Community Policy: A United Effort to Create & Enhance the NLDAC to Increase Kidney Transplantation

Presentation from the AAKP 2021 Policy Summit

Title: Community Policy: A United Effort to Create and Enhance the National Living Donor Assistance Center to Increase Kidney Transplantation

Moderator: Richard Knight, AAKP President, former dialysis patient, current transplant recipient

Speaker: Kim A. Gifford, MBA, Program Manager, National Living Donor Assistance Center, American Society of Transplant Surgeons

As the oldest and largest, independent kidney patient organization in the U.S. – AAKP is dedicated to improving the lives and long-term outcomes of kidney patients through education, advocacy, patient engagement and the fostering of patient communities. AAKP fights for early disease detection and the appropriate diagnosis of rare/genetic conditions; increased kidney transplantation and pre-emptive transplantation; full patient choice of either in-center or home dialysis; protection of the patient/physician relationship; promotion of research and innovation including artificial implantable and wearable kidneys; and the elimination of barriers for patient access to available treatment options. Learn more at www.aakp.org.