NTDS Commitment to Improve Dialysis Care – Update

Two years ago, Dr. Anitha Vijayan, Professor of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, became part of a collaborative effort of the ASN and CDC to eliminate infections in dialysis facilities – an initiative meant to be attained within three years. Now, two-thirds of the way into the project, Dr. Vijayan reports that, “It is going well! […]

WU North County Dialysis Center Opening Soon

“Serving the population where they live” is the impetus behind the new Washington University dialysis facility about to open in North St. Louis County, according to Dr. Marcos Rothstein, Professor of Medicine, Nephrology, and one of the initial advocates of the project. “Missouri has over 9,000 patients undergoing dialysis, and that puts our state in […]

Dialysis Patient’s Kidney Walk Entourage: Five Years and Growing

Garland Patton, a dialysis patient in the Chromalloy Kidney Center at Washington University, and a group of more than 50 family and friends, turned out for the annual St. Louis National Kidney Foundation (NKF)-sponsored Kidney Walk held April 29, 2017. This was the fifth year in a row that the Patton group took part in the […]

KIDNEYcon 2017 – Mission to Transform Kidney Care and Research

The second annual KIDNEYcon, an event that focuses on the latest advances in the diagnosis and treatment of kidney disease, will be held April 7-8, 2017, in Little Rock, AR. The mission of the two-day educational conference is to promote research collaboration between academic and private nephrologists, and to excite residents and fellows about careers […]