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Kidney paired donation (KPD) is a transplant option for those waiting for a kidney transplant. It is for patients who have a willing living donor.

The Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN) operates a national KPD system. United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS), as the OPTN contractor, administers this system, which is open to all OPTN/UNOS-approved transplant programs that perform living donor kidney transplants. For more information, or to participate in the program, contact kidneypaireddonation@unos.org.

Read more about kidney paired donor transplants * in the national pilot program.

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Choose a resource below:

PDF Format KPDPP Brochure
Program overview with questions and answers (2011)
PDF Format KPDPP Operational Guidelines
Rules for participating in the KPD Pilot Program (2012)
PDF Format National KPDPP Proposal
Background and program components (2008)

Did you know?
We're growing: as of Feb. 2013, 127 OPTN transplant centers are participating in the national KPD program.

Program Goal
Our goal is to identify as many compatible pairs as possible, to maximize the number of matched pairs, and ensure that we address the needs of specific populations, including children and highly sensitized candidates.