Kendon Holdaway

Kendon’s introduction to organ donation began in 2012 when he was diagnosed with chronic kidney disease. In 2018, when his mother donated her kidney (“righty”) to him, it became a family goal to help others navigate the process of organ failure and recovery. Since then, he has found numerous ways to become involved and advocate for underserved populations through social, clinical, and medical research efforts.

He originally joined SODA in 2020 while attending Arizona State University. After founding a chapter during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, he graduated and began his medical education at the University of Utah’s Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine’s MD Program. Since then, he has recruited many fellow medical students and started a graduate SODA chapter. He hopes to pursue a career in dermatology and address the various conditions immunosuppressed patients suffer from.

Kendon joined SODA’s National Board as a Graduate Student Liaison in 2025 and hopes to guide fellow students on their journey to influencing the future of transplant care.