Kidney Care Community News

The National Kidney Foundation honored Martin Pollak, MD, with the David M. Hume Memorial Award.

The National Kidney Foundation has awarded the Donald W. Seldin Award to Mary B. Leonard, MD, MSCE.

The National Kidney Foundation has awarded Lisa Koester, ANP, CS, CNN-NP, MSN, the Carol Mattix Award at the NKF Spring Clinical Meetings in Long Beach, California.

The National Kidney Foundation has awarded the J. Michael Lazarus Distinguished Award to David M. Charytan, MD, MSc.

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.