Bridging the Gap: Supporting Young Adults with Kidney Disease Through Health Care Transition

Diana Clynes
By Cybele Ghossein, MD; and Andrew Vissing, MDFor the last 10 years our kidney transition program has helped hundreds of young adult kidney patients transfer care from pediatric nephrology at Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital to adult nephrology care at Northwestern Medicine.Here’s how it works.
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Care Partner Profile: Ashley Martin, AAKP Ambassador “How Kidney Disease Shaped My Life”

Diana Clynes
Ashley Martin doesn’t remember a time when kidney disease wasn’t part of her life. Before she could read or ride a bike, she was watching her mother battle kidney disease. Their story began even before Ashley was born, when Toni’s doctors suggested to her not to wait to have children.
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AAKP Independence Day Statement 2025

Jennifer Duplessie
AAKP Independence Day Statement 2025 Dear AAKP Members, Friends, and Allies:As we celebrate this Fourth of July, the American Association of Kidney Patients (AAKP) proudly honors the courageous men and women who took a stand for liberty and battled to free our nation from the yoke of the tyrannical King of England over 250 years ago.
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AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF KIDNEY PATIENTS COMMEMORATES JUNETEENTH

Jennifer Duplessie
STATEMENT AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF KIDNEY PATIENTS COMMEMORATES JUNETEENTH Washington, D.C.: The American Association of Kidney Patients (AAKP), the largest and oldest independent kidney patient organization in the United States, issued the following statement from AAKP President Edward V. Hickey, III, in commemoration of Juneteenth:
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A Life-Saving Friendship -Jake Rowland’s Journey to Becoming a Living Kidney Donor

Diana Clynes
Jake first met Dayna when she walked into the furniture store where he was working as a salesman in 2021. The two sparked up a conversation and almost instantly became friends. As Dayna shopped for bedroom furniture, the two chatted about her New York accent, Jake’s upcoming first trip to New York City, and much more.
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