Explore Transplant

What Explore Transplant does

Explore Transplant is a national consortium of experts in transplant, health literacy, and research that develops evidence-based educational programs and decision-making tools for kidney patients, potential living donors, and healthcare providers. The initiative was founded by Dr. Amy D. Waterman, PhD and operates in partnership with Houston Methodist Hospital's Patient Engagement Research Lab and Health Literacy Media (HLM), with additional ties to UCLA's Transplant Research and Education Center (TREC). Its product portfolio centers on four core programs: Explore Transplant Education and Explore Living Donation Education (multilingual video and brochure curricula covering treatment options, risks, evaluation, and donor-finding strategies), My Transplant Coach and My Kidney Transplant & Paired Donation Coach (interactive animated decision aids featuring the on-screen coach "Tracy" with personalized outcome graphs), and Explore Transplant Trainings (provider-facing master-trainer-led seminars for dialysis and nephrology clinicians). The underlying technology is video- and animation-driven interactive decision support embedded in a WordPress-fronted website, with Vimeo-hosted chapters, Google Maps integration for transplant-center discovery, and Google Translate enabling 100+ languages; products were developed with collaborators including XynManagement and sponsors including Sanofi Genzyme and HRSA.

The business model is a hybrid of educational content licensing and professional services delivered primarily through institutional partnerships. Educational packets (DVDs and brochures) are sold as one-time/perpetual licenses through the website to transplant centers, dialysis providers, and healthcare organizations, while revenue from training seminars is structured as professional-services engagements hosted by partner institutions. Patient-facing digital tools are distributed free of charge, suggesting reach-and-mission prioritization over direct monetization. The go-to-market motion is sales-led and partnership-driven: 110+ transplant programs, organ procurement organizations, ESRD Networks, and foundations have partnered with Explore Transplant since 2009, 120 training seminars have been delivered, and cumulative reach exceeds 28,000 kidney patients and 4,000 trained providers. International distribution exists through partner-led programs in Ontario (2015), Singapore (2016), and the UK. Customer segments span B2B healthcare providers (transplant centers, dialysis and nephrology providers, organ procurement organizations) and B2C end-users (kidney patients and potential living donors). The organization holds no venture funding, operates with 11–50 employees, and functions as an embedded consortium rather than a venture-scaled commercial entity.

Name

Explore Transplant

Legal name

Explore Transplant

Website

https://exploretransplant.org

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Explore Transplant is a national consortium developing evidence-based, multilingual educational programs and animated decision aids for kidney transplant patients, living donors, and healthcare providers, delivered through institutional partnerships and free patient-facing digital tools.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Patient Education (Kidney Transplant and Living Donation)

NAICS

Educational Support Services (61171)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Renal Transplant Medicine (Pre/Post-Transplant Care) (HLAKAHAD)

akta.pro secondary industry

Instructional Content Strategy, Needs Analysis & Curriculum Mapping (EDAGAKAN)

Keywords

• Transplant patient education
• Living donor education
• Kidney decision aids
• Health literacy programs
• Provider transplant training

Headquarters

HQ city

Los Angeles

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Supply Chain, Operations

Revenue model

1. Educational Materials Sales: Sale of educational packets including DVDs, brochures, and print materials for transplant and living donation education. Sold to transplant centers, dialysis providers, and healthcare organizations.
2. Training Seminars: Partner-led training seminars for dialysis and nephrology providers hosted by transplant programs and organ procurement organizations. Seminars educate providers on how to effectively educate patients about transplant and living donation.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Explore Transplant is a national consortium that develops and delivers evidence-based educational programs and decision-making tools for kidney transplant, living donation, and kidney disease. Core offerings include the Explore Transplant Education and Explore Living Donation Education programs (videos and brochures in English and Spanish), My Transplant Coach and My Kidney Transplant & Paired Donation Coach (interactive animated video-based decision aids), provider training seminars for dialysis and nephrology providers, and purchasable education packets (DVDs, brochures).

Product overview

Explore Transplant is a national consortium of leading experts in transplant, health literacy, and research that provides educational programs and decision-making tools for kidney patients, living donors, and healthcare providers. The core product portfolio includes Explore Transplant Education and Explore Living Donation Education (educational programs with videos, brochures, and materials in English and Spanish), My Transplant Coach and My Kidney Transplant & Paired Donation Coach (interactive animated video-based decision aids featuring the animated coach 'Tracy'), and Explore Transplant Trainings (provider training seminars). Supporting offerings include educational materials for purchase (DVDs, brochures), real patient and donor story collections, an interactive transplant center finder map, and a curated helpful links directory. The programs are developed in collaboration with Houston Methodist Patient Engagement Research Lab, Health Literacy Media, and academic partners, with content available in English and Spanish.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• My Transplant Coach: Interactive decision aid using animated videos and personalized graphs to help kidney patients understand treatment options including transplant vs. dialysis, types of deceased donor kidneys, and living donor kidney transplant.
• My Kidney Transplant & Paired Donation Coach
• Explore Transplant Education
• Explore Living Donation Education

Products and services

• Explore Transplant Education Educational program with 4 videos, brochures, and materials in English and Spanish that help kidney patients nationwide make informed choices about their treatment options.
• Explore Living Donation Education Education program helping kidney patients and loved ones make informed decisions about receiving a living donor transplant, including practical strategies to find a living donor and donor risk/benefit education; available in English and Spanish.
• My Transplant Coach Interactive online, video-based decision aid using animated videos and personalized graphs to help kidney patients understand treatment options and make informed decisions, featuring animated coach Tracy.
• My Kidney Transplant & Paired Donation Coach Interactive series of 10 animated chapters designed to help patients learn about kidney transplant and paired kidney donation, covering treatment options, risks and benefits, evaluation and surgery processes, costs, and common myths.
• Explore Transplant Trainings Training seminars for dialysis and nephrology providers led by master-trainers, partnering with transplant centers, organ procurement organizations, and community organizations nationwide to help providers effectively educate patients about transplant and living donation.
• Purchase Education Materials (Education Packets) Educational packets for sale including DVDs featuring transplant recipients and donors, brochures about living and deceased donor transplant, and resource lists; sold to transplant centers, dialysis providers, and healthcare organizations.

Quantifiable outcome

• Tens of thousands of kidney patients helped to make informed treatment decisions
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

AI capability4 records

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Donate Life AmericacoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 9 December 2025Part of a collaborative of trusted organizations in organ donation and transplantation united to reinforce commitment to safety, ethics, and innovation. Focus on supporting donors, recipients, and families while enhancing transparency and modernizing processes.
• Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients (SRTR)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2018SRTR partnered with 16 transplant programs including UCLA to establish a registry of living donors to follow long-term health outcomes after living donation.
• Explore Transplant SingaporeminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2016International partnership with Singapore Ministry of Health. Dr. Amy Waterman met with kidney, dialysis, and transplant leaders to discuss ways to help kidney patients and potential living donors learn about living donation.
• Explore Transplant OntariominorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2015International partnership with Canadian transplant and dialysis communities to create education materials specifically for the Ontario transplant and living donation community.
• Health Literacy Media (HLM)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHealth Literacy Media is a key partner in developing and distributing Explore Transplant and Explore Living Donation programs. HLM brings health literacy expertise and has helped educate more than 4,000 providers and 28,000 kidney patients. HLM is a communications nonprofit that partners with health organizations to make health information easier to understand and use.
• UCLA Transplant Research and Education Center (TREC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTREC, led by Dr. Amy Waterman, is a key research partner that created Explore Transplant educational programs. The center focuses on transplant research, education, and improving patient outcomes.
• XynManagement, Inc.minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborator in the development of My Transplant Coach decision aid tool as part of the Explore Transplant family of programs.
• Houston Methodist Hospital - Patient Engagement Research LabcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDr. Amy Waterman's Patient Engagement Research Lab at Houston Methodist Research Institute leads the Explore Transplant programs. The lab conducts clinical research to improve transplant outcomes and develops interventions to expand access to transplantation and increase living donation rates.
• United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnered with UNOS on the Kidney Transplant Learning Center project. A Blue Ribbon Advisory Panel of national transplant leaders from 8 medical centers created an online hub of transplant education resources, with Explore Transplant contributing content.
• UCLA Pancreas and Kidney Transplant ProgramminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSelected as one of the transplant programs to collect data for the Living Donor Collective Study partnership with SRTR over a three-year period.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• American Kidney Fund: National nonprofit providing financial assistance, education, and advocacy for kidney patients. Overlaps with Explore Transplant on patient education and support resources but emphasizes financial relief and broad kidney disease versus transplant-specific decision-making.
• National Kidney Foundation: The largest U.S. kidney disease patient organization, funding patient education, advocacy, and research. Both organizations serve kidney patients with educational content and resources, but NKF operates at vastly greater scale with broader disease focus versus Explore Transplant's transplant-specific curriculum.
• Donate Life America: National nonprofit alliance for organ, eye, and tissue donation. Donate Life America is a listed partner of Explore Transplant and addresses overlapping audiences with public awareness and donor registration; Explore Transplant differentiates with clinical decision-aid depth.
• United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS): Federally designated Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network operator that manages the U.S. transplant system. UNOS is a direct partner with Explore Transplant (Kidney Transplant Learning Center) and serves an overlapping audience of transplant patients and providers, though at a regulatory-scale the consortium cannot match.

Direct peers

• American Association of Kidney Patients (AAKP): Independent kidney patient organization providing education and advocacy on kidney disease and transplant. Directly comparable in audience (kidney patients considering transplant) and educational content delivery, though primarily membership-driven.
• National Kidney Registry: Organization that facilitates living kidney donor paired exchange and manages a large national paired exchange program. Highly comparable to a core Explore Transplant topic (paired donation education) and serves overlapping patient/donor populations.
• KidneyLink (American Society of Transplantation): Patient education initiative of the American Society of Transplantation aimed at kidney patients and donors. Directly competes with Explore Transplant's educational content and decision aids within the same transplant-center referral pathway.
• Health Literacy Media: Communications nonprofit and core operational partner of Explore Transplant that co-develops and distributes educational programs. Closest peer in terms of mission, content development model, and patient/provider training focus.
• National Living Donor Assistance Center: Federally funded program providing financial assistance to living organ donors. Overlaps with Explore Living Donation educational content for the same target population (potential living donors and recipients) and is listed as a resource partner.

Emerging players

• TransplantLyfe: Transplant recipient-led nonprofit offering peer support and resources for transplant candidates, recipients, and living donors. Comparable digital patient-engagement mission for overlapping populations, though smaller and more peer-mentorship focused versus Explore Transplant's clinical decision-aid portfolio.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/ExploreTxplant
• Xx.com/exploretxplant
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/explore-transplant-llc

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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