Living Donor Kidney Center

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For appointments and information,
please call (212) 746-3099

The mission of the Living Donor Kidney Center at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center is to empower people to make an informed choice regarding living kidney donation, and to educate potential donors, past donors, healthcare professionals, and the public about living donation.

The health and emotional well being of the living donor is the first priority of the Living Donor Kidney Center.

Please check out our 'Gift of Life' brochure for inspiring real-life stories about kidney donors and recipients at our center, as well as comprehensive information about Living Kidney Donation.

All potential donors must be evaluated for donation by a living kidney donor team that functions completely independently of that of the transplant candidates' team. The job of the living donor team is to protect the potential donor not only their physical health, but also their psychosocial, emotional and socioeconomic well-being and personal preferences.

The Donor Team exists to ensure that the potential kidney donor:

Is not himself/herself at high risk for developing kidney disease, usually caused by chronic health problems such as high blood pressure, diabetes, and obesity, either now or in the future
Does not feel coerced into donating
Is not putting himself/herself at psychosocial, emotional, or socioeconomic risk by donating

Living Kidney Donation

In this video, Dr. Sandip Kapur, Chief of Transplantation, discusses living donor kidney transplantation.

Living With One Kidney

View the video in which Dr. Del Pizzo, Director of Laparoscopic and Minimally Invasive Surgery for the Department of Urology talks about living with one kidney after kidney donation.