What’s Wrong with Kidney Transplantation in the U.S.? Here Are Four Core Challenges
For individuals experiencing kidney failure in the U.S., the average wait time on a transplant list is three to five years. In total, only one out of ten people who need a new kidney will get transplanted within three years of starting dialysis treatments. Approximately 70 percent of people with kidney failure will die while […]
Rejuvenate Recognized with Owens Corning Safety Award
Rejuvenate Kidney Transplant Solutions is honored to have received the 2023 Health and Safety Supplier Award at the annual Owens Corning Global Sourcing Supplier Event. Based in the United States, Owens Corning’s three integrated businesses – composites, insulation and roofing – provide durable, sustainable, energy-efficient solutions that leverage unique material science, manufacturing and market knowledge. […]
The Origin of Rejuvenate’s Innovative Kidney Transplant Solutions
Dr. Mike Rees has spent the majority of his life’s journey trying to figure out how to make sick people better. “My way of doing that has been to help in the kidney disease space, to give people with kidney disease a healthier and better life,” says Rees. The innovative solutions developed by Rees and […]
Rejuvenate’s Partners Benefit from Collaboration Throughout the Kidney Transplant Process
Experience tells kidney transplant recipient Alan Phillips that quality kidney care is a team effort. His journey to transplant began in 2002 when he discovered he had an inherited form of kidney disease, called polycystic kidney disease or PKD. “I was angry and upset when I found out I had PKD,” says Phillips. “I started […]
Breaking Down Language Barriers to Increase Access to Kidney Transplants
The more diverse your workforce, the more likely you are to see employees and dependents in need of organ transplants. Today in the United States, disproportionately higher rates of diabetes, high blood pressure and heart disease among communities of color are contributing to disproportionately higher rates of organ failure. According to the National Kidney Foundation, […]
How Multi Listing Can Help Find a Match for a Kidney Transplant
Early transplantation for people with kidney failure can lead to better outcomes and extend life expectancy, yet the complexity of the system often means options for expediting the path to transplant are left unexplored. One of these options is known as multiple listing. It involves registering at two or more transplant centers across the United […]
Rejuvenate: The Call That’s as Good as it is True
Susan Rees knows her pitch can sound too good to be true. When Rees makes a cold call to a person suffering from kidney disease, she identifies herself by name and explains she’s from Rejuvenate Kidney Transplant Solutions, an organization dedicated to helping people expedite their path to transplant. “I explain that the person’s employer […]
Options Exist Beyond Dialysis or Waiting for People with Kidney Failure
Throughout my personal and professional experience with kidney disease, I’ve observed patients and families in a state of despair. They feel as though no options exist beyond dialysis or waiting patiently – sometimes for years – for the call that leads to a kidney transplant. What I wish more of us knew is that there […]
Despite Sparking Kidney Exchange Revolution, Rejuvenate’s Co-Founder Continues Pursuit of New Kidney Transplant Solutions
Today in the United States, more than half of the lifesaving kidney exchanges performed each year are done in non-directed donor chains. These chains begin with a living kidney donor who gives the gift of an organ with no expectations of return and no connection to the transplant recipient. Al Roth, Nobel laureate and a […]
Rejuvenate delivers to help kidney disease patient, earn trust of family members
“If I would have known what I know today, and I had gotten a call from Rejuvenate, I would have signed on the dotted line immediately.” Rejuvenate Kidney Transplant Solutions made a believer out of Theresa Himes, whose late husband, Blaine, received a kidney transplant in 2019. “What they did for my family, helping Blaine […]
Listed on a Wednesday, Rejuvenate patient was third in line for a kidney by Sunday
“Rejuvenate opened my eyes to the chance I could get a transplant.” Kidney transplant recipient Dan Kyslinger says his outlook is 180 degrees from where it was several months ago, before his transplant. The Georgia husband and father of two was receiving dialysis three times a week – each Monday, Wednesday and Friday – before […]