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Without my transplant and donor, I wouldn’t be here to write this, and I would have died living a lie. This month will be the first Pride Month I get to openly celebrate and enjoy.

Jayde Kelly: A renewed heart

I would not be alive today if it weren’t for the selfless act of another human making the decision to donate organs.

Rita Woodward: Gratitude angel

Each day, I think about my angel donor and family. I am alive because they made a decision in their time of unbearable grief.

Living donation

Living donation is when a healthy living organ donor gives an organ such as a kidney or part of an organ such as a portion of a lung, liver, pancreas, or intestine to a recipient.

Costs

Before undergoing an organ transplant, it’s important to understand the costs. You will want to work with your transplant team make sure you have an individual plan to cover transplant costs.

Caregivers

In order for patients to have successful transplant outcomes, it’s important for organ recipients or living donors to have quality care and support before and after surgery. Learn more.

Find a support group

Receive support from other organ transplant patients and families by finding a support group near you. Click here to learn more and find the right type of support group for you or your family.

In the news

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Lisa Schaffner Community Advocate Award

UNOS posthumously recognizes Lisa Schaffner as the inaugural recipient of a new award named in her honor

All-time records again set in 2021 for organ transplants, organ donation from deceased donors

Jan 11, 2022

Deceased donation sets record for eleventh consecutive year.

Lung and kidney patients: Animated videos describe allocation scores and formulas

Nov 19, 2021

New animated videos to help you understand the formulas used in lung and kidney allocation policy