Deb Pelaez

Valerie Gonzalez began her career with AAKP over 18 years ago in May 2005 as an administrative assistant and now leads the entire administrative team as AAKP’s Director of Office Operations. If you have ever been to an in-person AAKP event or visited the AAKP booth at a kidney conference, you may have met Valerie over the years.

Susan Brown grew up in a military family. Her father, Harry Burdick, and his side of the family served in every war since the Revolutionary War. He received three Bronze Stars for his service in the 151st Infantry Division while stationed in the Philippines during World War II.

The Journey BeginsBobbie Reed first became a caregiver when her son Alex was diagnosed with kidney disease shortly after he graduated from Penn State in 2013. Alex was always a healthy and athletic child and played baseball in college.

By Kevin Chan, MD, MSci, and Dawn Edwards INTRODUCTION FROM AAKP:What does dialysis fatigue mean and feel like to you? Would you even describe it as “ fatigue,” or something different?

By Elke Henneberg, consultant and editor, AAKP Delicious!The AAKP is excited to see the 7th edition of AAKP Delicious! coming to life, and we are inviting you to try 12 new recipes, which offer a mouth-watering variety of foods for you to enjoy. Who says a kidney-friendly diet is boring?

In this Innovator Series article, Alio CEO Dave J. Kuraguntla discusses the company’s innovative technology for kidney patients and how the Alio SmartPatch™ was developed to help dialysis patients and their clinical teams improve outcomes.

By Stephen Thomas, II, MSN, FNP-C and Kristin Larson, MSN, AGNP-BC, CNNAs a person with kidney disease, do you itch? If so, it’s not uncommon. In fact, lots of people with kidney disease itch, and it is seen at all stages of kidney disease, not just people on dialysis.