How long is the wait for kidney transplant in National Capital?
Most Washingtonians wait 4–6 years for a transplant. Other areas on the East Coast have shorter wait.
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MedStar Georgetown is a large transplant center with a well-established living donor paired exchange program and extensive experience managing living donor chains. The program performs approximately 50–70 living donor kidney transplants each year, compared with an average of about 10 annually at George Washington.
The Transplant Center at Howard University Hospital has been shutdown in 2011, due to competition from other transplant centers in the area.
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Based on OPTN data as of December 11, 2025.