Additional Living Donation Resources

Transplant Centers in Wisconsin

There are four transplant centers located in Wisconsin. Each center’s website has details about their organ transplant and living donor programs, including how to become a living donor and ways to contact the transplant center. Contact any of the Wisconsin transplant programs to learn more about their living donation programs:

Aurora St. Luke’s Medical Center Transplant Program (Milwaukee)
Learn about Living Kidney Donation

Children’s Wisconsin Transplant Programs | Children’s Wisconsin (Milwaukee)
Learn about Liver Transplant
Learn about Kidney Transplant

Froedtert & Medical College of Wisconsin Transplant Center (Milwaukee)
Learn about Living Donation
Learn about Living Kidney Donation
How to Donate a Kidney
Learn about Liver Donation and How to Donate

UW Health Transplant Center (Madison)
Learn about Living Kidney Donation
Request Information from Transplant Center on How to Donate a Kidney
Learn about Liver Donation
Request Information from Transplant Center on How to Donate a Liver

Living Donation & Transplantation Information and Assistance

Several national organizations provide information about transplantation and living donation.  Some have resources to help people who need a kidney or liver find a donor.  Other organizations provide assistance or support to living donors.

Donate Life America
A national nonprofit organization leading national and local teams to increase the number of donated organs, eyes and tissues available to save and heal lives through transplantation while developing a culture where donation is embraced as a fundamental human responsibility.
Website

National Living Donor Assistance Center (NLDAC)
National organization focused on reducing the financial disincentives to living organ donation.
Website

National Kidney Foundation
A national nonprofit organization advocating for and supporting people living with or at-risk of chronic kidney disease. The organization has information for patients, caregivers, professionals and anyone interested in treatment options including living kidney donation or kidney transplant.
Kidney Donation
The Big Ask
Finding a Living Donor

American Kidney Fund
A national nonprofit organization focused on kidney disease and helping people live a healthier life through programs and other assistance that support people from prevention through post-transplant living.
|Join us in fighting kidney disease on all fronts.

American Liver Foundation
A national nonprofit organization promoting education, advocacy, support services and research for the prevention, treatment and cure of liver disease.
An Introduction for Donors and Recipients

Informate
This website is designed to educate the Latino community about living donation.
Website (Español)
Website (English)

Organ Donation & Transplantation

Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)/Division of Transplantation
The Division of Transplantation (DoT) is within the Health Systems Bureau (HSB) of the Health Resources and Services Administration at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. DoT is the primary federal entity responsible for oversight of the nation’s organ and blood stem cell transplant systems. DoT also implements programs and initiatives that increase organ and blood stem cell donations in the United States.
Learn about the Process of Living Donation

Organ Procurement & Transplantations Network (OPTN)
Unique public-private partnership that links all professionals involved in the U.S. donation and transplantation system.
Website
Learn about Living Donation

United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS)
Nonprofit organization that serves as the nation’s transplant system under contract with the federal government.
Website
Learn about Living Donation

American Society of Transplant Surgeons
Professional organization representing transplant professionals that supports patient education in transplantation.
Patient Resources

American Society of Transplantation
Professional organization open to physicians and health professionals interested in transplantation medicine and biology.
Living Donor Toolkit