Kidney Care Community News

Editor’s Note: Healio/Nephrology News & Issues interviewed Michele Heigle Kimball, the new executive director of the American Nephrology Nurses Association, and Cindi Calabrese, MSN, RN, NPD-BC, RN-BC, the director of education services for ANNA, about the organization’s upcoming national symposium, taking place May 7-10 in Palm Springs, California.

AUSTIN, Texas — In this video, Andrea G. Mignott, DNP, MSc, FNP, RN, discusses the results of her award-winning poster presentation at the National Kidney Foundation Spring Clinical Meetings.

At the National Kidney Foundation Spring Clinicals Meeting, Tanjala S. Purnell, PhD, MPH, FASN, will be presented with the Excellence in Transplantation Award to recognize her research in kidney transplantation.

The National Kidney Foundation announced Melanie Hoenig, MD, as the 2023 winner of the Donald W. Seldin Award in recognition of her excellence and dedication in nephrology research and education.

The National Kidney Foundation honored Susan Hedayati, MD, MHSc, with the Shaul G. Massry Distinguished Lecture at the NKF Spring Clinical Meetings, according to a press release.

Cynthia Delgado, MD, received the Garabed Eknoyan Award for her guidance in removing race as a factor for diagnosing chronic kidney disease at the National Kidney Foundation Spring Clinical Meetings.

Lois Hill, MS, RDN, LD, LDE, dietician nutritionist and educator, was honored with the Joel D. Kopple Award at the National Kidney Foundation Spring Clinical Meetings, according to a press release.

At the National Kidney Foundation Spring Clinical Meetings, the NKF will honor Jeanetta Wammack, RN, CDN, with the Carol Mattix Award for her work with kidney disease and patients with kidney failure.

AUSTIN, Texas — In the keynote presentation at the National Kidney Foundation Spring Clinical Meetings, Lilia Cervantes, MD, detailed a framework for advocacy in the kidney community and called upon nephrologists to take action.

Maria Elena Grijalva, a kidney patient advocate, was honored with the Celeste Castillo Lee Patient Engagement Award by the National Kidney Foundation at the NKF Spring Clinical Meetings, according to a press release.