Excellence in living organ donation expertise, care, and support
Our aim is to support you with the best care in every aspect of your organ donation journey—emotional, financial, and medical. We’re also here for you long after your organ donation.
At the Center for Living Donation, you can expect:
Our donors receive reimbursement for lost wages, travel, and lodging associated with organ donation. You have a 24/7 dedicated medical team, mentors, and a Living Donor Advocate to ensure you’re comfortable with your decision and get all your questions answered. Our transplant support groups are here for you before and after surgery.
We take all the necessary steps to ensure organ donation is safe for you, starting with a full evaluation and range of medical tests over several months. After surgery, your dedicated team cares for you during recovery, and your care continues with follow-up appointments during the two years after donation. At every step, we’re equally attentive to your physical and emotional health because we understand the significance of your decision to be a living organ donor.
Most organ transplant programs don’t offer living donor transplants. At the Penn Transplant Institute, we’re experts in the field. We lead the region in the number of living organ transplants, and we’re nationally recognized for our excellent outcomes.
Our living donor liver transplant program received the highest possible ranking from the Scientific Registry for Transplant Recipients (SRTR). This national organization collects transplant statistics and provides quality rankings based on a transplant center’s survival outcomes and time to transplant.
Penn Medicine’s living donor liver transplant program is the only one of its kind in the region to receive a 5-bar designation from SRTR, indicating that our transplant program exceeds expectations.