Press Releases

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 19, 2017 Media Contact: Deborah [email protected] THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF KIDNEY PATIENTS CALLS FOR NOMINATIONS FOR ITS MEDAL OF EXCELLENCE AWARDS – HONORING KIDNEY COMMUNITY EXCELLENCE Tampa, FL – The American Association of Kidney Patients (AAKP)

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 6, 2017 MEDIA CONTACT: Deborah Pelaez, 813-400-2394 or [email protected] TAMPA, FL – The American Association of Kidney Patients (AAKP)

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 3, 2017 MEDIA CONTACTS Deborah Pelaez, AAKP Marketing and Communications Manager  [email protected]; 813-928-2921 Gary Green, AAKP Executive Director  [email protected]; 1-212-417-0426 INDEPENDENCE FOR WORKERS WITH CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE MEANS KEEPING JOB AND AVOIDING DISABILITY WASHINGTON, D.C.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 29, 2017 MEDIA CONTACTS: Deborah Pelaez, AAKP Marketing and Communications Manager  [email protected]; 813-928-2921 Gary Green, AAKP Executive Director ggreen@aakp.

Nephrology News & Issues June 22, 2017 A report from the American Association of Kidney Patients and the Medical Education Institute outlines initial steps to help employed individuals with progressing chronic kidney disease keep their jobs. The 78-page paper, entitled “KidneyWorks:

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 23, 2017FOR MORE INFORMATION: Deborah Peleaz Marketing and Communications Manager 813-400-2394 [email protected], FLA – Applications for the 2017-2018 grant cycle of the Jenny Kitsen Patient Safety Award are now available from the American Association of Kidney Patients.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 1, 2017FOR MORE INFORMATION: Deborah Peleaz Manager Marketing Communications (800)749-AAKP(2257) dpeleaz@aakp.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 3, 2017 CONTACT: Deborah PelaezMarketing and Communications [email protected] / (813) 400-2394 AAKP President Paul T.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 22, 2017 CONTACT: Deborah PelaezMarketing and Communications [email protected] / (813) 400-2394 AAKP to Join the Alliance for Home Dialysis and the NAACP for Mississippi Patient Town Hall  AAKP Seeks to Increase Awareness of Home Dialysis for Patients with End-Stage Renal Disease Washington, D.C.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: FOR MORE INFORMATION:Sarah McConnellMarketing & Communications Manager1-800-749-AAKP (2257)[email protected] AAKP PRESENTS 2017 MEDAL OF EXCELLENCE AWARD WINNERS AT RENAL PHYSICIAN ASSOCIATION’S ANNUAL MEETING Nashville, TN – The American Association of Kidney Patients (AAKP)