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President’s Message
Board Members
Nancy Scott President
Mike Guffey Treasurer
Diane Brisbane
Andrew Conkling
Julie Crandall
Christina Esposito
Danny Iniguez
Bob Lee
Jack Reynolds
Frederic Talton
Advisory Council
Sandra Amaral M.D., M.H.S.
Akhtar Ashfaq M.D.
Laura Bishop M.B.A., M.S., R.D., L.D.N
Teri Bourdeau Ph.D.
Kerri Cavanaugh M.D., M.H.S.
On behalf of the Dialysis Patient
Citizens (DPC) Education Center
Board of Directors, staff and
volunteers, I want to thank you
and all of our donors for your
continued
involvement
and
support. This past year was a busy
year at the DPC Education Center.
We improved access to patientdriven
education
materials,
provided additional resources
and trainings for patients to
become more active in their care,
and collaborated with multiple
partners to bring the best ideas to
the table to advance patient care.
Our work is far from over. As
a kidney failure patient, I understand the challenges that kidney patients continue
to face in caring for their health and having access to accurate and empowering
educational information. In 2017, we plan to: create new opportunities for patients
to support one another in their care, add new interactive resources to our website,
produce more educational resources in Spanish, and work even harder to reach renal
patients in support of their efforts to delay and potentially prevent kidney failure.
Debbie Cote M.S.N., R.N., C.N.N., N.E.-B.C.
Steven Curtiss M.D.
Kerry Cooper M.D.
Stephanie Johnstone L.C.S.W.
Elizabeth Jones L.C.S.W.
Rajnish Mehrotra M.D.
Cheryl Neal M.D.
Velma P. Scantlebury M.D., FACS
Barry Smith M.D., Ph.D
Our organization cannot continue its mission and serve kidney disease patients like
you without the strong support of the kidney community. We need your continued
assistance to carry out and fulfill our mission. One way you can help is to mail in a
contribution in the enclosed envelope. Your donation will go directly towards helping
us increase public awareness to prevent and delay the progression of kidney disease. We
greatly appreciate each contribution no matter how small to help us achieve our goal.
I hope I can count on your support as we work together to improve the quality of life
for all kidney disease patie
Kathleen Smith B.S., R.N., C.N.N.
Joan Thomas M.P.A., C.E.M., A.B.C.P., M.E.P.
Sincerely
Nancy L. Scott
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DPC Education Center Board
President