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With every face and name on our list comes a story…
Each story is unique. But what they have in common is the need for a new kidney. Without a working kidney, a person must spend hours each week “living”on a dialysis machine. Many die each year while waiting.
The medical community agrees that the best treatment is a kidney transplant. Over 100,000 people are on the national waiting list for a kidney. Here is just a sampling of the stories of our friends and neighbors who live in Western New York and who are in desperate need of a “kidney connection.”
Click on a photo or name below and you will be taken to their “My Story” page.
Our List
With every face and name on our list comes a story…
Each story is unique. But what they have in common is the need for a new kidney. Without a working kidney, a person must spend hours each week “living”on a dialysis machine. Many die each year while waiting.
The medical community agrees that the best treatment is a kidney transplant. Over 100,000 people are on the national waiting list for a kidney. Here is just a sampling of the stories of our friends and neighbors who live in Western New York and who are in desperate need of a “kidney connection.”
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Search The
Kidney Connection
You may enter your search word below to find a certain My Story profile. To find the profile you are looking for enter a City name, a Person’s Name, Blood Type ( such as Blood Type O), or the name of a Hospital.
Click on a photo or name below and you will be taken to their “My Story” page.
![Pernell Caster](https://i0.wp.com/kidneyconnection.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Pernell-Caster.jpg?resize=295%2C295&ssl=1)
Pernell Caster
Frewsburg, NY
Blood Type “O”
![James Urtel](https://i0.wp.com/kidneyconnection.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/James-Urtel.jpg?resize=300%2C300&ssl=1)
James Urtel
Batavia, NY
Blood Type”B”
![Rachel Povhe](https://i0.wp.com/kidneyconnection.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/My-Story-Rachel-Povhe.jpeg?resize=515%2C515&ssl=1)
Rachel Povhe
Gowanda, NY
Blood Type “O”
![Alan Spiegel](https://i0.wp.com/kidneyconnection.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Alan-Spiegel-sq.jpg?resize=326%2C326&ssl=1)
Alan Spiegel
Amherst, NY
Blood Type “O”
![Patrick Farruggio](https://i0.wp.com/kidneyconnection.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Patrick-Farruggio-sq.jpg?resize=300%2C300&ssl=1)
Patrick Farruggio
Buffalo, NY
Blood Type “0”
![Michelle Maess](https://i0.wp.com/kidneyconnection.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Michelle-Maess-sq.jpg?resize=300%2C300&ssl=1)
Michelle Maess
North Tonawanda, NY
Blood Type “O”
![Ellen Harris-Harvey](https://i0.wp.com/kidneyconnection.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Ellen-Harris-Harvey.jpg?resize=495%2C495&ssl=1)
Ellen Harris-Harvey
Buffalo, NY
Blood Type “AB”
![Sonja](https://i0.wp.com/kidneyconnection.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Sonja-sq.jpg?resize=532%2C532&ssl=1)
Sonja
Amherst, NY
Blood type “A”
![Nicole Blum](https://i0.wp.com/kidneyconnection.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Nicole-Blum-sq.jpg?resize=230%2C230&ssl=1)
Nicole Blum
Cheektowaga, NY
Blood Type “A”
![Richard Bakos](https://i0.wp.com/kidneyconnection.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Richard-Bakos-sq.jpg?resize=230%2C230&ssl=1)
Richard Bakos
Tonawanda, NY
Blood Type “AB”
![Maya Coad](https://i0.wp.com/kidneyconnection.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Maya-Coad-sq.jpg?resize=300%2C300&ssl=1)
Maya Coad
Buffalo, NY
Blood Type “AB”
![Jim Sumbrum](https://i0.wp.com/kidneyconnection.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Jim-Sumbrum-sq.jpg?resize=295%2C295&ssl=1)
Jim Sumbrum
Buffalo, NY
Blood Type “A”
![Evelyn Santiago](https://i0.wp.com/kidneyconnection.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Evelyn-Santiago-sq.jpg?resize=340%2C340&ssl=1)
Evelyn Santiago
Dunkirk, NY
Blood Type “A”
![Adrienne Pabst](https://i0.wp.com/kidneyconnection.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Adrienne-Pabst.jpg?resize=254%2C250&ssl=1)
Adrienne Pabst
Buffalo, NY
Blood Type “O”
![William Murphy](https://i0.wp.com/kidneyconnection.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/William-Murphy.jpg?resize=166%2C163&ssl=1)
William Murphy
Buffalo, NY
Blood Type “O”
![Adric Snell](https://i0.wp.com/kidneyconnection.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Adric-Snell-1.jpg?resize=212%2C219&ssl=1)
Adric Snell
Buffalo, NY
Blood Type: “B”
![Charles Sandino](https://i0.wp.com/kidneyconnection.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/charles-sardino-sq.jpg?resize=200%2C200&ssl=1)
Charles Sandino
Buffalo, NY
Blood Type: “B”
![Kathleen Castro](https://i0.wp.com/kidneyconnection.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/kathycastro-33895_250x230.jpg?resize=250%2C230&ssl=1)
Kathleen Castro
Gowanda, NY
Blood Type “O”
![Kaleen Chaudhry](https://i0.wp.com/kidneyconnection.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Kaleen-Chaudhry.jpg?resize=229%2C227&ssl=1)
Kaleen Chaudhry
Buffalo,NY
Blood Type:”O”
![John Giordano](https://i0.wp.com/kidneyconnection.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/John-Giordano-sq.jpg?resize=330%2C330&ssl=1)
John Giordano
Sheridan, NY
Blood Type “A”
![David Elbert](https://i0.wp.com/kidneyconnection.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/David-Elbert-sq.jpg?resize=599%2C599&ssl=1)
David Elbert
Syracuse, NY
Blood Type “A”
![Kevin Wright](https://i0.wp.com/kidneyconnection.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Kevin-Wright.jpg?resize=160%2C160&ssl=1)
Kevin Wright
Hamot Medical Center
Blood Type “O”
![Tony DeJesus](https://i0.wp.com/kidneyconnection.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Tony-DeJesus-sq.jpg?resize=330%2C330&ssl=1)
Tony DeJesus
Jamestown, NY
Blood Type “B”
![Vicki Tuttle](https://i0.wp.com/kidneyconnection.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Vicki-Tuttle-sq.jpg?resize=311%2C311&ssl=1)
Vicki Tuttle
Grand Gorge, NY
Blood Type “O”
![Natalie Rivera](https://i0.wp.com/kidneyconnection.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Natalie-Rivera-sq.jpg?resize=488%2C488&ssl=1)
Natalie Rivera
Buffalo, NY
Blood Type “O”
![Jeffrey Snyder](https://i0.wp.com/kidneyconnection.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Jeffrey-Snyder.jpg?resize=206%2C200&ssl=1)
Jeffrey Snyder
Buffalo, NY
Blood Type “O”
![Margaret Coffed](https://i0.wp.com/kidneyconnection.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Margaret-Coffed-sq.pjg_.jpg?resize=230%2C230&ssl=1)
Margaret Coffed
Lancaster, NY
Blood Type “O”
![Wendy Fuller](https://i0.wp.com/kidneyconnection.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Wendy-Fuller-sq.jpg?resize=313%2C313&ssl=1)
Wendy Fuller
Lake Luzerne, NY
Blood Type “O”
![Victoria Montondo](https://i0.wp.com/kidneyconnection.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Victoria-Montondo-1.jpg?resize=220%2C220&ssl=1)
Victoria Montondo
Massena, NY
Blood Type “AB”
![Anthony Ralabate](https://i0.wp.com/kidneyconnection.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Anthony-Ralabate.jpg?resize=230%2C230&ssl=1)
Anthony Ralabate
Gowanda, NY
Blood Type “O”
![James Davis](https://i0.wp.com/kidneyconnection.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/JamesDavis-1.jpg?resize=180%2C182&ssl=1)
James Davis
, NY
Blood Type: “B”
![Jay Singh](https://i0.wp.com/kidneyconnection.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Jay-Singh-sq-1.jpg?resize=275%2C275&ssl=1)
Jay Singh
Buffalo, NY
Blood Type: “B”
![Caitlin Mood](https://i0.wp.com/kidneyconnection.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Caitlin-Mood-sq.jpg?resize=330%2C330&ssl=1)
Caitlin Mood
Buffalo, NY
Blood Type “0”
![Kevin Kacala](https://i0.wp.com/kidneyconnection.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Kevin-Kacala-sq-1.jpg?resize=309%2C305&ssl=1)
Kevin Kacala
North Tonawanda, NY
Blood Type “A”
![Barbara Pfeiffer](https://i0.wp.com/kidneyconnection.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Barbara-Pfeiffer-sq.jpg?resize=467%2C467&ssl=1)
Barbara Pfeiffer
Tonawanda, NY
Blood Type “A”
![Matthew Sidon](https://i0.wp.com/kidneyconnection.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Mathew-Sidon-sq-1.jpg?resize=320%2C320&ssl=1)
Matthew Sidon
Warren, PA
Blood Type “O”
![Gregory Michalek](https://i0.wp.com/kidneyconnection.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Gregory-Michalak-sq.jpg?resize=465%2C465&ssl=1)
Gregory Michalek
Derby, NY
Blood Type “O”
![Herb Pinkert](https://i0.wp.com/kidneyconnection.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Herb-Pinkert-sq.jpg?resize=230%2C230&ssl=1)
Herb Pinkert
Tonawanda, NY
Blood Type “B”
![Robert Belzile](https://i0.wp.com/kidneyconnection.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Robert-Belzile-sq.jpg?resize=230%2C230&ssl=1)
Robert Belzile
East Otto, NY
Blood Type “”B”
![David Diaz](https://i0.wp.com/kidneyconnection.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/David-Diaz.jpg?resize=230%2C230&ssl=1)
David Diaz
Rochester, NY
Blood Type “O”
![Diana O'Rouke](https://i0.wp.com/kidneyconnection.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Diana-O’Rouke.jpg?w=1080&ssl=1)
Diana O'Rouke
North East. PA
Blood Type “O”
![Michael W. Weishaupt](https://i0.wp.com/kidneyconnection.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/MikeWgrandkids-2.jpg?resize=200%2C200&ssl=1)
Michael W. Weishaupt
Buffalo, NY
Blood Type “B”
![Stephanie Gebo](https://i0.wp.com/kidneyconnection.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Stephanie-Gebo-sq.jpg?resize=253%2C253&ssl=1)
Stephanie Gebo
Massena, NY
Blood type “O”
![Erica Smith](https://i0.wp.com/kidneyconnection.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Erica-Smith-sq.jpg?resize=240%2C240&ssl=1)
Erica Smith
Niagara Falls, NY
Blood Type: “A”
![Dave Garippo](https://i0.wp.com/kidneyconnection.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Dave-Garippo-1.jpg?resize=271%2C271&ssl=1)
Dave Garippo
West Seneca, NY
blood Type: “A”
![Rodney Dutton](https://i0.wp.com/kidneyconnection.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Rodney-Dutton-sg.jpg?resize=341%2C341&ssl=1)
Rodney Dutton
Canandaigua, NY
Blood Type “B”
![Darlene Morganti](https://i0.wp.com/kidneyconnection.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Darlene-Morganti-sq.jpg?resize=330%2C330&ssl=1)
Darlene Morganti
Lakewood, NY
Blood Type “O”
![Mark Leonard Bonafede](https://i0.wp.com/kidneyconnection.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Mark-Bonafede-sq.jpg?resize=400%2C400&ssl=1)
Mark Leonard Bonafede
Blasdell, NY
Blood Type “B”
![Chris Buzzetto](https://i0.wp.com/kidneyconnection.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Chris-Buzzetto-sq.jpg?resize=350%2C350&ssl=1)
Chris Buzzetto
Jamestown, NY
Blood Type “A”
![William Mahaney](https://i0.wp.com/kidneyconnection.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/William-Mahaney-sq.jpg?resize=300%2C300&ssl=1)
William Mahaney
Williamsville, NY
Blood Type “A”
![Katon Marcus Howard](https://i0.wp.com/kidneyconnection.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Katon-Marcus-Howard-sq.jpg?resize=300%2C300&ssl=1)
Katon Marcus Howard
Lockport, NY
Blood Type “A”
![Darnell Hines](https://i0.wp.com/kidneyconnection.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Darnell-Hines-sq.jpg?resize=300%2C300&ssl=1)
Darnell Hines
Jamestown, NY
Blood Type “O”
![Josephine Bush](https://i0.wp.com/kidneyconnection.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Josephine-Bush-sq.jpg?resize=589%2C589&ssl=1)
Josephine Bush
Rochester, NY
Blood Type “A”
![Robert Mullen](https://i0.wp.com/kidneyconnection.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Robert-Mullen-sq.jpg?resize=417%2C417&ssl=1)
Robert Mullen
Tonawanda, NY
Blood Type “A”
![Tina Sheridan](https://i0.wp.com/kidneyconnection.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Tina-Sheridan-sq.jpg?resize=316%2C300&ssl=1)
Tina Sheridan
Albany, NY
Blood Type “O”
![Debra Ellersick](https://i0.wp.com/kidneyconnection.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Debra-Ellersick.jpg?resize=200%2C200&ssl=1)
Debra Ellersick
Holley, NY
Blood Type “A”
![Jamie Smythe](https://i0.wp.com/kidneyconnection.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/jamieSmythe.jpg?resize=400%2C400&ssl=1)
Jamie Smythe
Watervliet, NY
Blood Type “B”
![Michelle Foley](https://i0.wp.com/kidneyconnection.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/michellefoley-137x300-1.jpg?resize=137%2C150&ssl=1)
Michelle Foley
Lancaster, NY
Blood Type: “O”
![Cora Gargano](https://i0.wp.com/kidneyconnection.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Cora-Gargano-sq.jpg?resize=330%2C330&ssl=1)
Cora Gargano
Saratoga Springs, NY
Blood Type “A”, 6 yrs old
![Michael Chaisson](https://i0.wp.com/kidneyconnection.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Michael-Chaisson-sq.jpg?resize=330%2C330&ssl=1)
Michael Chaisson
Williamsville, NY
Blood Type “O”
![Tanesha Adams](https://i0.wp.com/kidneyconnection.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Tanesha-Adams-sq.jpg?resize=330%2C330&ssl=1)
Tanesha Adams
Buffalo, NY
Blood Type “O”
![Nymschy Van Persie](https://i0.wp.com/kidneyconnection.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Nymschy-Van-Persie2.jpg?resize=300%2C300&ssl=1)
Nymschy Van Persie
Fredonia, NY
Blood Type “A”
![Jimmy Wong](https://i0.wp.com/kidneyconnection.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Jimmy-Wong-sq.jpg?resize=230%2C230&ssl=1)
Jimmy Wong
Tonawanda
Blood type “A”
![Roland Jones](https://i0.wp.com/kidneyconnection.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Roland-Jones-sq.jpg?resize=400%2C400&ssl=1)
Roland Jones
Buffalo, NY
Blood Type “A”
![Scott Kron](https://i0.wp.com/kidneyconnection.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Scott-Kron-sq.jpg?resize=150%2C150&ssl=1)
Scott Kron
Orchard Park, NY
Blood Type “A”
![Jack Brack](https://i0.wp.com/kidneyconnection.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Jack-Brack-sq.jpg?resize=230%2C230&ssl=1)
Jack Brack
Fredonia, NY
Blood Type “O”
![Russell Mankes](https://i0.wp.com/kidneyconnection.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Russell-Mankes-sq.jpg?resize=542%2C542&ssl=1)
Russell Mankes
Guiderland, NY
Blood Type “B”
![Sierra Reynolds](https://i0.wp.com/kidneyconnection.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Sierra-Reynolds-sq.jpg?resize=230%2C230&ssl=1)
Sierra Reynolds
Altona, NY
Blood Type “A”
![Kani Tucciarone](https://i0.wp.com/kidneyconnection.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Kani-Tucciarone.jpg?resize=419%2C400&ssl=1)
Kani Tucciarone
Lockport, NY
Blood Type “B”
![Thomas Wessel](https://i0.wp.com/kidneyconnection.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/thomaswessellcropped-1.jpg?resize=183%2C183&ssl=1)
Thomas Wessel
Cheektowaga, NY
Blood Type: “B”
![Deborah Macpherson](https://i0.wp.com/kidneyconnection.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/deborahmachpherson.jpg?resize=150%2C150&ssl=1)
Deborah Macpherson
Angola, NY
Blood Type “A”