American Association of Kidney Patients Awards Fresenius Medical Care Caregivers with its Highest Honor for Health Care Profe...
March 21 2016 - 9:00AM
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AAKP’s Medal of Excellence Awarded to FMCNA
Physicians, Social Worker and Dietician
Fresenius Medical Care North America (FMCNA), the continent’s
leading provider of kidney care products and services, and the
American Association of Kidney Patients (AAKP), announced today
that AAKP has presented its 2016 Medal of Excellence Award to four
FMCNA caregivers at the Renal Physicians Association Annual Meeting
in Chandler, Arizona, the highest number of awards for a single
organization.
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Among this year’s Medal of Excellence Award winners, those
associated with FMCNA include: Dr. Richard Gibney, FMCNA Medical
Director in Waco, Texas (Physician category); Dr. Edward Jones,
FMCNA Medical Director in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Physician
category); Wendy Funk Schrag, LMSW, ACSW, of Newton, Kansas, who
worked as a dialysis social worker prior to her current role as
Vice President of State Government Affairs (Social Worker
category); and, Rita Solomon-Dimmitt, RD, CSR, LDN of Nashville,
Tennessee, who has worked as a dietitian for people with chronic
kidney disease, dialysis patients across all modalities, and those
who have received kidney transplants (Dietician category).
The AAKP Medal of Excellence is the Association’s highest honor
for health care professionals. It recognizes visionaries whose
insight and perseverance have led to dramatic advances that improve
patient care.
“Throughout our organization, our care providers are focused on
how they can improve the quality of life of every patient, every
day,” said Dr. Frank Maddux, Chief Medical Officer of Fresenius
Medical Care North America. “We are honored that the AAKP has
recognized four of our outstanding caregivers, and we are proud to
call them our colleagues. They are an example of how, through hard
work and dedication, we can all improve the lives of the people
with chronic kidney disease.”
“The American Association of Kidney Patients Medal of Excellence
Award recognizes the extraordinary and unparalleled talents of
individuals whose creativity and commitment to improving and
extending the lives of kidney patients has left an indelible mark
on the kidney community,” stated Paul T. Conway, AAKP President and
a kidney transplant recipient and former dialysis patient. “This
year’s honorees are dynamic leaders in treatment innovations,
skilled clinicians and teachers, and staunch defenders of every
patient’s inherent right to live, pursue aspirations and define
themselves beyond kidney disease.”
A selection committee comprised of renowned renal community
leaders, members of the AAKP Medical Advisory Board and past Medal
of Excellence recipients chose the AAKP Medal of Excellence Award
honorees.
About Fresenius Medical Care North America
Fresenius Medical Care North America is the premier health care
company focused on providing the highest quality care to people
with renal and other chronic conditions. Through its
industry-leading network of dialysis facilities, outpatient cardiac
and vascular labs, and urgent care centers, as well as the
country’s largest practice of hospitalist and post-acute providers,
Fresenius Medical Care provides coordinated health care services at
pivotal care points for hundreds of thousands of chronically ill
customers throughout the continent. As the world’s largest fully
integrated renal company, it offers specialty pharmacy and
laboratory services, and manufactures and distributes the most
comprehensive line of dialysis equipment, disposable products, and
renal pharmaceuticals. For more information, visit the FMCNA
website at www.freseniusmedicalcare.us. For information about
patient services, visit www.ultracare-dialysis.com.
About AAKP
AAKP is a voluntary non-profit organization founded by kidney
patients, which for more than 45 years, has been dedicated to
improving the quality of life of kidney patients through education,
advocacy and the fostering of patient communities. The programs
offered by AAKP inform and inspire patients and their families to
better understand their condition, adjust more readily to their
circumstances, and assume more normal, productive lives in their
communities.
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Fresenius Medical Care North AmericaJon Stone, 781-699-9704Cell:
781-392-4680Jonathan.d.stone@fmc-na.comorAmerican Association of
Kidney PatientsJerome Bailey, 813-400-2394jbailey@aakp.org
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