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More than 100 BWHers turned out to raise awareness of kidney disease at this year’s National Kidney Foundation Walk in Boston. The BWH team raised more than $15,000 to help the National Kidney Foundation in its efforts to prevent kidney disease and increase the availability of organs for transplantation. Overall, the 3,000 participants in the Boston walk raised $366,000.
BWH President Gary Gottlieb, MD, MBA, chaired this year’s walk, and Mayor Thomas Menino served as honorary chair. BWPO Trustee Scott Schuster is chair of the National Kidney Foundation.
“Your gifts allow the experts to develop major advances in renal care and research that improves the lives of our patients,” said Gottlieb, as he thanked participants before the May 18 walk kicked off at Franklin Park Zoo. “It is so important that our messages about kidney disease be heard. Undiagnosed and untreated, chronic kidney disease can cause so many other health problems.”
Kidney disease affects 26 million Americans. According to the National Kidney Foundation, one in nine American adults has kidney disease, but most of them do not know it. Approximately 80,000 people are waiting for a kidney transplant.
“Thanks to everyone who came out to raise awareness of this cause,” said Anne Lightfoot, transplant administrator in the BWH Department of Surgery, who coordinated the BWH team with Patricia Reaser, administrative director of the Renal Division.