Independent Living Donor Advocate (ILDA, LDA - living donor advocate, or DA - donor advocate)

The Independent Living Donor Advocate serves as a resource for the potential living donor and represents his/her interests in donor evaluation, separate from the medical decisions related to the potential recipient of the transplant. 

US Department of Health & Human Services. (2013). Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network:  board addresses, donation upon circulator death, advocacy for living donors, plain language policies.  Retrieved from: http://optn.transplant.hrsa.gov/news/board-addresses-donation-upon-circulatory-death-advocacy-for-living-donors-plain-language-policies/