SUBMIT YOUR NOMINATIONS FOR THE 2010 AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF KIDNEY PATIENTS MEDAL OF EXCELLENCE AWARD



Tampa, Fla. – The American Association of Kidney Patients (AAKP) is inviting patients, family members and health care professionals to nominate a renal physician for the 2010 AAKP Medal of Excellence Award. The award is the Association’s most prestigious award for a renal physician. It recognizes and honors a nephrologist who has made a significant contribution to the advancement and evolvement of direct patient care as well as enhanced the quality of life for the nation’s kidney patients and their families.

Award nominees must show how his/her work has advance patient care, including participation in the development of educational programs designed to enhance the patient/family understanding of renal disease; demonstrate how their current or past research/activities have made a significant change to the way patient care is administered; and participation in educational programs - local and/or national teleconferences, seminars and conventions. Visit the AAKP Web site, www.aakp.org , for a detailed list of criteria.

The award recipient is honored at the AAKP Medal of Excellence Award Dinner held Saturday, March 13, 2010 at the Renaissance Harborplace Hotel in Baltimore, Md., in conjunction with the Renal Physicians Association’s Annual Meeting.

Nomination forms can be downloaded by visiting the AAKP Web site, www.aakp.org/events/Medal-of-Excellence/2010. Nominations can be mailed to the AAKP National Office located at 3505 E. Frontage Rd., Suite 315, Tampa, FL 33607, faxed to 813-63608122 or emailed to info@aakp.org. Nominations must be postmarked by Monday, November 2, 2009 to be considered. For more information about the 2010 AAKP Medal of Excellence Award contact Jerome Bailey, Communications Manager, at 1-800-749-2257.


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.

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