TRANSPLANT RESOURCES
KIDNEY
- American Association of Kidney Patients
- John Brockington Foundation
- Informate HRSA – Inform Yourself About Living Kidney Donation for Hispanics/Latinos
- National Kidney Foundation
- National Kidney Foundation of Illinois (NKFI)
- National Kidney Registry
- NKFI KidneyMobile®
- Protect Your Kidneys
- Renal Support Network
- Renewal
- Risk Factors of Chronic Kidney Disease
- Symptoms of Kidney Disease
- The Guide to Keeping Your Home Through Debilitating Diseases
- The Kidney Challenge
- The Kidneys: How They Work
- TxMultilisting
LIVING DONATION
- Living Kidney Donors Network
- American Living Organ Donor Network
- Be The Match
- Donor to Donor
- Giving the Gift of Life through Organ Donation – Chris Barry at TEDxFlourCit (video)
- IL Secretary of State | Life Goes On
- LifeSource
- The Living Bank
- Living Kidney Donor Network
- One Legacy
- Go Fund Me
- NLDAC (National Living Donor Assistance Center)
- American Society of Transplantation
ORGAN TRANSPLANT/SUPPORT
- American Transplant Foundation
- Children’s Organ Transplant Association (COTA)
- Donate Life
- Eversight Illinois
- Funding an Organ Transplant
- ORGANize
- Organ Transplant Support (phone: 630-527-8640 email: OrganTransplantSupport@gmail.com)
- Partnering with Your Transplant Team: The Patient’s Guide for Transplantation
- Power2Save
- Quarter Century Club
- The Caregiver’s Guidebook (website)
- The Caregiver’s Guidebook: Your Resource for Successfully Navigating Life as a Caregiver (Buy Book)
- Transplant Café
- Transplant Living
- Transplant Recipients International Organization (phone: 800.293.0980)
- Waitlist Zero
- What Every Patient Needs to Know
FOR INFORMATION ABOUT BECOMING A LIVING KIDNEY DONOR:
Marianne Squiller | Northwestern Medicine
Independent Living Donor Advocate/Clinical Social worker
312-695-4485
marianne.squiller@nm.org
FOR INFORMATION ABOUT BECOMING A LIVING LIVER DONOR:
Lori Clark | Northwestern Medicine
Independent Living Donor Advocate/Clinical Social worker
312-926-2000
lclark@nm.org
FIND A BUDDY
It is incredibly helpful to talk to someone who has been through the organ transplant process before. Through our Find a Buddy program, you will get paired with someone who has gone through an organ transplantation surgery and knows from personal experience what its like. This is a wonderful resource for patients as well as their families. Sign up today and you will get paired with someone who will provide knowledge, support, and friendship.
