The Rush Approach to Living Kidney Donor Transplant Services
Our living donor program at Rush is one of the oldest in the Chicago area, offering living kidney donor transplants for nearly 50 years. Our program is also a Donor Care Network Center of Excellence. This level of expertise allows us to guide you through the process with confidence.
Our specialists provide the highest quality of transplant care for both those who need a kidney transplant and living donors. We consistently achieve higher than national average one-year patient survival rates for living donor transplant recipients.
Our team will walk you through every step of the process including the living donor evaluation, surgery and recovery.
Meet our living kidney donor transplant doctors and providers
Rush Excellence in Living Kidney Donor Transplants
- Exceeding expectations and outcomes: Rush’s program has among the best one-year living donor kidney transplant patient survival rates in the Chicago area, according to the Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients.
- Top-ranking program: The living kidney donor transplant program has been recognized as a “Donor Care Network Center of Excellence,” by the National Kidney Registry.
- Expertise in minimally invasive surgery: The majority of our living donor transplant procedures are done with a minimally invasive technique. This allows you to have a faster recovery, less pain and a quicker return to normal activity.
- Paired exchange program: Rush participates in national paired kidney exchanges. Through this program we help find the best match for donor and recipient pairs.
A PSA Message from RUSH about Organ Donation
