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Virtual ASN Kidney Week 2020 – WashU Nephrology Calendar
ASN Kidney Week 2020 Reimagined debuts as a fully virtual meeting October 19-21 (early programs) and October 22-25 (annual meeting) and will consist of a variety of simulive, live-streamed, and on-demand sessions/posters/exhibits. All meeting content will be available on the Kidney Week Reimagined website until December 4, 2020. Simulive and live-streamed educational content will […]
Education Needed to Meet AAKH Goal for Home Dialysis – New Home Transitional Care Unit Will be a Major Asset
While choosing home dialysis is becoming more attractive and feasible for patients who begin dialysis each year to treat end-stage renal disease (ESRD), only 10% of the 726,000 Americans suffering from the disease are currently on peritoneal or home hemodialysis. This is far below the goal of the Advancing American Kidney Health Initiative (AAKH), an […]
Ying Maggie Chen Appointed to FACA Nephrology Subcommittee
Ying Maggie Chen, MD, PhD, associate professor of medicine in the Division of Nephrology, Washington University, has been appointed as a special government employee to the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) Nephrology Subcommittee. Subcommittee members provide scientific peer review of Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) research program applications submitted to Biomedical Laboratory Research and Development […]