Wake Forest Living Donor

Our transplant team had an incredible time giving back by volunteering and serving a delicious meal at the SECU Family House to support patients and the families standing by their side.
We also send a warm thank you to the wonderful SECU Family House staff who assisted us with such kindness!

If you or someone you know is a kidney patient in need of a transplant, contact our Living Donor Coach, Pam Smith, at 336-713-4867 or [email protected]. She provides living donor resources, marketing strategies and tips on sharing your story.

Through our Living Donor Champion Program, we strive to support our kidney patients through education, information and motivation. Our patients learn ways to advocate for themselves and receive resources to help them find a living kidney donor. These patients recently attended one of our Living Donor Champion sessions.
- Anthony Ramsay
- Jay Pendleton
- Bryan Glenn
Our teammates, Dr. Christopher Webb and Carrie Simpkins joined us for a fun moment!😊 Are you a patient in need of a kidney transplant? If so, are you looking for ways to advocate for yourself, learn about living donor programs, get access to educational materials and more? If so, contact Pam Smith, our Living Donor Coach, at 336-713-4867 or at [email protected].

Today, we are thrilled to celebrate the 1st Anniversary of the Living Donor Champion Program! This amazing program has been a game changer, helping patients and their advocates learn how to share their stories, find a living donor, and speed up the journey to receiving a lifesaving transplant.

If you or someone you know is a kidney patient or you want to learn how to become a champion, contact our Living Donor Coach, Pam Smith, at 336-713-4867 or [email protected]. Please like, share, and help us spread the word!

I love leading our Living Donor Champion Program sessions and webinars. This program helps kidney patients start important conversations and take steps toward finding a living donor — and their champions (support community) make all the difference!
* Gayle Henry and Dale Mabe
* Everette Johnson and Johnny Gattison
* Orlando Ager, Andrew Royals, Jr., and Cheech Herrera
* Chereese Martin, Dorothy Baxter, and Eyvonne Maryland

If you or someone you know is a kidney patient, contact our Living Donor Coach, Pam Smith, at 336-713-4867 or [email protected].

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We've enjoyed celebrating National Donate Life Month and hope that our kidney patients will have much success with finding a living kidney donor. Please reach out to Pam Smith, our living donor coach at [email protected] to learn more about our Living Donor Champion Program.

April is National Donate Life Month. This is a meaningful time to spread the word about the urgent need for kidney transplants and how each of us can make a life-saving difference. Carla Smith, Chereese Martin, and Jessica Fortune are waiting and hoping for a living kidney donor. To learn more about how to find a living kidney donor through our Living Donor Champion Program, reach out to Pam Smith at [email protected]. Sharing this post could also help connect someone with the gift of life.
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While celebrating National Donate Life Month during our Lunch & Learn, transplant candidates--Orlando Ager, Sr., Ronnie Lee, Evie Jones, Aswin Venkata, Cheech Herrera, James Ray, Gayle Henry, and their Champions had some fun spreading the word about their need for a kidney transplant. We wish the best for our transplant candidates in their search for a living kidney donor. You can be someone's Champion too! To learn more about the Living Donor Champion program, which includes tips and tools for finding a living kidney donor, contact Pam at [email protected].

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Celebrating National Donate Life Month this April, we successfully launched our inaugural Living Donor Champion Program Lunch & Learn, offering kidney patients a powerful glimpse into the transplant journey. We were honored to host a candid panel featuring Steven Headen (transplant candidate), Torsha Hicks (recipient), and Andrew Workmon (living kidney donor), who shared their personal stories with immense honesty and bravery. Their testimonials provided invaluable insights, hope, and actionable knowledge regarding the living donor process, empowering patients to take an active role in their transplant journeys.

Click below to find out more about living kidney donation at:
https://www.wakehealth.edu/specialty/a/abdominal-organ-transplant-program/living-donor-program

What a wonderful time was had by all as Sandra Arnold, family, friends and patrons recently came together at Dave & Buster's in Cary, NC. Attendees enjoyed a scavenger hunt and learned about living kidney donation through educational materials and resources. I enjoyed sharing about our Living Donor Champion Program. Kudos to Sandra for spreading the word and sharing her story in her search for a living donor.

It was a wonderful and impactful day at the NC Transplant Athletes Author Meet & Greet. This Donor Awareness event was filled with insightful personal stories of hope and resilience. Darryl Ellis and Stormi Murtie, co-authors of "Because of Organ Donation" eagerly signed books and expressed gratitude to all who attended. Pam Smith, the Living Donor Coach at Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist shared about our new Living Donor Champion Program. To learn more about this program, which includes tips and tools for finding a living kidney donor, contact Pam at [email protected].