America Needs More Organ Donors

In a guest essay, James Markmann, MD, PhD, vice president of Transplant Services and the William Maul Measey professor in Surgical Research, highlights a concerning decline in Americans registering as organ donors. With more than 106,000 people awaiting transplants and only 30,000 performed in the first half of 2025, Markmann underscores that a single deceased donor can save up to eight lives.