Press Room
October 2020
Award-Winning Broadcast Journalist Soledad O’Brien to Serve as Master of Ceremonies for the National Kidney Foundation’s Virtual Kidney Walk
October 27, New York, NY – National Kidney Foundation (NKF), is excited to announce that award-winning broadcast journalist Soledad O’Brien will serve as the Master of Ceremonies for the New...
October 2020
National Kidney Foundation Announces Appointment of University of Pittsburgh Nephrologist Dr. Paul M. Palevsky as President of the National Board
October 26, 2020, New York, NY —The National Kidney Foundation (NKF) is pleased to announce that Dr. Paul M. Palevsky, a nephrologist and Professor of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh...
October 2020
Drug Study Offers New Hope to Patients with Both Chronic Kidney Disease and Type 2 Diabetes
Oct. 23, 2020, New York, NY — Patients with diabetic kidney disease can potentially be treated with a new investigational medication that may slow the progress of their illness without...
October 2020
American Ninja Warrior and National Kidney Foundation Join Forces to Help Kidney Patients Find a Living Donor
October 22, 2020, New York, NY—American Ninja Warrior competitor Austin Gray joins forces with The National Kidney Foundation (NKF) to help kidney patients who need a transplant....
October 2020
National Kidney Foundation Announces Atlanta Business Executive and Kidney Transplant Patient Anthony E. Tuggle as New Chair of the National Board
October 20, 2020, New York, NY —The National Kidney Foundation (NKF) is pleased to announce the appointment of Anthony E. Tuggle as Chair of its National Board of Directors....
October 2020
National Kidney Foundation Appoints Johns Hopkins Nephrologist to Board of Directors
Oct. 19, 2020, New York, NY —The National Kidney Foundation (NKF) is pleased to announce the appointment of nephrologist Dr. Sumeska Thavarajah of the Johns Hopkins University School of...
October 2020
National Kidney Foundation Appoints Atlanta Executive to Board of Directors
Oct. 19, 2020, New York, NY —The National Kidney Foundation (NKF) is pleased to announce the appointment of businessman Orlando Hampton to its national Board of Directors.
Hampton,...
October 2020
Boston’s Dr. Sylvia E. Rosas Named the National Kidney Foundation’s President-Elect
Oct. 19, 2020, New York, NY —The National Kidney Foundation (NKF) national governing Board of Directors has named nephrologist Dr. Sylvia E. Rosas of the Joslin Diabetes Center...
October 2020
NKF Clarifying Statement on the Proposed OPO Conditions for Coverage (CfCs)
October 9, 2020
The National Kidney Foundation (NKF) has been a longtime proponent of reforming and modernizing our organ transplantation system. Our position is driven by our...
October 2020
NKF Statement Regarding the Administration’s Proposed Revisions to the OPO Conditions for Coverage
October 2, 2020 - Nearly 100,000 Americans with kidney failure are awaiting a lifesaving organ transplant[i]. Unfortunately, only about 23,000 transplants take place each year,[ii] ...