2010 Transplant Games in Madison

Trey Schwab has been to the Final Four with the Marquette Golden Eagles. He's coached in the NBA playoffs with the Minnesota Timberwolves. And he says the most gratifying professional experience he's ever had was at the 2008 U.S. Transplant Games in Pittsburgh. "They don't even come close to this," says Schwab, the former coach who received a double lung transplant at UW Hospital and Clinics in 2004. "The Transplant Games is the most rewarding thing I've ever been involved with." After his transplant, Schwab accepted a position as an outreach coordinator with the UW Health OPO and for the past two years he has been an instrumental member of the organizing committee that convinced the National Kidney Foundation that Madison is the right place for the 2010 Transplant Games.   Resources Read more about the The Games Print a fact sheet (PDF) about the Games

               Transplant Games Mission

The mission of the NKF U.S. Transplant Games is to demonstrate the success of transplantation, honor those who have given the gift of life, and call attention to the need for more organ donors.


National Kidney Foundation of Wisconsin
16655 W. Bluemound Rd, Ste 240
Brookfield, WI 53005-5935
262.821-0705, ext. 10 or 1.800.543.6393, ext.10
nkfw@kidneywi.org

What are the U.S. Transplant Games?

Every other year, since 1990, the National Kidney Foundation has brought together transplant recipients and their families, living donors and donor family members to celebrate the success of transplantation and to honor the gifts from donors. The U.S. Transplant Games feature sports events for transplant recipients from around the country and recognition ceremonies honoring both living and deceased donors.