20 Years Iranian Experience of Organ Donation: Shifting From Compensated Living Unrelated Kidney Transplantation

Ali Nobakht Haghighi^{1

2}, Omid Ghobadi², Katayoun Najafizadeh^{1

2

3}, Feridoun Noohi⁴, Behrooz Broumand⁵, Iraj Fazel^{2

6}

Affiliations

¹ Internal Medicine and Nephrology Department, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
² Clinical Department, Iranian Research Center of Organ Donation, Tehran, Iran.
³ Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
⁴ Department of Cardiology, Rajaie Cardiovascular Medical and Research Center, Tehran, Iran.
⁵ Nephrology Department, Pars Hospital, Tehran, Iran.
⁶ Surgery Department, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

Editorial

Ali Nobakht Haghighi et al. Kidney Int Rep. 2025.

. 2025 Jan 29;10(4):979-982.

doi: 10.1016/j.ekir.2025.01.032. eCollection 2025 Apr.

Ali Nobakht Haghighi^{1

2}, Omid Ghobadi², Katayoun Najafizadeh^{1

2

3}, Feridoun Noohi⁴, Behrooz Broumand⁵, Iraj Fazel^{2

6}

¹ Internal Medicine and Nephrology Department, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
² Clinical Department, Iranian Research Center of Organ Donation, Tehran, Iran.
³ Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
⁴ Department of Cardiology, Rajaie Cardiovascular Medical and Research Center, Tehran, Iran.
⁵ Nephrology Department, Pars Hospital, Tehran, Iran.
⁶ Surgery Department, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

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