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Matt Jowsey of Buffalo is Seeking a Living Kidney Donor
Matt Jowsey of Buffalo is seeking a living kidney donor. His friends and family are sharing this graphic to help reach potential donors.
Nov 23, 2024
Brittany McILwain of Buffalo is Hoping for a Living Kidney Donor
Brittany McILwain of Buffalo is in need of a kidney transplant. She’s hoping a generous person will come forward to donate a kidney to...
Nov 18, 2024
IPRO's 'Kidney Transplant Compare' Helps Patients Select Their Center
Kidney Transplant Compare is a mobile app and website designed to highlight transplant center patient selection criteria, support...
Nov 14, 2024
JaQuan Casselman of Niagara Falls is Seeking a Living Kidney Donor
JaQuan Casselman of Niagara Falls is hoping that a living donor will come forward to provide him with the kidney transplant he needs....
Nov 4, 2024
Quick and clear videos about kidney transplantation
For several years, Dr. Liise Kayler of ECMC and the University at Buffalo has been working with researchers, community members, and...
Oct 22, 2024
HIV-to-HIV kidney transplants found to be safe
A multicenter study led by Johns Hopkins Medicine found that transplanting kidneys from deceased donors who had HIV to recipients with...
Oct 18, 2024
Letter: Importance of Organ Donation
The following letter was submitted to Bee Group newspapers and published in late July 2024 Dear Editor, Thank you to the Bee and James...
Aug 13, 2024
Jim Urtel Needs a Kidney
Have you seen this billboard? Jim Urtel of Batavia is in need of a kidney transplant and the group Kidneys for Communities is helping him...
Jul 29, 2024
Roy Sheppard of Lancaster is Seeking a Living Donor
Roy Sheppard of Lancaster is hoping a living donor will match with him for a transplant at UR Medicine. Friends and family are helping...
Jul 17, 2024
Paul Kupiec is waiting for a kidney transplant
Paul Kupiec is well known in his hometown of North Tonawanda, but friends and neighbors might not be aware that he’s awaiting a kidney...
Jun 28, 2023
Hoping for a living kidney donor
Michael Tatum of Cheektowaga is a loving husband, father and grandfather. In 2021, he learned that he was reaching kidney failure....
Apr 20, 2023
Changes in Testing can Improve Diagnosis of Kidney Disease in Black Patients
Important changes are taking place in the ways American medical professionals diagnose and treat kidney disease for Black patients. The...
Feb 18, 2023
Living Kidney Donation Awareness Event Honored Local Mason Gary Garippo
We hear from a living donor and people awaiting kidney transplant in the latest Kidney Conversations podcast. Recorded at the Gary...
Jan 10, 2023
Waiting time adjustment approved for kidney transplant candidates affected by race-based calculation
The Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN) has approved a process intended to improve transplant equity by backdating the...
Jan 6, 2023
Organ Donation Awareness Event and Blood Drive will Honor Local Mason
The Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons Community Service Committee and the Blood and Organ Donor Committee, in cooperation with the...
Jan 5, 2023
Gary Garippo Memorial Blood Drive and Organ Donor Awareness Event
Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons Blood and Organ Donor Committee in cooperation with the Kidney Foundation of WNY and ConnectLife...
Dec 17, 2022
Waiting for the Blessing of a Living Kidney Donor
Joann Wellman is hoping for a living kidney donor. Joann, 67, and her husband Michael live in Frewsburg, NY. “We have two amazing...
May 26, 2022
National Pediatric Transplant Week
Last year, 1,890 children received organ transplants, including 820 kidney transplants. Each of these lifesaving transplants were made...
Apr 29, 2022
Seeking a selfless donor
Elena DePaolo successfully battled leukemia. Now she needs a kidney transplant and is hoping a living donor will come forward. Elena...
Mar 20, 2022
Jordan hopes for a living kidney donor
Jordan Crowley is hoping for a living kidney donor. Jordan is a 23-year-old college student from Elma. He plans to graduate with a...
Mar 8, 2022
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