Patient Education

AAKP-American Association of Kidney Patients

100 South Ashley Drive
Suite 280
Tampa, Florida 33602
800-749-AAKP
www.AAKP.org
Patient organization with chapters across the country. Services include sponsoring support groups, acting as patient advocates, and educating patients and the public. AAKP publishes the magazine Renalife semiannually and the newspaper Bulletin quartery. Both publications feature personal experiences and news of interest to kidney patients.

National Kidney Foundation

60 E. 33rd Street
New York, NY 10016
800-622-9010
www.kidney.org
The National Kidney Foundation, Inc., a major voluntary health organization, seeks to prevent kidney and urinary tract diseases, improve the health and well-being of individuals and families affected by these diseases, and increase the availability of all organs for transplantation.

Davita

800-244-0680
www.davita.com
Provides dialysis services for those with chronic kidney failure. Site also offers information and resources on dialysis and chronic kidney disease for patients and their caregivers.

Fresenius

www.fmcna.com
Provides dialysis services for those with chronic kidney failure. Site also offers information and resources on dialysis and chronic kidney disease for patients and their caregivers.

Baxter Healthcare

877-543-6394, option 1
www.Renalinfo.com
Renalinfo offers information about kidney failure, including causes, symptoms, tests, ideas to help maintain health, and a comprehensive presentation of kidney disease treatment choices.

Kidney School

www.kidneyschool.org
Kidney School is an interactive, web-based learning program designed to help people learn what they need to know to understand kidney disease and its treatment.

http://www.kidneyphysicians.com/ckd_resources.php

http://www.dneph.com/ForPatients/index.html

http://www.nkdep.nih.gov/patients/

http://www.manapa.com/links_res.php

http://www.associatesinnephrology.com/resources/links/

American Association of Kidney Patients
www.aakp.org

American Diabetes Association
www.diabetes.org

American Society of Transplantation
www.a-s-t.org

National Kidney Foundation
www.kidney.org

PKD Foundation
www.pkdcure.org

World Kidney Day
http://kidneyday.org

A Guide to Chronic Kidney Disease
http://ckd.nephron.com

Nephron Information Center News Center
http://links.nephron.com

The Recipe Club
http://diet.nephron.com

Nephron Information Center’s Kidney Disaster Site
http://kidneydisasters.com

Mobile Web Disaster Page
http://hh.nephron.com

American Society of Diagnostic and Interventional Nephrology
www.asdin.org