Kidney Care Community News

The National Kidney Foundation will award the 2021 Shaul G. Massry Distinguished Lecture to James Lash, MD, according to a press release.

A survey administered to members of the renal workforce in the United Kingdom revealed several impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, including emotional exhaustion and an increased workload which, in many cases, triggered burnout.

The National Kidney Foundation has bestowed this year’s Celeste Castillo Lee Patient Engagement Award to Curtis H. Warfield, a living-donor recipient and advocate, according to a press release.

The CDC has authorized Fresenius Medical Care North America and DaVita Inc. to serve as distributors of the COVID-19 vaccine to dialysis clinics across the United States, officials reported last week.

The National Kidney Foundation awarded this year’s J. Michael Lazarus Award to Kirsten L. Johansen, MD, FASN, according to a press release.

At its virtual Spring Clinical Meetings, the National Kidney Foundation will present Shivam Joshi, MD, of NYC Health + Hospitals/Bellevue in New York, with the Joel D. Kopple Award.

A review of randomized controlled trials found aerobic exercise played a role in improving a variety of hemodialysis-related symptoms, including a reduction of up to 40% in depressive symptoms.

Today, the Biden administration announced a partnership with dialysis clinics to provide COVID-19 vaccinations to patients and health care workers.

At the Renal Physicians Association annual meeting, representatives from three companies shared their approach to the changing paradigm of kidney care and emphasized the shift to value-based models that center on the patient.

Amid news about improved Medicare reimbursement and immunosuppressive drug coverage for patients with a kidney transplant, the nephrology community still has some unfinished business in the regulatory environment for 2021, a speaker said.