Excited to be one of the co-hosts of this new endeavor! Please give it a listen and rate it 5 stars. We have incredible guests and stories coming up!

My patients live at the margins of society. They don’t have much. Just getting to dialysis three times a week is a big ask. Taking from them to fund tax breaks for the rich is just cruel.

I want to be outraged but I just feel like crying.

Exciting times ahead collaborating with great partners!

Huge thanks to Alonzo Mourning for helping the crowd at the National Minority Quality Forum Leadership Summit become #APOL1Aware

Today is AMKD Awareness Day. This article is an excellent overview of why this is important and the human toll that AMKD can take. Be #Apol1aware

AKF is excited to release our fifth annual State of the States: Living Donor Protection Report Card, with updates revealing an urgent need for stronger living organ donor legal protections. Learn more and see where your home state ranks: livingdonor.kidneyfund.org #LivingDonor

The American Kidney Fund is hosting our 6th annual Kidney Action Week March 3-7! #KidneyActionWeek is the nation’s only free online conference for the kidney community, providing a week of engaging and empowering sessions. Learn more & register: kidneyactionweek.org

Excited to announce that I’ve joined the Kidney Health Initiative board as of January 1. Humbled to join this group of leaders moving the field forward. khi.asn-online.org/pages/group....

Live updates: Trump presidential transition and hush money case news | CNN Politics President-elect Donald Trump continues to build his incoming administration, announcing key loyalists for top roles and a string of controversial Cabinet picks. Follow for live updates.

This season’s cast of Federal Celebrity Apprentice stinks. www.cnn.com/politics/liv...

Emmitt Henderson, founder of Male Lupus Warriors is a force and an advocate who is making an incredible impact in SLE and LN. So glad to have him associated with AKF!

Relavo Medical founder Sarah Lee discussing the importance of innovation and how she was able to bring her company’s innovations to market.

AKF VP of Government Affairs, Holly Bode, kicking off the 2nd Patient Access Initiative summit. Great to have so many important voices in nephrology in the room to discuss getting our patients access to the best treatments available. #Nephsky

The 2024 USRDS report is out (a few weeks ago actually)

usrds-adr.niddk.nih.gov/2024

It’s a treasure trove of data for nephrology nerds, aka all of #NephSky

So, short 🧶 on ESRD incidence/prevalence

So thankful to the work being done at NIDDK led by Dr. Rob Star. He gave an excellent presentation to the AKF Board of Directors today updating on their progress. We’ve got to make sure the great work being done at NIH isn’t halted for the sake of disruption and disruption alone.

If RFK Jr is indeed named HHS Secretary, all of us in the health field are going to be in the the fight of our lives.

Would love to be in pack number 3! Appreciate you coordinating these!

I already feel a sense of peace on this app. Let’s go!