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KIDNEY PATIENTS HAIL U.S. SENATE MOVE ON TRANSPLANT DRUGS

December 21, 2020

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 21, 2020 MEDIA CONTACTS: Jennifer Duplessie, Marketing and Communications Manager jduplessie@aakp.org (512) 659-8818 Diana Clynes, Executive Director dclynes@aakp.org (727) 916-0390 KIDNEY PATIENTS HAIL U.S.

December 16, 2020

December 16, 2020 Nikolay P. Nikolov, MDDirector, Division of Rheumatology and Transplant MedicineFood and Drug AdministrationCenter for Drug Evaluation and ResearchDivision of Rheumatology and Transplant Medicine5901-B Ammendale RoadBeltsville, MD 20705-1266Re:

Kidney Patients Making National Impact Helping Patients During National Pandemic

December 11, 2020

World Kidney News/Urban Health Outreach Media hosted a special broadcast featuring the executive leadership of the American Association of Kidney Patients: Diana Clynes, Executive Director; Richard Knight, President; Edward V. Hickey, III, U.S.M.C., Vice President, Chair of AAKP Veterans Health Initiative; and Paul T.

TOP KIDNEY GROUP SALUTES CONGRESSIONAL ACTION ON TRANSPLANT DRUGS FOR PATIENTS

December 9, 2020

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 9, 2020 TOP KIDNEY GROUP SALUTES CONGRESSIONAL ACTION ON TRANSPLANT DRUGS FOR PATIENTS AAKP Calls for Immediate Senate Action, Asks President Trump to Sign Upon Passage Washington, D.C.: The American Association of Kidney Patients (AAKP) released the following statement regarding the U.S.

December 8, 2020

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?

December 8, 2020

By Bill RyanSteven Baldridge, R.N. wrote in a recent online article, “In ancient times the kidneys were viewed as the seat of feelings, conscience, and yearnings and the source of morality and ethical activity. The kidneys were associated with the innermost parts of a person’s personality and well-being.

December 8, 2020

By Stephen Z. Fadem, MD, FASN Clinical Professor of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine Houston, Texas October 1, 2020 Introduction It seems but a short time ago when we were planning vacations and traveling freely about town. Now things are quite different.

December 8, 2020

By Suzanne Ruff Within families who battle kidney disease as my family does, there is a time for sorrow and a time for joy, a time for weeping and a time for dancing. For many of my family members with complete renal failure, organ donation is their only hope.

December 8, 2020

By Jennifer Jones, U.S.M.C., AAKP Board of Director, AAKP Ambassador I want to thank AAKP for graciously extending the opportunity for me to share my perspective as a kidney disease patient on the Executive Order on Advancing American Kidney Health Initiative for our 3rd Annual Policy Summit.

December 8, 2020

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.

KIDNEY PATIENTS HAIL U.S. SENATE MOVE ON TRANSPLANT DRUGS

December 16, 2020: AAKP & AST joint letter to FDA on importance of supporting rational clinical trial design and support for kidney transplant desensitization

Kidney Patients Making National Impact Helping Patients During National Pandemic

TOP KIDNEY GROUP SALUTES CONGRESSIONAL ACTION ON TRANSPLANT DRUGS FOR PATIENTS

Innovator Series: Q&A with Dr. Ray Harris

Transplant Life Foundation

An Update on the Coronavirus

Living Organ Donation Reimbursement Program

Executive Order on Advancing American Kidney Health As Delivered at the AAKP 3rd Annual National Policy Summit

I am a Kidney Voter. Are You?