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Living Liver Donor vs the Waitlist

You can stay on the deceased-donor liver list at your center and still look for a living donor here.

The waitlist stays at the center

Listing and organ offers are the program’s job. They do not replace a living-donor search. If you need a living liver donor, you need matching here.

What living liver donation is — in one line

A cleared living donor may give a portion of liver. Anatomy, volume, and risk are decided at the transplant center. This page does not clear anyone.

Matching here

Liver uses the same confidential matching as kidney: confidential matching, both auto-renew until you cancel. Donors never pay.

Need a living liver donor? Start matching. Considering donating? Join as a donor — free.

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This is general information, not medical advice. We are not a transplant center.