Jeff Johnson

April 8, 2016

Brother-to-Brother Kidney Transplants Run in Family

Yavonda Chase

James Johnson Jr. (left) laughs with his brother, Jeff, two days after the brothers underwent kidney transplant surgeries at UAMS. Jeff donated a kidney to James.

April 8, 2016 | For Jeff Johnson, the decision to give his older brother, James, a kidney was a no-brainer. It was a decision the 48-year-old had made 31 years earlier when their father underwent a kidney transplant at UAMS with an organ donated by one of his brothers. James Johnson Sr., along with another…