Ohio State’s kidney donation chain saves 10 lives
In December 2024, 10 living donors gave kidneys to 10 patients experiencing kidney failure, saving their lives. It’s the largest living donor kidney exchange in the history of The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center Comprehensive Transplant Center, and one of the largest to take place at any single institution nationally.
The above 5-minute, 23-second video accompanies Wexner Medical Center staff who made this feat possible as they get ready and talk with donors and family members. Front and center is Dr. Amer Rajab, surgical director of kidney and pancreas transplantation, a clinical professor and a Buckeye since 1999, when he came to Ohio State for a fellowship.
How the complex chain worked
Seven transplant surgeons, 18 hours in operating rooms, 20 patients and thousands of hours of planning by Ohio State staffers. The Wexner Medical Center shares fascinating details about the kidney donations in this story.
