Our Blog

By Dale Rogers It was thirty-nine years ago that I noticed politics for the first time. I got home from school on March 30, turned on the T.V. and was witness to the chaotic aftermath of the failed assassination attempt on President Ronald Reagan.

By Paul T.

by Jim Myers There is a connection between psoriasis and kidney disease. I have always had dry skin. When I was a child, I was diagnosed with 'granulated eyelids and dandruff. I was diagnosed with kidney disease at the age of 25. In my 40's I was diagnosed with Psoriasis. I have struggled with psoriasis ever since.

You are very well known across the larger kidney community for leadership, medical expertise, and respect for patient insights. For AAKP readers, can you tell us how patients have informed your view of medicine, and your role as a thought leader in kidney medicine and kidney innovation?

AAKP is celebrating National Dialysis Technician Recognition Week October 12 – 17, 2020. This year, we asked National Association of Nephrology Technicians/Technologists to ask technicians why being a dialysis technician is important to them. "Being a Dialysis Technician means so much to me than just putting a person on a machine.