Living Partial Liver Donation: A Life Saving Gift

Living Partial Liver Donation: A Life Saving Gift - Research Horizons Research Horizons Home Findings Features Announcements Learning Newsletter Subscribe Subspecialty News All Categories Announcements Features Findings Learning & Networking Search Search Home Findings Features Announcements Learning Newsletter Subscribe Subspecialty News Home Features Digestive System Living Partial Liver Donation: A Life Saving Gift Living Partial Liver Donation: A Life Saving Gift Post Date: December 18, 2025 | Publish Date: Share on X Share on LinkedIn Share by Email liver organ transplantation Transplant surgeon Alexander Bondoc, MD, and living donor Amanda Graham discuss the need for more partial liver donations on WVXU’s ‘Cincinnati Edition’ Liver transplant experts at Cincinnati Children’s seek to raise awareness about an important but sometimes overlooked way to help children who need a liver transplant—becoming a living partial-liver donor. Listen to the WVXU show Only 5 to 6% of all liver transplants in the United States involve living donors compared to nearly 25% of all kidney transplants. Even modest increases in the numbers of living liver donations could help reduce waiting lists for infants and children, says Alexander Bondoc, MD , surgical director of Liver and Intestinal Transplantation at Cincinnati Children’s. Overall, 860 children have received liver transplants at Cincinnati Children’s since its program began in 1986. Cincinnati Children’s has been performing living don