Overview
- The 42-year-old actor disclosed on NBC's Today that the operation is planned for roughly six weeks from now.
- He called the altruistic donation essentially risk-free and said he is excited to move forward.
- Eisenberg cited years of regular blood donation as his motivation and noted that non-directed donors can trigger transplant chains that help multiple patients.
- He said a doctor friend connected him to NYU Langone for testing and that he is now scheduled, and he enrolled in the National Kidney Foundation's family voucher program to prioritize relatives should they ever need a kidney.
- HRSA reports about 90,000 people are waiting for a kidney in the U.S., while medical guidance says most living donors resume normal activities within 2 to 4 weeks and roughly 5,000 such donations occur annually.