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Cynthia Delgado and Neil Powe Named to TIME100 Health List For Fighting Kidney Transplant Bias

(May 2, 2024, New York, NY)—TIME has included the co-chairs of the...

Proof That Paired Kidney Donations Save Lives

By Christi Krautbauer, NKF Board Member Today we’d like to share another story of a family in Minnesota. Meet Amanda Weber and Scott Tienter, with their children Preston, Austin, Isabella and Lily. You probably can’t tell from this picture, but this family has been through a lot! You see, when Amanda was only 20 weeks pregnant with Preston, doctors noticed a problem with Preston’s kidneys. From that point forward, Amanda...

Donate to Kidney Cars. It can save lives.

One of Dave Johney’s earliest memories is visiting his uncle in the hospital as he recovered from a kidney transplant. As a result, Dave became actively involved with the NKF. When it was time for him to buy a new car, what else would he do with his old one but donate it to the Kidney Cars program? Dave knew the proceeds would help the 26 million Americans with kidney disease. And as Dave says, “I even received a nice tax...

Kidney disease changed our lives in a day

As told by: Alison Gillespie

Many of us often talk about life being short and how much we need to live life each day to the fullest; valuing the small, ordinary moments. For those of us who have navigated significant life changing events, we know the seemingly small, ordinary moments in life are really the only moments that matter.

December 18, 2018 is a day that I will never forget. This is the day that...

Johns Hopkins Professor of Equity Dr. Lisa Angeline Cooper to give Keynote at the annual NKF 2024 Spring Clinical Meetings

(April 26, 2024, New York, NY) The National Kidney Foundation (NKF) is excited to announce that renowned health equity expert Dr. Lisa Angeline Cooper will be the keynote speaker at the annual NKF 2024 Spring Clinical Meetings (SCM) in Long Beach, CA, which takes place from May 14 -18. Lisa A. Cooper, MD, MPH, is the Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of...

The NKF to Honor Nephrologist and NYU Professor of Medicine Dr. David Charytan with the Distinguished J. Michael Lazarus Award

(April 24, 2024, New York, NY) — The National Kidney Foundation (NKF) is thrilled to announce that Nephrologist and Professor of Medicine David M. Charytan, MD, MSc, will be the 2024 recipient of the prestigious J. Michael Lazarus Distinguished Award. Dr. Charytan maintains a broad clinical practice in...

The NKF Honors Dr. Martin Pollak with The David M. Hume Memorial Award for Pioneering Research in Kidney Genetics

(April 22, 2024, New York, NY) — The National Kidney Foundation (NKF) proudly announces that Nephrologist and Professor of Medicine Martin Pollak, MD, is the 2024 recipient of the prestigious David M. Hume Memorial Award. Each year, the NKF meticulously evaluates specialists in nephrology, selecting those who exemplify the...

72-Year-Old Kidney Donor Hopes to Inspire Others to Do The Same

Economist and college professor James Doti, PhD, did the cost benefit analysis and decided that a healthy 72-year-old man who runs marathons and climbs mountains doesn’t need two kidneys and there are too many people in the world who need one. In his analysis, it made sense that he donate a kidney, even though he didn’t personally know anyone who was in need. It wasn’t the first time that Dr. Doti, who is known in his Orange County, CA,...

The NKF Urges Passage of New Home Dialysis Bill

Improving Access to Home Dialysis Act aims to reduce barriers to treatment and increase access to care

(April 22, 2024, Washington, DC) —The National Kidney Foundation (NKF) is applauding a move by Congress to increase access to care and improve outcomes for some...

Dr. Robert A. Montgomery Receives the NKF’s Prestigious Excellence in Transplantation Award

(April 18, 2024, New York, NY) — The National Kidney Foundation (NKF) proudly announces that Robert A. Montgomery, MD, DPhil, FACS, is the 2024 recipient of the prestigious Excellence in Transplantation Award. Currently, Dr. Montgomery is the H. Leon Pachter Chairman and Professor of Surgery at New York...