Donor Diaries
Donor Diaries
Laurie Lee
DOVE: Changing How Veterans Find Kidney Donors | EP 40
31 minutes Posted May 5, 2026 at 5:00 am.
The Cruel Math Of Waiting;
Meet Dove Founder Sharon Kreitzer;
Why VA Transplant Access Lags;
How Dove Finds Living Donors;
Making The Ask Feel Possible;
Screening Donors Without Losing Them;
Renewal Mentorship And Community Donation;
Sharon’s Living Donation Swap;
Who Donates And Why;
Building Donor And Veteran Community;
How To Support Dove
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Send us Fan Mail Being told you need a kidney transplant is overwhelming. Being told you need to go find your own living donor while managing dialysis can feel impossible. For many veterans, that is exactly how the system works today. In this episode, we sit down with Sharyn Kreitzer, a living kidney donor and longtime transplant professional with nearly three decades of experience in end stage organ disease. Sharyn began her career as a dialysis social worker and went on to work across trans...