Press Room

January 2019
Wisconsin Kidney Patient, Advocate Wins NKF's Celeste Castillo Lee Award
Mary Baliker to receive honor at NKF Spring Clinical Meetings 2019
January 30, 2019, New York, NY- Each year the National Kidney Foundation (NKF) presents the Celeste...

January 2019
Milwaukee's Ahmed Malik, MD, Wins NKF's Medical Advisory Board Distinguished Service Award
Honor to be presented at the 2019 Spring Clinical Meetings
January 30, 2019, New York, NY - Each year the National Kidney Foundation (NKF) considers the work of hundreds...

January 2019
Detroit’s Dr. Jerry Yee Honored for Clinical Excellence by National Kidney Foundation
Will receive the Donald W. Seldin Award at NKF’s 2019 Spring Clinical Meetings
January 30, 2019, New York, NY – Each year the National Kidney Foundation (NKF) considers the...

January 2019
Dr. Gregory Germino of the NIH Wins Distinguished Lecture Award from NKF
Award will be presented at the 2019 Spring Clinical Meetings
January 29, 2019, New York, NY - Each year the National Kidney Foundation (NKF) considers the work of hundreds of...

January 2019
Toronto’s Dr. Charmaine Lok Wins Prestigious NKF Award for Guideline Work
Award to be presented at 2019 Spring Clinical Meetings
January 30, 2019, New York, NY - Each year the National Kidney Foundation (NKF) considers the work of hundreds of...

January 2019
Dallas, Phoenix Teams Win NKF Konica Minolta Golf Classic Finals at Pebble Beach
Pebble Beach, CA – January 22, 2019 – Two, four-person teams bested the competition at the National Finals of the National Kidney Foundation (NKF) Konica Minolta Golf Classic, held...

January 2019
Researchers Publish Findings on Study of How Living Conditions Affect Black Kidney Patients
Team examines 10 years of data on about 6,000 patients that suggests inequalities play a role
January 14, 2019, New York, NY– A team of five researchers published a new study...

January 2019
NKF Statement: A Path Forward for Increasing Kidney Transplantation
New York, NY – January 11, 2019 – Chronic kidney disease (CKD) affects more than 30 million Americans. It causes more deaths than breast cancer or prostate cancer and,...

January 2019
First Reports from Ambitious Workshop Published in The Lancet Diabetes and Endocrinology
National Kidney Foundation funds research initiative that will improve health outcomes of patients with chronic kidney disease, decrease the number of people who develop kidney failure...

January 2019
Chronic Kidney Disease Change Package Aims to Improve Diagnosis
National Kidney Foundation launches new tools for clinicians and public health practitioners to improve screening, recognition and management of the disease
New York, NY—...