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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