Living Donor Follow Up Program
Beginning in 2007, the Johns Hopkins transplant team has developed a new live donor clinical follow-up and research program. We created this program to ensure that we provide superior care to a population of individuals who have made a sacrifice to help save the life of another individual. The medical attention given to individuals through our program is unique. We ask that our living donors send medical information to us at regular intervals after their surgical procedure so that our transplant experts may follow their health. This benefits live donors in two ways: (1) it provides an enhanced level of safety to our living donors who receive care from transplant specialists, in addition to the on-going care they receive from their community-based primary care physician; and (2) it allows Hopkins researchers to track statistical information on the health of our donors so that we may eventually identify trends and reinforce medical practices that provide the best healthcare management of living donors.
This live donor follow up program is one of the first in the nation. Our transplant specialists are closely working with individual donors after their surgery and are available to provide on-going support. Furthermore, through our research findings, Hopkins aims to close the gaps in understanding of how current living donation practices may or may not affect individuals’ long term health.
At Hopkins, compassionate care and research are the basis of our medicine.
