kidney donations impacted by COVID
TOLEDO, Ohio, March 10, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Tackling the living kidney-donor shortage, Kidneys for Communities, a nonprofit, has launched the first-ever national community-directed donation program to increase the pool
Abu Dhabi to develop kidney match programme with US partner
A new UAE-US partnership will improve the chances of patients with kidney failure. Photo: Getty Abu Dhabi’s health operator and a US non-profit organisation are
Global Kidney Chains
Transplantation is the treatment of choice for kidney failure, but many barriers prevent transplantation. The barriers in economically developed countries differ from those in developing
A Hampton man donated his kidney to a stranger and his father received one in return.
John Byrum needed a new kidney. He was going through dialysis three times a week. An alternative education teacher at James Monroe High School in
Toledo doctor makes history with Israel/U.A.E. paired kidney transplants
TOLEDO, Ohio (WTVG) – The Alliance For Paired Kidney Donation is making history with news of its latest “Pay It Forward” kidney transplants in Israel
Tracking the Gift of Life
TOLEDO, Ohio, July 22, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The Alliance for Paired Kidney Donation (APKD), a global leader in paired kidney donation, announced today that
Israel, UAE Residents Come Together For Historic Kidney Transplants
TOLEDO, Ohio, Oct. 4, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Doctors and donors from Israel and the United Arab Emirates have completed a historic series of kidney transplants that saved the lives of three women.
SEHA, Alliance for Paired Kidney Donation Formalize Partnership to Promote Paired Kidney Donation
Abu Dhabi Health Services Company, (SEHA), the UAE’s largest healthcare network, and Alliance for Paired Kidney Donation (APKD), a non-profit organization based in Ohio, U.S,
How three Jewish and Arab families swapped kidneys, saved their mothers and made history
Tamar Ashkenazi was finally airborne. She had been up before dawn but was feeling more excited than exhausted as she glanced down from 40,000 feet at
A Hampton man donated his kidney to a stranger and his father received one in return.
John Byrum needed a new kidney. He was going through dialysis three times a week. An alternative education teacher at James Monroe High School in
Tracking the Gift of Life
First in nation collaboration between Alliance for Paired Kidney Donation and MediGO Inc. TOLEDO, Ohio, July 22, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The Alliance for Paired Kidney