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Listing for an organ transplant is a time consuming and sometimes difficult process. This website is the result of my personal experience, from learning I would need a kidney transplant, to the process I followed to get listed at multiple transplant centers, and then getting a kidney from a deceased donor in only 11 months after listing in 2010.

I first learned in 2004 I would likely need a transplant sometime in the future. I have a familial genetic defect which caused this situation.  My kidney function declined to the level in the fall of 2009 that made me eligible for listing. This is a Glomeruler Filtration Rate (GFR) of 20.  Since the transplant centers in my home city, New York,  had waiting times of 5-7 years for my blood type, I pursued listing at other transplant centers, known as “Multiple Listing”,  with the result of getting a kidney in 11 months.

Multiple listing for organ transplant is a right everyone has, but few people know about, and fewer people know how to accomplish.   I thought that my transplant center coordinator would be able to coach me on how to do this, but their responsibilities are to manage your apllication and admission to their transplant program, not other hospitals.

I want to share with you  how I did what I did, so you can do it, too.  Knowing how the listing and allocation system works and and understanding the listing process enables you to take charge of your health and minimize your waiting time on the list.