Gold Medal:
Richard Knight, former dialysis patient, current transplant recipient; AAKP President; Member, National Institutes of Health/NIDDK Strategic Planning Committee; Member, NIH/NIDDK Kidney Precision Medicine Project Engagement Committee; Member, Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients (SRTR) Visiting Committee; 2017 recipient, ASN President's Medal.
Edward V. Hickey III, USMC veteran, kidney patient; AAKP Vice President; Chair of AAKP Veterans Initiative (VHI); Reviewer, Department of Defense CDMRP; AAKP liaison, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs; Member, Judging Panel, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services/ASN KidneyX COVID-19 Kidney Care Challenge.
Paul T. Conway, former dialysis patient, current transplant recipient; AAKP Chair of Public Policy and Global Affairs; AAKP Life Member; Co-Chair, AAKP/George Washington University Global Summit on Kidney Disease Innovations; Liaison, CDC Health Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC); Chair, FDA Patient Engagement Advisory Committee; Member, External Expert Panel, National Institutes of Health/NIDDK Kidney Precision Medicine Project; Member; Patient Advisory Committee, University of Washington Kidney Research Institute; 2017 recipient, ASN President's Medal.
Steven Belcher, RN, Founder of Urban Kidney Alliance and National Urban Radio Network; 2019 recipient of AAKP National Social Media Education and Advocacy Award.
Dr. Dominic Raj, Director of the Division of Kidney Diseases and Hypertension, George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences; Co-chair of AAKP/GWU Global Summit on Kidney Innovations; 2019 recipient, AAKP Peter Lundin, MD Award.
Dr. Stephen Fadem, Clinical Professor of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Section of Nephrology; Chair, AAKP Medical Advisory Board; AAKP Life Member; Recipient of AAKP's Samuel J. Orenstein and Peter Lundin, MD Awards; AAKP Honorary Historian; recipient of AAKP Lifetime Achievement Award.
Silver Medal:
Kent Bressler, MA, RN, U.S. Army veteran, pre-emptive transplant recipient; AAKP National Board of Director and National Ambassador; Reviewer, Department of Defense CDMRP; Co-founder of Kidney Solutions; and Host of Kent's Kidney Stories Podcast series.
Brian Hess, former in-center dialysis and peritoneal dialysis patient; former transplant recipient; current home hemodialysis patient; Member, AAKP National Board of Director; Member, AAKP Public Policy Committee; recipient AAKP Samuel Orenstein Award (2012) and AAKP National Patient Engagement and Advocacy Award (2018).
Dr. Muralidharan Jagadeesan, Associate Professor of Medicine in the Division of Renal Diseases and Hypertension and Chairman of Transplant Medicine and the Medical Director of Kidney-Pancreas Transplant Program at the George Washington School of Medicine and Health Sciences; Faculty and Planning Committee Member, of AAKP/GWU Global Summit on Kidney Innovations.
Jennifer Jones, USMC veteran, former dialysis patient, current transplant recipient; AAKP National Board of Director and National Ambassador; 2019 recipient of AAKP National Social Media Education and Advocacy Award.
Dr. Janice Lea, Professor of Medicine at Emory University; CMO of Emory Dialysis; AAKP National Board of Director; 2019 recipient of AAKP Samuel J. Orenstein Award; Principal Investigator, AAKP PCORI Engagement Awards.
James Myers, former dialysis patient, current transplant recipient; AAKP National Board of Director and National Ambassador; Chair of AAKP Strategic Communications Committee; Chair of AAKP Pediatric Kidney Pals Initiative; 2015 recipient of Inaugural AAKP National Social Media Education and Advocacy Award.
Glenda Roberts, former dialysis patient; current transplant recipient; Director, External Relations and Patient Engagement for the Kidney Research Institute (KRI); AAKP National Ambassador; Member, Patient Advisory Board for Center for Dialysis Innovation; former Executive Director, Transplant House.
David Rodriguez, former dialysis patient, current transplant recipient; Patient Specialist, University Transplant Center San Antonio; AAKP National Board of Director and National Ambassador; member of AAKP Public Policy Committee.
Dale Rogers, former dialysis patient, current transplant recipient; AAKP National Board of Director and National Ambassador; member of AAKP Programs/Development Committee.
Suzanne Ruff, living organ donor; author, The Reluctant Donor; freelance writer, Charlotte Observer; AAKP National Board of Director and National Ambassador.
Lana Schmidt, MBA, former home hemodialysis patient; current transplant recipient; AAKP National Board of Director and National Ambassador; Member, AAKP Strategic Communications Committee.
Dr. Rebecca Schmidt; Professor and Section Chief, J.W. Ruby Memorial Hospital, West Virginia University School of Medicine; Past President, Renal Physicians Association (RPA); Member, AAKP Medical Advisory Board; 2018 recipient, AAKP Medal of Excellence Award.
Dr. Barry Smith, Founder, Dreyfus Health Policy and Research Center; former President/CEO, The Rogosin Institute; Member, AAKP Board of Directors.
Nancy Uhland, NP, Program Manager, Dreyfus Health Policy & Research Center; former Nurse Practitioner, The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences; 2018 AAKP Medal of Excellence recipient.
Bronze Medal:
Dan Abel, former dialysis patient, current transplant recipient; small business owner and entrepreneur; AAKP Secretary; AAKP Life Member.
Meshia Adams, former dialysis patient, current transplant recipient, AAKP National Ambassador, researcher/administrator for The Renal Patient Support Network (UK-based).
Melissa Bensouda, former transplant recipient, current home hemodialysis patient, AAKP National Ambassador.
Lisa Garner, former dialysis patient, current transplant recipient, AAKP National Board of Director; Member, AAKP Programs/Development Committee; 2020 Co-chair, AAKP National Patient Meeting.
Katina Lang-Lindsey, PhD, LMSW; former dialysis patient, current transplant recipient, Assistant Professor, A&M University; AAKP National Ambassador; 2020 recipient, AAKP Patient Safety Award.
Dammeon Marshall, MSW; kidney disease patient; Self-Employed/Entrepreneur; AAKP National Ambassador.
Sharron Rouse, former dialysis patient, current transplant recipient; AAKP National Ambassador; Founder, Kindness for Kidneys International; 2020 recipient of AAKP Support Group of the Year Award; Co-Chair 2020 AAKP National Patient Meeting.
Patrick O. Gee, Sr., former dialysis patient; current transplant recipient; AAKP National Board of Director and National Ambassador; Member, Patient Advisory Council, Patient and Family Centered Care Partners of the Kidney Health Initiative (KHI).
Bob Abbott, caregiver; Charter Member, Arkansas Kidney Disease Commission; AAKP Life Member; recipient, AAKP Samuel J. Orenstein Award (2011); recipient, 2019 AAKP National Patient Engagement and Advocacy Award.
About the American Association of Kidney Patients (AAKP): From 1969-1973, AAKP patients led efforts in the U.S. Congress and before White House officials to establish the End Stage Renal Disease Program, which has saved over a million U.S. lives through modern dialysis coverage. In 2018, AAKP launched KIDNEY VOTERS
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