Kidney Care Community News

Editor’s Note: Nephrology News & Issues recently interviewed Susan E. Quaggin, MD, FRCP(C), FASN, president of the American Society of Nephrology, about important issues her organization faces this year.

Monogram Health appointed Seema Verma, MPH, as an independent director on its board of directors, according to a press release.

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota announced it will partner with DaVita Inc. to launch its integrated kidney care VillageHealth program in the Blue Cross Minnesota network.

Members of a joint task force established by the American Society of Nephrology and National Kidney Foundation presented an interim report on the removal of race as a factor in estimating GFR for patients with kidney disease.

Patients with chronic kidney disease who resided in the inner-city expressed similar hesitancy to the COVID-19 vaccine as patients who attended family medicine clinics in the same area, according to a study presented here.

Acknowledging racism is a primary cause of health inequities is necessary if the medical community is to begin working toward closing these gaps, according to the chief health equity officer for the AMA.

The National Kidney Foundation bestowed its 2021 Council of Nephrology Nurses and Technicians award to Maria “Rosley” DeClaro, RN, BSN, CNN, according to a press release.

Arguing that “racism is a root cause of disparities in kidney disease,” a speaker here outlined the ways in which these disparities have been magnified by the COVID-19 pandemic.

The National Kidney Foundation awarded its 2021 Public Service Award to Aliza Thompson, MD, according to a press release.

Krista Lentine, MD, PhD, professor of medicine and endowed chair of transplantation at SSM Saint Louis University hospital, will receive the 2021 Excellence in Transplantation Award, according to a National Kidney Foundation press release.