Press Room
May 2019
Study Suggests Artificial Intelligence Improves Donor Kidney Allocation Process
EMBARGOED: May 9, 2019, 6pm EDT
Results presented at the National Kidney Foundation’s 2019 Spring Clinical Meetings
New York, NY - May 9, 2019 – A new study that analyzed...
May 2019
Investigators Present Hundreds of Studies to Annual Gathering of Kidney Health Professionals at NKF 2019 Spring Clinical Meetings
New York, NY - May 9, 2019 – Investigators from around the country presented hundreds of studies about kidney health and chronic kidney disease during the National Kidney Foundation’s...
May 2019
NKF Presents Highest Awards in Kidney Health at Important Gathering of Professionals
Experts come from around the country to Boston for the NKF 2019 Spring Clinical Meetings
New York, NY – May 8, 2019 - Each year the National Kidney Foundation (NKF) considers...
May 2019
CDC Epidemiologist to Receive National Kidney Foundation's Public Service Award
Nilka Ríos Burrows will be honored at the 2019 Spring Clinical Meetings
New York, NY - May 7, 2019 - Each year the National Kidney Foundation (NKF) considers the work of...
May 2019
NKF Introduces New Award for Nephrology Nursing
California’s Anne Diroll to receive honor at the 2019 Spring Clinical Meetings
New York, NY - May 6, 2019 – Each year the National Kidney Foundation (NKF) considers the work...
May 2019
Leader in Improving Diagnosis is Keynote Speaker at NKF’s 2019 Spring Clinical Meetings
Dr. Mark Graber will discuss medical error and safety
New York, NY – May 6, 2109 – One of the leaders in the field of patient safety, Mark Graber, MD, FACP, of Stony Brook...
May 2019
Transplantation Expert Dr. Matthew Cooper will receive NKF’s New Excellence Award
Honor to be presented at NKF’s 2019 Spring Clinical Meetings
New York, NY – May 6, 2019 —The National Kidney Foundation (NKF) will present its first ever award for Excellence...
May 2019
NKF Honors Otsuka Pharmaceutical Company, Ltd., with SCM19 Corporate Innovator Award
Company recognized for treatment recently approved in the U.S. for adults at risk of rapidly progressing Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease
New York, NY — May 2,...
April 2019
HHS Focus on Redesigning Dialysis Can Help Improve the Lives of Kidney Patients
Innovation Awards announced at KidneyX Summit
New York, NY, April 29, 2019—Today at the KidneyX Summit held in Washington, DC, the inaugural prizes for Redesign Dialysis will...
April 2019
NKF Applauds New Kansas Legislation to Protect Living Organ Donors
April 23, 2019 – “Kansas has become the seventh state in the country to pass legislation that would protect living organ donors from life insurance discrimination solely based upon...