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AAKP President Paul T. Conway Selected to Serve on OPTN/UNOS Kidney Transplant Committee

April 3, 2017

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 3, 2017 CONTACT: Deborah PelaezMarketing and Communications Managerdpelaez@aakp.org / (813) 400-2394 AAKP President Paul T.

AAKP to Join the Alliance for Home Dialysis and the NAACP for Mississippi Patient Town Hall

March 22, 2017

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 22, 2017 CONTACT: Deborah PelaezMarketing and Communications Managerdpelaez@aakp.org / (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.

March 20, 2017 – Alliance for Home Dialysis congratulates Seema Verma as CMS Administrator

March 20, 2017

The Honorable Seema Verma Administrator Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services 7500 Security Boulevard Baltimore, MD 21244 Dear Administrator Verma: The members of the Alliance for Home Dialysis offer their congratulations on your confirmation as the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Administrator.

AAKP PRESENTS 2017 MEDAL OF EXCELLENCE AWARD WINNERS

March 18, 2017

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

AAKP to Participate in the American Society of Artificial Internal Organs 63rd Annual Conference in Chicago, IL

March 14, 2017

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 14, 2017 CONTACT: Deborah PelaezMarketing and Communications Managerdpelaez@aakp.org / (813) 400-2394 AAKP to Participate in the American Society of Artificial Internal Organs 63rd Annual Conference in Chicago, IL AAKP Seeks to Decrease Organ Transplant Waiting List by Advocating Innovation Washington D.

AAKP Joins National Kidney Foundation and Others On Capitol Hill

March 8, 2017

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Sarah McConnell Marketing & Communications Manager (800) 749-AAKP (2257) smcconnell@aakp.org U.S. CONGRESS LISTENS TO OVER 140 KIDNEY PATIENTS AAKP Joins National Kidney Foundation and Others On Capitol Hill WASHINGTON, D.C.: The American Association of Kidney Patients, (AAKP)

Forum on Critical Care and Acute Renal Failure Involves AAKP

February 27, 2017

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FOR MORE INFORMATION: Sarah McConnell Marketing & Communications Manager (800) 749-AAKP (2257) smcconnell@aakp.

AAKP Participates in Kidney Innovation Summit at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

February 23, 2017

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEFOR MORE INFORMATION:Deborah PelaezMarketing & Communications Manager813-400-2394dpelaez@aakp.orgAAKP Vice President Richard Knight discusses AAKP’s Veterans Health InitiativeWashington DC – On February 9-10, 2017, the American Association of Kidney Patients (AAKP)

February 23, 2017 – Support George Washington University Hospital Transplant Institute and their application under the Certificate of Public Need (COPN)

February 23, 2017

Dr. LaQuandra S. Nesbitt Director D.C. Department of Health 899 North Capitol Street, NE Washington, D.C. 20002 Mr. Amha Selassie Director D.C. State Health Planning and Development Agency 899 North Capitol Street, NE Washington, D.C. 20002 Dear Dr. Nesbitt and Mr. Selassie:

Nation’s Oldest Kidney Patient Organization Names Honorary Historian

February 22, 2017

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FOR MORE INFORMATION: Sarah McConnell Marketing & Communications Manager 813-400-2394 smcconnell@aakp.org Nation’s Oldest Kidney Patient Organization Names Honorary Historian Dr. Stephen Z.