Monthly Archives: March 2019

By Troy Zimmerman, Vice President for Government Relations Our 6th Annual Kidney Patient Summit is poised to be our most successful advocacy day yet.  With more than 100 advocates visiting more than 180 legislators’ offices on Capitol Hill sharing stories … Continue reading →

By Lesa-Kaye Holtham, National Kidney Foundation Grants Director The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research (PCORI) is a nonprofit organization authorized by Congress in 2010 to fund research that can help patients and those who care for them make better-informed decisions about the … Continue reading →

By Adam Jardine, Kidney Outreach Team advocate and NKF of Wisconsin Board Member Today marked my first time attending the Kidney Patient Summit on Capitol Hill. I am so proud of the difference my fellow advocates and I made by … Continue reading →

By Derek Forfang, Kidney Patient and Chairman of NKF’s Kidney Advocacy Committee This morning, more than 100 advocates and I will be headed to Capitol Hill to tell our legislators in Congress that they need to do more to help … Continue reading →

By Kevin Longino, Kidney Transplant Recipient and CEO of the National Kidney Foundation I am excited to welcome more than 100 activists to Washington, DC to advocate on behalf of the 30 million Americans with kidney disease representing National Kidney … Continue reading →