Although National Kidney Month is traditionally set aside to raise awareness of kidney disease and ways to lower risk factors, it also serves as an…
Dr. Clive Callender has made educating and empowering people his life’s work. Callender, a renowned surgeon and Professor of Surgery at Howard University College of…
The medical and transplant community is mourning the recent loss of Jeremiah Turcotte, M.D. Dr. Turcotte was a trailblazer in the field of organ donation…
Advances in technology and continued expansion of the Organ Donor Registry helped Gift of Life Michigan – and organ procurement organizations across the country –…
The Donate Life float will once again have a special meaning for many people who take part in or watch the annual Rose Parade in…
The transplant community is continually working to solve a complex equation that involves time, distance and patient-donor compatibility to improve care and save lives. A…
Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson stopped by Gift of Life Michigan recently to reaffirm the partnership between the two organizations and set some lofty…
Gift of Life Michigan was founded nearly 50 years ago, but we still get common questions about who we are, what we do and how…
Gift of Life Michigan and the InterFaith Leadership Council of Metropolitan Detroit hosted an Organ Donation Across the Faith Traditions discussion recently, where several local…
There have been several stories in the news recently about hospitalized patients being pronounced brain dead. Some of those stories (and the comments on them)…
Editor’s Note: We are devastated to learn that Zahraa passed away on November 14, 2019. To her family and many friends: you are in our…
Talking about death can be uncomfortable. Most people don’t like to think about their own mortality. But death is part of life, and if we…
Muslims in the U.S. often wonder whether organ donation and transplant are permitted in Islam. Until recently, the answer to that question has been less…
Of the more than 113,000 Americans waiting for an organ transplant, the vast majority – nearly 95,000 – are waiting for a kidney transplant. Why…
Here’s what life was like for Leslie Palacios before she received the gift of a cornea donation from a deceased donor: She struggled to help…
