Kidney Care Community News

LONG BEACH, Calif. — The National Kidney Foundation Spring Clinical Meetings opened with its president Sylvia E. Rosas, MD, MSCE, discussing the need for equity in care.

The National Kidney Foundation has awarded the Joel D. Kopple Award to Kathy Schiro Harvey, MS, RDN, CSR.

The National Kidney Foundation has awarded Suma Nair, PhD, MS, RD, its Public Service Award for her work in advancing health care equity.

The National Kidney Foundation awarded Robert A. Montgomery, MD, DPhil, FACS, its Excellence in Transplantation Award for his work and innovations in transplantation surgery.

DaVita has named Madhu Narasimhan as its new chief information officer, effective June 3, according to a press release. Narasimhan will oversee technology innovation.

The FDA has granted Outset Medical Inc. 510(k) clearance of TabloCart with Prefiltration, an optional accessory for the Tablo Hemodialysis System, according to a press release.

Co-chairs of a National Kidney Foundation-American Society of Nephrology task force on race in chronic kidney disease were named to the TIME list of the 100 most influential people in global health.

Fresenius Medical Care and Outset Medical Inc. have launched separate recalls over concerns that tubing in the dialysis machines they manufacture may be leaching a toxic compound during treatment, according to an FDA notice.

Apolipoprotein L1 genotype may not be a major factor for future risk of kidney disease in middle-aged adults, according to data from a longitudinal cohort study.

SAN DIEGO — AI can help specialists with the diagnosis and treatment of kidney disease but should not be viewed as a threat to the profession, speakers said here.