Kidney Care Community News

Amy Wilson, MD, pediatric nephrologist at Indiana University School of Medicine and Riley Children’s Hospital, will receive the Medical Advisory Board Distinguished Service Award from the National Kidney Foundation.

Sumit Mohan, MD, MPH, associate professor of medicine and epidemiology at Columbia University, will receive the Excellence in Transplantation Award from the National Kidney Foundation.

The National Kidney Foundation awarded Susan T. Crowley, MD, MBA, FASN, FNKF, with the David M. Hume Award, which is the highest honor given by the foundation to a scientist-clinician, according to a press release.

Daniel E. Weiner, MD, nephrologist at Tufts Medical Center and associate professor at Tufts University School of Medicine in Boston, will be honored with the National Kidney Foundation’s J. Michael Lazarus Award.

Satellite Healthcare Inc. and Dialyze Direct executed a letter of intent to enter a strategic partnership collaboration with plans to expand dialysis in the United States, according to a press release.

The Renal Physicians Association awarded Shaun Edelstein, chief financial officer of Balboa Nephrology, its Distinguished Practice Administrator Award at the RPA Annual Meeting.

In celebration of National Doctors' Day, hear from the doctors and physicians Healio spoke with during the past year.

Protalix BioTherapeutics Inc. and Chiesi Global Rare Diseases announced final results of the BRIGHT phase 3 clinical trial showing safety and efficacy of pegunigalsidase alfa as treatment for Fabry disease.

Patients with obesity trying to achieve the required weight loss to be added to the kidney transplant list need support, according to data published in Kidney Medicine.

SambaNova Systems and DeLorean Artificial Intelligence announced a new subscription artificial intelligence solution that Ascend Clinical has chosen to leverage with learning models, according to a press release.