Tampa, FL - February 1, 2011 - Today the American Association of Kidney Patients (AAKP) announced the selection of Stephen Z. Fadem, MD, FACP, FASN and Amy L. Friedman, MD, FACS, as Co-Chairpersons of the AAKP Medical Advisory Board. The AAKP Medical Advisory Board provides insight on kidney health issues, health care trends and new development. Members review AAKP educational brochures, magazine articles and patient questions.
Dr. Fadem is a practicing nephrologist in Houston, TX. He began practice in 1978 after completing a renal fellowship at The University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio. He is a graduate of the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine, and did his internal medicine residency at The University of Texas and MD Anderson Hospital in Houston. He is a Clinical Professor of Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine.
Dr. Friedman is the Director of Transplantation and Professor of Surgery at SUNY Upstate Medical University. Trained at Princeton, SUNY Downstate, and the University of Pennsylvania, she previously served on the faculties of Penn and Yale University. On numerous society boards, she is a member of the American Society of Transplant Surgeons, and is former secretary of the American Association of Kidney Patients. Her immediate family includes two transplant recipients and one live donor.
“Drs. Fadem and Friedman have been of great service to AAKP,” stated AAKP President and transplant recipient Carolyn Price. “We are fortunate to have these two highly regarded physicians and patient advocates continue to serve the nation’s kidney patients.”
Dr. Fadem and Dr. Friedman replace retiring Medical Advisory Board Chairman Eli Friedman, MD. Dr. Friedman has served AAKP for more than 40 years – acting as an advisor in 1969 when the organization was first founded at Kings County Hospital in New York.
For more information on the American Association of Kidney Patients, please visit http://www.aakp.org or call 1-800-749-2257.
American Association of Kidney Patients Medical Advisory Board:
- George Aronoff, MD, FACP
- Christopher Blagg, MD, FRCP
- John Bower, MD,
- Susan H. Bray, MD, MBE, FACP
- Clive Callender, MD, FACS
- Richard S. Goldman, MD
- Thomas Golper, MD, FACP
- Frederick Kaskel, MD, PhD
- Nathan Levin, MD
- Keith Norris, MD, FACP
- Thomas Peters, MD, FACS, FASN
AAKP is the voluntary, patient organization, which for 40 years, has been dedicated to improving the lives of fellow kidney patients and their families by helping them deal with the physical, emotional and social impact of kidney disease. 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.
