Kevin Gosling

Short description: Canada's first non-directed living organ donor

Kevin Gosling^[1] is the first living Canadian to donate a non-directed live organ to an anonymous organ transplant recipient.^[2] The elective surgery was performed on April 19, 2005 at Toronto General Hospital,^[3] when the Eastern Ontario native was 46-years-old.^[4] At a time when live organ transplant surgeries in Canada only involved donors whose live organ was intentionally directed to the transplant recipient -- a person whose identity is known^[5] -- Gosling's push^[6] to give a portion of his liver to an unknown person in need sparked the Canadian health care system to allow "non-directed live organ donation" -- the term for people who donate anonymously without a specific recipient in mind -- for organ transplant consideration.^[7]

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↑ Cuinn, William Ó (2021-04-26). "UHN performs 1,000th living donor liver transplant" (in en-US). https://uhnfoundation.ca/stories/uhn-performs-1000th-live-donor-liver-transplant/.
↑ Priest, Lisa (April 20, 2006). "Giving the gift of life - to a total stranger". The Globe and Mail. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/giving-the-gift-of-life---to-a-total-stranger/article20410817/.
↑ Hune-Brown, Nicholas (2015-12-09). "What happens when PR campaigns decide who lives and who dies?" (in en). https://torontolife.com/life/what-happens-when-pr-campaigns-decide-who-lives-and-who-dies/.
↑ "'Angel' liver donor thanked by child's grateful parents". CBC. April 20, 2006. https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/angel-liver-donor-thanked-by-child-s-grateful-parents-1.595315.
↑ "The Gosling Effect: How one man (and his liver) forever changed Canadian health care" (in en). ottawacitizen. https://ottawacitizen.com/feature/the-gosling-effect.
↑ Payne, Elizabeth (January 9, 2025). "How an organ donation from cousin changed course of Ottawa man's life" (in en). Ottawa Citizen. https://ottawacitizen.com/news/organ-donation-liver-ottawa.
↑ Cattral, Mark S.; Ghanekar, Anand; Selzner, Nazia. "Anonymous Living Donor Liver Transplantation: The Altruistic Strangers". Gastroenterology 165 (6): 1315 to 1590. https://www.gastrojournal.org/article/S0016-5085(23)04968-5/fulltext.

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[1] Cuinn, William Ó (2021-04-26). "UHN performs 1,000th living donor liver transplant" (in en-US). https://uhnfoundation.ca/stories/uhn-performs-1000th-live-donor-liver-transplant/.

[2] Priest, Lisa (April 20, 2006). "Giving the gift of life - to a total stranger". The Globe and Mail. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/giving-the-gift-of-life---to-a-total-stranger/article20410817/.

[3] Hune-Brown, Nicholas (2015-12-09). "What happens when PR campaigns decide who lives and who dies?" (in en). https://torontolife.com/life/what-happens-when-pr-campaigns-decide-who-lives-and-who-dies/.

[4] "'Angel' liver donor thanked by child's grateful parents". CBC. April 20, 2006. https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/angel-liver-donor-thanked-by-child-s-grateful-parents-1.595315.

[5] "The Gosling Effect: How one man (and his liver) forever changed Canadian health care" (in en). ottawacitizen. https://ottawacitizen.com/feature/the-gosling-effect.

[6] Payne, Elizabeth (January 9, 2025). "How an organ donation from cousin changed course of Ottawa man's life" (in en). Ottawa Citizen. https://ottawacitizen.com/news/organ-donation-liver-ottawa.

[7] Cattral, Mark S.; Ghanekar, Anand; Selzner, Nazia. "Anonymous Living Donor Liver Transplantation: The Altruistic Strangers". Gastroenterology 165 (6): 1315 to 1590. https://www.gastrojournal.org/article/S0016-5085(23)04968-5/fulltext.

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Kevin Gosling

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