rrently include: University of California, San Francisco Medical Center; University of Nebraska Medical Center; The Mt. Sinai Hospital; University of Colorado Hospital; The Mayo Clinic; University of Southern California University Hospital; and Johns Hopkins Hospital.
             There is a tremendous need for liver transplants that isn't being met through cadaveric donation. UNOS figures show more than 16,000 people await liver transplants, yet only about 5,000 transplants actually occur. There is an enormous gap. Enter living donation. The special characteristics of the human liver make living donation unique. While each of us has only one liver, it is a large, segmented organ that regenerates, allowing a surgeon to remove a portion yet have both the recipient and donor with complete livers within a matter of a few months.
             Living donation has important advantages over cadaveric donation:
             · The waiting time for a transplant recipient can be significantly reduced.
             · The procedure can be scheduled at a time convenient for both the donor and recipient.
             · The quality of the donated organ tends to be superior to cadav
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