Organ Donation 1
This institution set the record for most heart transplants done annually in both 2024 and 2025
Vanderbilt (sorry I had to)
This is the most common way that people register to be organ donors
At the DMV when getting their driver's license
The name of the test performed immediately before transplant to check for preformed antibodies against the donor
Crossmatch
Famous celebrity who recently received a kidney transplant from her childhood best friend due to an autoimmune condition
Selena Gomez
This is the average waiting time for an organ on the list
3-5 years
This is the name of a religion that formally prohibits organ donation, thus justifying patients' opting out for religious reasons
Trick question! There are no religions that formally prohibit organ donation!
The term for a transplant between genetically identical individuals
Isograft
This famous company's founder received a liver transplant because of pancreatic cancer that metastasized there
Apple
This is the number of lives that can be SAVED by one organ donor
8
This is the number of people who die every day from the lack of available organs to transplant
20
The mechanism of action of both cyclosporine and tacrolimus, two drugs very commonly used after solid organ transplants
Calcineurin inhibitors
One of this TV show's female stars has had two kidney transplants due to congenital kidney dysplasia
To date, this state has done the highest number of living donor transplants (data collected from 1988-2026)
California
This is the name of one of two states (either is good) that has EVER performed a uterus transplant on a patient
Pennsylvania or Texas
The structure that makes the left kidney better for a living donor nephrectomy
Renal vein (it is longer in the left kidney, making vascular anastomosis easier)
BOTH of these people are NBA players that returned to basketball after kidney transplants
Alonzo Mourning, Sean Elliott
This is the percentage of Tennessee residents that are registered as organ donors
44%
This is one of two states that has only ever done ONE living donor liver transplant (data collected from 1988-2026)
Either is good!
Oklahoma or Kentucky
The vessels that a transplanted kidney is anastomosed to in the recipient's body
This song by a 2000s alternative rock band is very commonly used in donor memorial montages/ceremonies to celebrate their lives
One More Light by Linkin Park