WashU Nephrology nurse practitioner Lisa Koester-Wiedemann, ANP, CS, CNN-NP, MSN, is the recipient of the 2024 Carol Mattix Award from the National Kidney Foundation (NKF).
The annual award, established in 2019 by NKF’s Council of Nephrology Nurses and Technicians, honors nurses who dedicate their careers to improving patients’ lives, not just their health. The award is named after Carol Mattix, a home dialysis training nurse who worked tirelessly to improve the lives of kidney patients.
As a renal nurse practitioner in our division, Koester-Weidemann is responsible for clinical coverage of in-center hemodialysis, home dialysis (hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis), and the chronic kidney disease patient population. She educates patients about current dialysis modality options and is an adjunct instructor of medicine for nurse practitioner students. In 2020, she received both the Barbara Prowant Lifetime Achievement Award in nephrology nursing and the prestigious WashU Dean’s Distinguished Service Award.
She will officially be recognized during the NKF’s Spring Clinical Meetings in Long Beach, California in May 2024.
Read more about Koester-Weidemann and the Carol Matixx Award on the NKF website and in our Division’s Fall 2023 Nephrology Update Newsletter.
Koester-Wiedemann’s accomplishments and dedication to the care of patients with chronic kidney disease are featured in the following WashU Nephrology news articles:
- Renal Nurse Practitioner Lisa Koester-Wiedemann Serves on ASN Kidney Week Education Committee
- WashU Nephrology Nurse Practitioner Lisa Koester-Wiedemann Receives Dean’s Distinguished Service Award
- Lisa Koester-Wiedemann, Shawna McMichael and Cheryl Cress Present at 2021 Annual Dialysis Conference
- Lisa Koester-Wiedemann to Receive the Barbara Prowant Lifetime Achievement Award in Nephrology Nursing
- WashU Nephrology Participates in Virtual 2021 NKF Spring Clinical Meetings
- Education Needed to Meet AAKH Goal for Home Dialysis – New Home Transitional Care Unit Will be a Major Asset
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