活体器官捐献者

Donating a kidney or part of your liver may be the most deeply meaningful thing you ever do. 平均而言，在美国.S., 17 people die every day while waiting for an organ transplant. By giving the unique gift of a living organ, you offer a second chance at life to someone who is struggling to survive.

Scroll down to see how living donation works and how it has changed the lives of donors, recipients and care teams at UCSF. If you have questions, please email us at (电子邮件保护).

Take the first step

Potential kidney donor?

Informed consent materials: These will help you understand the process of becoming a living kidney donor.

Our confidential questionnaire: This will get you started on the evaluation process for becoming a living kidney donor.

Potential liver donor?

Informed consent materials: These will help you understand the process of becoming a living liver donor.

Our confidential questionnaire: This will get you started on the evaluation process for becoming a living liver donor.

Learn about becoming a living donor

Becoming a Living Kidney Donor

Find out why living donors choose to 捐献肾脏 to someone in need, what the surgery is like, 谁是合格的, how to be considered, 还有更多.

Becoming a Living Liver Donor

Find out why living donors choose to donate part of their liver to someone in need, what surgery is like, 谁是合格的, how to be considered, 还有更多.

Why 捐献肾脏 or part of your liver to a stranger?

Donating a kidney or part of your liver to someone you don't know is a generous and lifesaving act. Thousands of people in the U.S. are waiting for organs, but there simply are not enough to fill the need. Your donation can help alleviate this life-threatening shortage.

当你捐献肾脏, your remaining kidney grows larger and takes over the work of two kidneys. 当你 donate part of your liver, what remains naturally grows back to its normal size and function within a couple of months. 收信人, receiving an organ from a living donor speeds up the process, dramatically improving their chances for a successful transplant.

Get inspired and find out more about living organ donation at UCSF in the "patient's perspective" section, 下面.

病人的故事

A living donor's story: So fulfilling, he did it twice

Jason McCluney is one of the handful of living donors who've given more than one organ. It all began with a simple conversation.

阅读杰森的故事

Good Samaritan donor starts record-breaking transplant chain

Reid Moran-Haywood's kidney donation sparked a transplant chain that spanned two hospitals and saved nine lives.

阅读里德的故事

"I'll throw my hat in the ring"

Amy Baghdadi was running out of treatment options for her liver cancer when a family friend made an incredible offer. "It was a surgery for me, and it was life for Amy," says donor Olivia Lemen.

Giving liberates the soul of the giver. ——玛雅·安杰洛

认识我们的供应商

Hear from our providers about how they center the needs of patients and families in their work.

Dr. Nancy Ascher, organ transplant surgeon and kidney donor

Sandy Weinberg, living donor advocate

探索我们所做的

Marathon highlights need for living donors

Runners who have received kidney transplants and those still awaiting their match participated in a marathon/5K race – part of a UCSF-supported effort to raise awareness.

Watch the story on KTVU