Press Releases

Celebrity Chef to Share Cooking Tips at AAKP Event Fresenius Medical Care Brings Chef Aaron McCargo Jr. to American Association of Kidney Patients’ National Patient Meeting in Las Vegas to Inspire Patients WALTHAM, Mass. – Sept. 8, 2014 – People with chronic kidney disease (CKD)

Kidney Patient Speaksup About Healthcare Reform The American Association of Kidney Patients Among Participants in the 21st Century Roundtable Discussion Hosted by Congressman Gus Bilirakis On Tuesday, August 19, the American Association of Kidney Patients (AAKP)

AAKP Offers Limited Scholarships to Attend National Patient Meeting Tampa, FL – The American Association of Kidney Patients (AAKP) is offering a limited number of scholarships to attend the 2014 AAKP National Patient Meeting. Scholarships cover the cost of the meeting registration fee for patients and caregivers.

The deadline for nominations for the American Association of Kidney Patients’ Jenny Kitsen Patient Safety Award is July 31. This award, funded by an endowment from the former ESRD Network of New England, is used to fund a presentation that advances patient safety by exploring innovation in health systems management.

Kidney Patients and Physicians Join Together to Rally Congressional Support for Kidney Disease Awareness Washington, DC—On Thursday, May 1, 2014 the American Association of Kidney Patients (AAKP) joined 13 other leading kidney organizations to push for essential change in kidney care.

ney Patients Awarded the Jenny Kitsen Safety Lecture Endowment Tampa, FL – The American Association of Kidney Patients has accepted an endowment from the Network of New England Board of Directors to establish the Jenny Kitsen Patient Safety Award and continue the patient safety work of the nonprofit organization led by Jenny Kitsen.

The American Association of Kidney Patients Endorses the End Stage Renal Disease Networks 5-Diamond Patient Safety Program Tampa, FL – The American Association of Kidney Patients (AAKP) is pleased to announce its endorsement of the End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD)

The American Association of Kidney Patients Mourns Passing of Board Member Kathe LeBeau The American Association of Kidney Patients (AAKP) today announced with great sadness the passing of Board member Kathe LeBeau. Mrs.

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF KIDNEY PATIENTS ACCEPTING NOMINATIONS FOR 2014 MEDAL OF EXCELLENCE AWARD Get your nominations in for the 2014 American Association of Kidney Patients (AAKP) Medal of Excellence Award. The deadline for submissions is Friday, January 10.