MD, MPH, Senior Medical Director, Quest Diagnostics
As a young teenager in 1969, Dr. Lee Hilborne joined a team of "kidney kids" making parts for dialysis machines at Cedars Sinai Medical Center—before dialysis was covered by Medicare. He began working with NKF in 1972, leading to his pursuit of a medical career. A half century later, he remains engaged—as a pathologist and Past President of the American Society for Clinical Pathology, he was a founding member of the Laboratory Engagement Workgroup responsible for implementing the race-agnostic equation for calculating eGFR, measuring kidney function.
