— Process
Step 1: Read through the materials provided to you, and review the following documents:
- Anonymous Living Donor Program Information
- Frequently Asked Questions
- Health Screening Questionnaire
- Authorization to Release Information
Step 2: Contact the Anonymous Living Donor Program by e-mail (baynesg@ohsu.edu) or by phone (503-494-7856) to ask any questions and express your interest in donating a kidney.
Step 3: Complete the Release Form and Health Screening Questionnaire and return them by mail to the Anonymous Living Donor Program at the following address:
Ginny Baynes
Anonymous Living Donor Program
Pacific NW Transplant Bank
2611 SW Third, Suite 320
Portland, OR 97201-4943
After we receive the questionnaire, it will be reviewed to ensure you meet health criteria. We will then arrange an appointment for you to meet with a donor coordinator to discuss the process of donation in more detail and to answer any questions you might have.
Step 4: Once you have made the decision to donate a kidney, you will be referred to a donor coordinator at one of the two area transplant centers — either Oregon Health & Science University Hospital or Legacy Good Samaritan Hospital — for a more thorough health evaluation.
Step 5: The donor coordinator will walk you through the medical and psychological evaluations that will be completed at that transplant center. Once those tests are completed, you will be matched with a recipient — anonymously. At that point your donor surgery and the recipient’s transplant surgery will be scheduled at a time appropriate to both you and the recipient.