Living Donor Program

Kidney Donation Options

For patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) who are approaching or undergoing dialysis, living donation is the most effective transplant option.

Living Donation Options include:

  • Living related donor transplantation
  • Emotionally-related donor transplantation
  • Living Donor Kidney Exchange Program (patients who have a willing living donor that is not compatible to them)
  • Altruistic living donation
  • Compatible Share Program
  • Program for incompatible transplants (ABO and HLA incompatible donor/recipient pairs)

Pioneering Transplant Options

We developed New Jersey’s first and most comprehensive Living Donor Program, featuring nationally-renowned surgeons, transplant physicians, nurse coordinators, dieticians, social workers, and pharmacists to expertly match recipients with the most compatible donor for optimal quality of life. Both donor and recipient pairs are provided with exceptional care throughout the process, integrating a skilled team with successful outcomes.

We Provide:

  • A nationally-recognized transplant team
  • Minimally-invasive surgical techniques that reduce pain and complications
  • Continued research on living donation to provide the most current treatment

Living Donor Benefits

  • Increased quality of life for recipients who receive a live donor kidney transplant
  • On average, a live donor kidney can last about twice as long as a deceased donor kidney
  • Emotional benefit by the donor
  • The recipient comes off the waiting list for a kidney transplant, ensuring someone else to receive a deceased donor kidney

New Brunswick, NJ
Kidney & Pancreas Transplant at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital

Livingston, NJ
Kidney & Pancreas Transplant at Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center

Patient Stories

  • I feel like a new different person.

    Gina
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  • Her donation was the start of a chain of kidney donations the led to three patients receiving life-saving kidney donations.

    Jane
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  • “Don’t let hopelessness consume you. It can happen anytime. The seventh time I got a call, it was a miracle match.”

    Dillon
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Barnabas Health Ambulatory Care Center
200 South Orange Avenue
Livingston, NJ 07039
(973) 322-7000
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The Renal and Pancreas Transplant Program at Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center - Jersey City
377 Jersey Ave
Suite 280A
Jersey City, NJ 07302
(973) 322-5938
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The Children's Kidney Center
101 Old Short Hills Road
Suite 505
West Orange, NJ 07052
(973) 322-6767
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Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center
94 Old Short Hills Road
Livingston, NJ 07039
(973) 322-5000
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Children's Hospital of New Jersey at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center
201 Lyons Avenue at Osborne Terrace
Newark, NJ 07112
(973) 926-7000
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The Renal and Pancreas Transplant Program at Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center- Eatontown
200 Wyckoff Road
Suite 3300
Eatontown, NJ 07724
(973) 322-5938
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The Robert Wood Johnson Transplant Center
10 Plum St, 7th Floor
New Brunswick, NJ 08901
(732) 253-3699
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The Bristol-Myers Squibb Children's Hospital at RWJUH
200 Somerset Street
New Brunswick, NJ 08901
(732) 828-3000
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The Renal and Pancreas Transplant Program at Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center- Edison
102 James Street
Suite 102
Edison, NJ 08817
(973) 322-5938
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The Unterberg Children's Hospital at Monmouth Medical Center
300 2nd Avenue
Long Branch, NJ 07740
(732) 923-7250
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The Renal and Pancreas Transplant Department at Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center
94 Old Short Hills Road
Livingston, NJ 07039
(973) 322-5938
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Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital
1 Robert Wood Johnson Place
New Brunswick, NJ 08901
(732) 828-3000
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