John T. Milliken Department of Medicine
The National Kidney Foundation’s (NKF) KEEP Healthy program will provide free kidney check-ups March 3, at the 2017 Laborers’ Local 42 – International Institute Community Health Fair. KEEP Healthy is a community-based initiative to raise awareness of how to reduce the risk of kidney disease. The free event is open to the public and is […]
Timothy Yau, MD and Assistant Professor of Medicine, will once again chair the Nephrology Update for Primary Care Providers Course to be held March 25, 2017, at the Eric P Newman Education Center (EPNEC). The Division of Nephrology at Washington University and the National Kidney Foundation (NKF) are co-sponsoring the event, which provides an in-depth […]
The Division of Nephrology would like to wish Vicky Stringer, L.C.S. W., all the best in her retirement. Vicky has been both a dialysis center social worker and renal clinic social worker over the 24 years that she has been with the division. Vicky has served on the board of the National Kidney Foundation for […]
The National Kidney Foundation is honoring Eduardo Slatopolsky, MD, Professor Emeritus, Division of Nephrology, with the 2016 Award of Excellence at their 30th Annual NKF Gala, to be held November 12 at the Hilton Saint Louis at the Ballpark. Dr. Slatopolsky’s contributions to the understanding of the pathophysiology of secondary hyperparathyroidism, hyperphosphatemia and vitamin D […]
The National Kidney Foundation participated in the Third Annual Community Health Fair at St. Cecilia Catholic Church in St. Louis this past Sunday, 28 August 2016, by providing kidney screening free of charge. The screening was only part of the event, which was a collaborative effort of health care providers, exhibitors and volunteers organized by […]