Board Member
Professor of Public Health Sciences and Medicine, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension
Loyola University Chicago
Maywood, IL
Holly Kramer, M.D., MPH, is a practicing nephrologist who conducts research connecting nutrition and kidney health. Her connection to the National Kidney Foundation was inspired by her mom, who was a dialysis nurse and helped create some of the first dialysis units in Northwest Indiana.
Dr. Kramer finds being on the NKF Board important, because it is the largest, patient-centered organization focusing on kidney disease. Her long-term goal is to increase national funding for kidney disease research and to heighten awareness about chronic kidney disease.
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Her connection to kidney disease was inspired by her mother, a dialysis nurse who helped create some of the first dialysis units in Northwest Indiana. Dr. Kramer’s long-term goal is to increase national funding for kidney disease research.