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Johns Hopkins Living Kidney Donor Transplantation Candidate Profile
Welcome to the Living Kidney Donor Transplant Program at the Johns Hopkins Comprehensive Transplant Center. We understand that the decision to become a live kidney donor can be a difficult one. Your safety and well-being throughout the donation process are paramount in our program. As such, it is essential that your evaluation is thorough and that we have all pertinent past and current medical history.
 
The following form is our candidate profile and medical questionnaire. We anticipate that the form should take approximately 20-30 minutes to complete. You may save this form and return later, or you may request a paper copy to be mailed to you by calling the kidney donor transplant team at 410-614-9345. You must complete and submit the form in its entirety in order to begin the living donor evaluation process. The information obtained will be confidential and part of your medical record here at Johns Hopkins.
 
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Thank you for contacting Johns Hopkins Hospital about the possibility of being an organ donor.

 

You are the only person who can decide whether living donation is right for you. No one can make the decision to donate for you and no one should pressure you!

 

To be a living donor, you must:

ü  Be an adult (over age 18) able to make an informed decision

ü  Be in good physical and mental health

ü  Understand the risks and benefits of living donation

ü  Decide for yourself whether living donation is right for you

 

Overview of Donor Evaluation:

•         Independent living donor advocate (ILDA)- to discuss decision making, voluntariness and understanding of donation

•         Blood tests- gives information about your health and whether you are medically compatible with a transplant recipient

•         Heart and lung tests- make sure your heart and lungs are healthy enough for you to be a donor

•         Tests of the organ to be donated- to be sure your organ is healthy enough to donate and safe for you to donate

•         Routine Health tests- again, ensuring you are healthy enough to be a donor

• Psychosocial Evaluation- to discuss reasons for wanting to be a donor and if you have the support in place to handle emotional, financial and physical stress of surgery

 

You have an independent living donor advocate (ILDA) to protect you. Their job is not to think about what your intended transplant recipients needs or make transplants happen. The ILDA will:

•         Protect you and your best interests.

•         Support your rights, such as making sure you have the time and information you need to decide whether donating is right for you.

•         Make sure you have information about the risks and benefits of living donation.

•         Help you walk away if you decide living donation is not right for you.

 

If you have fears, concerns, or second thoughts, your ILDA wants to know. Sharing your thoughts is the best way to support you and help you decide what is right for you. The ILDA will not share your medical or other information with your intended transplant recipient.

 

The ILDA for Kidney donation is Alana Williams and you may reach her at 410-955-1771.

 

In order to start the evaluation process, you must:

ü  Feel no pressure from anyone to donate

ü  Know you may decide not to donate at any time

ü  Are not motivated by a promise of money or anything of value