The Gift of Living Kidney Donation: Paying it Forward

I’m honored to work with Andrea Deanovic Schmidt on the National Kidney Foundation Board, Serving Minnesota. Andrea is a fellow kidney transplant recipient, thanks to her heroic brother, Pete Deanovic. He didn’t hesitate to save his sister with his living kidney donation.

Pete’s benevolence restored Andrea’s health, and she feels grateful every day. But there’s more.

On the day of Andrea’s surgery, she became determined to pay her gift of life forward. And she did, in a big way. Read more about the Optum program she co-created to reduce financial barriers for living donors. And by so doing, she multiplied Pete’s generosity, paying it forward to help many fellow kidney patients receive the gift of life. Heroes all around. Read it here: We Never Heal Alone.