Building a Legacy of Life: The Origins of the Alliance for Paired Kidney Donation | EP 34
Donor Diaries8 Jul 2025

Building a Legacy of Life: The Origins of the Alliance for Paired Kidney Donation | EP 34

Send a text What happens when a transplant surgeon, a Nobel Prize-winning economist, and a willingness to trust strangers come together? A revolution in kidney donation that has saved 20,000 lives and counting. Meet Dr. Michael Rees and Sue Rees, the power couple behind the Alliance for Paired Kidney Donation. In this captivating first installment of our two-part season finale, we journey back to 2007 when kidney paired exchange was in its infancy and most surgeons believed all transplant sur...

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A Double Donor’s Story of Loss and Redemption | EP 14

A Double Donor’s Story of Loss and Redemption | EP 14

Send a text According to United Network of Organ Sharing, only 133 living donors in the entire U.S. have donated both a kidney and a portion of their liver to two different recipients. A few years ba...

7 Des 202236min

Can I Drink After Donation? And Other Donor FAQs | EP 13

Can I Drink After Donation? And Other Donor FAQs | EP 13

Send a text Welcome to Season 2 of Donor Diaries! To kick of season 2, we are going to jump into some basics about kidney donation- some helpful Q&A for anyone out there who may identify as donor-curi...

2 Nov 202221min

Commit, Then Figure It Out | EP 12

Commit, Then Figure It Out | EP 12

Send a text Welcome to Donor Diaries’ Season 1 closer! In Season 1 of Donor Diaries, we covered a range of topics. We covered how to ask somebody for a kidney, the pains and history of dialysis, ho...

4 Mai 202222min

“Anam Cara” The Soul Friends | EP 11

“Anam Cara” The Soul Friends | EP 11

Send a text Meet donor extraordinaire Jeramy Davies. He’s not only a bone marrow expert, but he is a two-time donor, having donated both bone marrow and a kidney to the same person. This in itself i...

6 Apr 202231min

The One Kidney Climb | EP 10

The One Kidney Climb | EP 10

Send a text Meet Bobby McLaughlin, Tracey Hulick, Steve Wilson and Patty Graham from the Kidney Donor Athletes (KDA) who are in Tanzania right now getting ready to climb Mt Kilimanjaro with 18 other l...

2 Mar 202231min

An Economists Perspective on the Value of a Kidney | EP 9

An Economists Perspective on the Value of a Kidney | EP 9

Send a text It’s illegal to buy or sell a kidney in all countries, except Iran. But imagine if there was a waitlist of people waiting to donate a kidney, versus a waitlist of people waiting to receiv...

2 Feb 202230min

Insider’s Guide to Living Kidney Donation | EP 8

Insider’s Guide to Living Kidney Donation | EP 8

Send a text A transplant isn’t an event that happens exclusively to the organ recipient. It also has a major impact on the family of a recipient or organ donor and often results in complex situations...

5 Jan 202228min

Race Matters with Dr. Dinee Simpson | EP 7

Race Matters with Dr. Dinee Simpson | EP 7

Send a text Race Matters with Dr. Dinee Simpson Plainly stated, white people are four times more likely to receive a kidney transplant than an African-American people. And, Asian-Americans and Native...

1 Des 202131min

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