Deb Pelaez

“I Am More Than My Kidney Disease…” AAKP Ambassadors RespondMarch is National Kidney Month. Help spread the word about kidney disease this month by sharing your personal story, along with educational resources, with your friends, family, and community. Kidney disease is a silent killer–let’s end the silence.

In this Innovator Series article, AAKP interviews Joe Tector, MD, PhD, FACS, Founder of Makana TherapeuticsFounded in 2009, Makana Therapeutics is focused on developing pigs with reduced xenoantigen expression, making human transplantation of cells, tissues, and organs from these animals possible.

A Patient’s Experience with Medication-Related High PotassiumAAKP Board Member and Ambassador Dale Rogers is a two-time kidney transplant recipient and like many other kidney patients, has struggled with high potassium (also known as hyperkalemia). For AAKP’s National High Potassium Awareness Day “Are You O-K+?

By Anne Rossi, Renal DietitianLiving with chronic kidney disease (CKD) puts you at risk for high potassium, known as hyperkalemia. A challenge of diagnosing high potassium is that you may not feel or recognize any symptoms until it is too late, and your heart health could worsen because of the effects.

Mr. Hickey is an attorney. He served as an infantry officer in the United States Marine Corps as a lieutenant with postings in Quantico and Camp Pendleton.

Having to go to the hospital due to an emergency is always stressful for kidney patients and their loved ones. Aside from the acute problem or illness one is suddenly dealing with, patients voice additional apprehensions when they’re forced into going to the emergency room (ER).