Today, more than 107,000 people in the U.S. are waiting for an organ transplant, and nearly 95,000 of them need a kidney. Living donor transplants—including kidney, liver, and even lung—play a crucial role in closing the gap between the need and the available supply. When actor Jesse Eisenberg first learned about altruistic living organ donation—the decision to give an organ without a designated recipient—he felt compelled to step up and donate one of his kidneys. While traveling recently, a friend offered a simple piece of advice: “She goes, ‘Go across town to NYU. It’s one of the best places on the planet for kidney donation,'” Jesse recalls. After meeting our team, he chose to move forward with his donation here, under the care of Dr. Nicole Ali, medical director of our Kidney Transplant Program. “It’s been a wonderful experience thus far,” he adds. According to data from the Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients, our Kidney Transplant Program is the only one in the natio...