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August 2022

AAKP NAMES 2022 JENNY KITSEN PATIENT SAFETY AWARD RECIPIENTS

August 5, 2022
Deb Pelaez
AAKP recently announced its 2022 Jenny Kitsen Patient Safety Award recipients. The Kitsen award recognizes leaders and programs that substantively improve patient safety through innovations in health systems management and patient safety education.
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Author Deb PelaezPosted on August 5, 2022August 5, 2022Categories Our Blog

Patient Profile: Maria Robinson

August 5, 2022
Deb Pelaez
From Pediatric Kidney Patient to Kidney Dialysis WarriorBy Deborah Pelaez, aakpRENALIFE Independent WriterMaria’s kidney journey began when she was only 12 years old and became sick at the Baltimore City Fair.
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Author Deb PelaezPosted on August 5, 2022August 5, 2022Categories Dialysis, Our Blog

AAKP Innovator Series: Vifor Pharma, Inc.

August 5, 2022
Deb Pelaez
AN INTERVIEW WITH TEJAS DESAI, MD, SENIOR MEDICAL DIRECTORTell us about your first experience with a kidney patient, personally or professionally, and what impressions it left on you as a fellow human being?The experience that stands out most for me was during my training at NYU.
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Author Deb PelaezPosted on August 5, 2022August 5, 2022Categories Our Blog

Blood Pressure Management in Children and Teenagers with Hypertension

August 2, 2022
Deb Pelaez
By John Laisure, PA-C, Pediatric Nephrology (kidney) and Hypertension Clinics, Brenner Children’s and Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist120/80? How does my child have high blood pressure (hypertension)? I thought that was normal. Why does my child’s doctor keep changing what normal blood pressure should be?
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Author Deb PelaezPosted on August 2, 2022August 3, 2022Categories Our Blog

PEDIATRIC PATIENT PROFILE: GENEVIEVE COSGROVE

August 1, 2022
Deb Pelaez
HOW ONE PEDIATRIC KIDNEY PATIENT DANCES THROUGH IT ALLBy Deborah Pelaez, aakpRENALIFE Independent WriterGenevieve is 16 years old and loves to dance. Dancing has been a constant passion in her life since she was three years old.
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Author Deb PelaezPosted on August 1, 2022August 1, 2022Categories Our Blog

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      • Decade of the Kidney™
      • Dialysis
      • Fabry Disease
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      • AAKP National Awards
      • Ambassador Program
      • KidneyWorks
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    • Advocacy
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      • Advocacy Events
      • Key Policy Issues
      • Kidney Voter™
      • Patient Voice. Patient Choice.
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    • Advocacy Events
    • Cystinosis Scholarship Program
    • Fun Walk
    • Global Summit
    • Medal of Excellence
    • National High Potassium Awareness Day
    • National Patient Meeting
    • 5th Annual Policy Summit
    • AAKP Patient Safety Award
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