Press Room
January 2020
NKF to Present Prestigious Joel D. Kopple Award to California Doctor
Connie Rhee, MD, MSc, will be honored at NKF’s 2020 Spring Clinical Meetings
New York, NY – January 22, 2020 – Each year the National Kidney Foundation (NKF) considers the work...
January 2020
Michigan Advocate to Receive the National Kidney Foundation’s Celeste Castillo Lee Award
Erich Ditschman to receive honor at NKF’s 2020 Spring Clinical Meetings
New York, NY - January 15, 2020 - Each year the National Kidney Foundation (NKF) presents the Celeste...
January 2020
Philadelphia Doctor to Receive the National Kidney Foundation’s J. Michael Lazarus Award
Award to be presented at NKF's 2020 Spring Clinical Meetings
New York, NY- January 13, 2020 – Each year, the National Kidney Foundation (NKF) considers the work of hundreds of...
January 2020
National Kidney Foundation’s Dr. Matthew Cooper to Testify before Congress
Congress must pass H.R. 5534 to extend immunosuppressive drug coverage
New York, NY - Jan. 8, 2020 – The National Kidney Foundation’s Board of Directors member Dr....
January 2020
NKF Applauds New Immunosuppressive Drug Coverage Legislation to Help Save Transplant Patients from Organ Rejection
Quotes for attribution to National Kidney Foundation
Washington, DC - January 6, 2020 - “New legislation recently introduced to extend Medicare coverage of immunosuppressive drugs for...
January 2020
New Poll of American Adults Shows People Should Start the New Year Focused on Kidney Health
Survey shows that patients want doctors to tell them how to prevent kidney disease
January 2, 2019, New York, NY- Just in time for 2020’s New Year’s resolutions, a fresh survey...
December 2019
Taking Blood Pressure Measurement Properly is Vital to Patients’ Health
New perspective piece gives physicians, patients guidelines on getting the best result
New York, NY-Decemeber 18, 2019 - Accurate blood pressure readings are only as good...
December 2019
NKF Applauds New Proposed Rules to Increase Organ Donation
“Today the Administration announced two new proposed rules to address the critical organ supply crisis in America by expanding reimbursable expenses for living donors, establishing...
December 2019
Popular Beverage Protects Against Kidney Disease
New study suggests coffee has beneficial influence on kidney function
New York, NY- Dec. 11, 2019 – A new study to be published today in the American Journal of Kidney Diseases...
December 2019
National Kidney Foundation Bestows Highest Honor on Maryland Doctor
Dr. Briggs to receive the David M. Hume Memorial Award at the NKF 2020 Spring Clinical Meetings
New York, NY - December 10, 2019 - Each year the National Kidney...