Could You Be Fareed's Match?

UHN's living liver donor evaluation process ensures that you understand all of the steps required and that you are healthy enough to donate part of your liver. Your well-being is their top concern.

You can be considered for a living organ donation if you are:

Older than 18 years of age
A healthy weight for your height
In good health without diabetes, cancer or heart disease
Willing to donate freely

Living Donor Evaluation Process

1. Screening

Submit the donor health history form

2. Assessment

If becoming a living liver donor is right for you, you will move on to the second step of the evaluation. You may have some or all of these tests

CT Scan
Pulmonary function test
Psychological assessment
Additional heart tests (e.g., echocardiogram, exercise stress test)
MRI
Consultations for weight loss
Liver biopsy

Additionally, you will meet with a social worker, an independent medical team, and an anesthesiologist. Depending on your results, you may need to see other healthcare professionals and undergo additional tests.

3. Approval

After your evaluation is done, your donor team will review all your test results and will talk to you about whether donating a part of your liver is right for you.

You may be approved to become a liver donor if:

All required tests and consultations have been completed.
You have met and spoken with all members of the donor team involved in your evaluation.

Donor safety is UHN's first priority. They will not compromise the donor assessment process even if the liver recipient is very sick.