Washington Regional Transplant Community

Waiting list

Patients waiting in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area

As of August 4, 2010

1,487	waiting for a kidney transplant
141	waiting for a liver transplant
49	waiting for a pancreas transplant
27	waiting for a kidney-pancreas transplant
33	waiting for an intestine transplant
54	waiting for a heart transplant
0	waiting for a heart-lung transplant
11	waiting for a lung transplant
1,802	TOTAL

Patients waiting in the United States

As of August 4, 2010

85,430	waiting for a kidney transplant
15,939	waiting for a liver transplant
1,441	waiting for a pancreas transplant
2,189	waiting for a kidney-pancreas transplant
256	waiting for an intestine transplant
3,116	waiting for a heart transplant
74	waiting for a heart-lung transplant
1,765	waiting for a lung transplant
107,828	TOTAL *

*Some patients are waiting for more than one organ, therefore the total number of patients is less than the sum of patients waiting for each organ. These totals include all active and inactive waiting list patients.

Be an organ, eye, and tissue donor!

You have the power to donate the gift of life.

Donor Family Remembrance Quilts honor those who have so generously donated the
gift of life.