Overview
- The 42-year-old actor disclosed the plan during an Oct. 30 appearance on NBC's Today, saying the surgery is set for mid-December.
- He said years of regular blood donation led him to pursue organ donation, adding that a doctor friend connected him with NYU Langone Health for testing.
- Eisenberg described it as an altruistic, non-directed donation and explained how such gifts can help launch transplant chains that match multiple patients.
- He enrolled in a family voucher program that would prioritize listed relatives for a future living kidney donation if they ever need one.
- Coverage notes the national context of roughly 90,000 people waiting for a kidney, about 5,000 living donations each year, and typical donor recovery in 2–4 weeks.