Interested in Becoming a Living Kidney Donor?
If you are interested in becoming a donor or have any questions regarding our program, please call 401-444-8562 or 1-888-444-0102.
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Living Kidney Donor Program
Rhode Island Hospital offers one of the largest, fastest-growing transplant programs in New England. Approximately one half of the transplanted kidneys at the hospital are from live donors. About 50-60 kidney transplant procedures are performed each year.
In collaboration with two pediatric nephrologists at Hasbro Children's, we have performed 50 pediatric renal transplants. A considerable effort is made to identify potential live donors so that each kidney transplant recipient may benefit from the shorter waiting time (generally two-to-three months) and immediate graft function that accompanies these procedures. We were one of the first programs in the United States to accept kidneys from non-directed donors (unrelated strangers) and perform live donor kidney exchanges or transplant chains to facilitate transplantation for incompatible pairs.
