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Living donor availability. If you already have a potential living kidney donor ready to donate their kidney to you, your transplant can often take place within just weeks — or under 6 months if a living donor paired exchange program is needed. Yet only about 6% of patients each year receive a kidney from a living donor. The other 90,000 rely on deceased donor availability—making center choice and multi-listing strategy critical.
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Blood type. Patients with blood groups like A or AB often experience shorter wait times.
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Antibody levels. Lower antibody (sensitization) levels make it easier to find a compatible match.
A Faster Path to Kidney Transplants.
Discover centers with shorter wait times and apply directly through Transplant Coach. Navigate confidently, with every requirement checked and your eligibility verified before you apply. Explore real patient stories to see how others shortened their wait times. Use smart multi-listing strategies to reduce your wait time and increase your chances of a faster transplant.
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Send One Verified Application Apply to Multiple Centers to Several Centers
The transplant system is complex and often unclear about where to apply or what each center requires. We simplify the path with step-by-step guidance and adjust your application so it meets each center’s expectations. Here’s how it works:
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Explore the kidney transplant wait times forecast map Explore Centers
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Complete our quick intake form Complete intake
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Submit to list at your chosen hospital(s) Submit to hospital(s)
Transplant Centers Wait Times
Wait times for kidney transplants vary widely across centers, and those differences can add up to years. We bring this information together in one place, giving you clear insight to choose the centers that offer the best chance for a faster transplant.
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What Shapes Your Wait Time
Alongside the wide wait times variation across centers, these factors often make the biggest difference:
While you can’t change these biological factors, you can control where you choose to register. Some centers consistently maintain shorter average wait times than others. That’s why Transplant Coach offers a nationwide map of center-specific wait times—empowering you to make informed, data-driven decisions and improve your chances of receiving a transplant sooner. Because the timing of a deceased donor match is unpredictable, all wait time estimates carry a margin of about ±3 months.
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Transplant Success Stories
Patients across the United States are reducing their wait for a kidney transplant with Transplant Coach. We are thrilled to see that the right plan can make hope a reality. Here are a few highlights:
I wanted to express my profound gratitude for the invaluable assistance your website provided me in my journey toward a life-saving kidney transplant. Before I discovered your website, I had spent 4.5 years on the waiting list at the local hospital. The endless wait was filled with uncertainty and anxiety, but that all changed when I stumbled upon your platform .
I have had quite a few patients who benefited from this website and already had transplants at centers with shorter wait time than us. This is an amazing site and we are very, very grateful. I have had doctors reaching out to me and expressing gratitude for giving them this info so they can direct their patients to wherever they can get transplant sooner.
Everything worked out swimmingly.
I used the multi listing website in October 2022, filled out my application via Transplant Coach, was evaluated in Feb 2023 and received a transplant in Charleston, West Virginia in May 2023.
In July 2021, I received a kidney transplant at the University of Toledo Medical Center after being on their list less than a year. Recovery is going well so far. I wanted to thank you so much for developing the website if it wasn't for that I would probably still be on dialysis and waiting for a transplant.
Recently, I was at an appointment and happen to sit next to a person who used to be in the same health situation as I am. In need of a Kidney. He informed me that he reached out to you and you sent him a kidney waiting list in another state and it cut his waiting time down tremendously. He has a new kidney and doing well.
I was on the list in Chicago. I self dialyzed for a year, sticking dialysis needles into my left arm with my right hand. I've done a lot of research and found your website. I have relocated to Iowa, got the call and was transplanted. I've just celebrated 4 year transplant anniversary and my creatinine is 1.0. You might've saved my life.
