{"id":49865,"date":"2021-03-15T07:48:10","date_gmt":"2021-03-15T11:48:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/?p=49865"},"modified":"2023-06-06T18:06:45","modified_gmt":"2023-06-06T22:06:45","slug":"march-is-national-kidney-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/news\/march-is-national-kidney-month\/","title":{"rendered":"March is National Kidney Month"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>March is Kidney Awareness Month\u2013a time to highlight a disease that affects more than 30 million Americans. It\u2019s important to know the risk factors of chronic kidney disease, such as diabetes, high blood pressure, heart disease and family history. Kidney disease can be caused by glomerular diseases and autoimmune disease, or it can be genetic. Testing is important because there are usually no early symptoms. While there is often no cure, kidney disease can be treated, and many cases are preventable. <\/em><em>Learn how specialists with the UNC Kidney Center and Division of Nephrology and Hypertension are working to reduce the incidence and burden of kidney disease.<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong><u>Kidney Care\u2014Breaking Down Barriers to Achieve Kidney Health <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_49870\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignright\" style=\"width: 564px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2021\/03\/lana-amend-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-49870\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2021\/03\/lana-amend-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"lana-amend\" width=\"554\" height=\"369\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2021\/03\/lana-amend-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2021\/03\/lana-amend-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2021\/03\/lana-amend-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2021\/03\/lana-amend-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2021\/03\/lana-amend-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2021\/03\/lana-amend-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2021\/03\/lana-amend-301x201.jpg 301w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 554px) 100vw, 554px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">Lana Amend, RN, and Valencia Harper, CMA, review new urinalysis equipment at the Eastowne Nephrology Clinic.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>One in seven North Carolinians has kidney disease, and one-third of adults in the US are at risk for kidney disease. The division\u2019s \u201cBreaking Down Barriers\u201d initiative seeks to accomplish equity within kidney transplantation by directly addressing issues of bias, structural racism, ageism, and gender discrimination while also reducing inefficiencies in the evaluation process. Programs seeking to address psychosocial barriers to kidney transplantation have also been created. The eGFR modifier for African-Americans has been eliminated as a determinant of transplant candidacy, thereby removing the disadvantage for African-Americans in referral timing. UNC transplant specialty clinics include a Latinx clinic where Spanish is the primary language, a frailty clinic for assessment of candidates over age 70, a high BMI clinic for those with BMI &gt;40 kg\/m<sup>2<\/sup> who are attempting to lose weight to achieve transplant candidacy, and a pediatric transplant program. In 2020, the UNC transplant team performed a record 157 kidney transplants, a &gt;20% increase over the preceding year. Through collaborative efforts of surgical and transplant colleagues at UNC, innovative care pathways have been developed to improve access to transplantation, increase the use of home dialysis modalities, and to provide timely placement of access for dialysis.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_49868\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignright\" style=\"width: 526px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2021\/03\/falk-derenbail-closeup-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-49868\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2021\/03\/falk-derenbail-closeup-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"516\" height=\"343\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2021\/03\/falk-derenbail-closeup-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2021\/03\/falk-derenbail-closeup-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2021\/03\/falk-derenbail-closeup-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2021\/03\/falk-derenbail-closeup-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2021\/03\/falk-derenbail-closeup-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2021\/03\/falk-derenbail-closeup-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2021\/03\/falk-derenbail-closeup-301x201.jpg 301w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 516px) 100vw, 516px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">Ron Falk, MD, and Vimal Derebail, MD, MPH, at the Eastowne Clinic where patient care incorporates the latest medical findings in a caring, patient-centered environment.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong><u>The Glomerular Disease and Vasculitis Program\u2014Strengthening Multidisciplinary Care<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The glomerular disease and vasculitis program at UNC provides state-of-the-art expertise in the diagnosis, management, and treatment of patients with glomerular disease and vasculitis. The glomerulonephritis (GN) and vasculitis team, led by Dr. Ronald Falk, chair, department of medicine, is internationally renowned for its clinical and scientific expertise. The opening of the Eastowne facility enables the coordination of multispecialty collaborative care with colleagues from pulmonary medicine, rheumatology, and dermatology. Research efforts are fully integrated into clinical care. The Glomerular Disease Collaborative Network, established at UNC in 1985, has bolstered the understanding of the pathogenesis and treatment of GN and vasculitis. The UNC Kidney Center Clinical Trials unit affords the opportunity for individuals to participate in the study of novel treatments. Finally, the Division offers advanced training in GN. The program has trained 17 fellows over 30 years, nine of whom are faculty members in the Division.<\/p>\n<p>For more information about our research at the UNC Kidney Center, please see the following links:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/unckidneycenter.org\/research\/unc-kidney-center-labs\/\">UNC Kidney Center Labs<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/unckidneycenter.org\/research\/research-registries\/gdcn\/\">UNC Glomerular Disease Collaborative Network Research Registry<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/unckidneycenter.org\/research\/clinical-treatment-trials\/\">UNC Kidney Center Clinical Trials<\/a><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_49877\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignright\" style=\"width: 527px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2021\/03\/sandy-grubbs-with-patient-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-49877\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2021\/03\/sandy-grubbs-with-patient-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"517\" height=\"344\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2021\/03\/sandy-grubbs-with-patient-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2021\/03\/sandy-grubbs-with-patient-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2021\/03\/sandy-grubbs-with-patient-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2021\/03\/sandy-grubbs-with-patient-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2021\/03\/sandy-grubbs-with-patient-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2021\/03\/sandy-grubbs-with-patient-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2021\/03\/sandy-grubbs-with-patient-301x201.jpg 301w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 517px) 100vw, 517px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">The UNC Kidney Center&#8217;s nationally recognized nephrology experts maintain and continuously expand a robust clinical, translational and basic research portfolio that encompasses acute, chronic and autoimmune diseases of the kidney. Here, Sandy Grubbs, MSN, RN, CPNP, introduces a patient to a research study at Eastowne.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong><u>Excellence in Hypertension Care\u2014The UNC Hypertension Clinic<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Despite the advancement of hypertension treatment options over the past 50 years, fewer than 50 percent of Americans with hypertension have their blood pressure under control. Uncontrolled hypertension significantly increases the risk of cardiovascular and kidney disease. The mission of the UNC Hypertension Clinic is to reduce the morbidity and mortality of hypertension through the provision of expert and multidisciplinary care. The multidisciplinary care team includes Dr. Raven Voora and Dr. Romulo Colindres from the division of nephrology and hypertension, and Dr. Alan Hinderliter from the division of cardiology. Zack Deyo, PharmD, clinical manager, ambulatory care clinical services, provides counseling and medication management. Dr. Leslie Davis, a PhD nurse practitioner, offers lifestyle modification counselling. In 2020, the UNC Hypertension Clinic was awarded the American Heart Association\u2019s Comprehensive Hypertension Center Certification to recognize the practice\u2019s commitment to proven, research-based treatment guidelines to care for people with complex or difficult-to-treat hypertension.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Expertise in Kidney Stones\u2014The Multidisciplinary Kidney Stone Program<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_49871\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignright\" style=\"width: 553px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2021\/03\/jia-yi-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-49871\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2021\/03\/jia-yi-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"jia-\" width=\"543\" height=\"361\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2021\/03\/jia-yi-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2021\/03\/jia-yi-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2021\/03\/jia-yi-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2021\/03\/jia-yi-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2021\/03\/jia-yi-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2021\/03\/jia-yi-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2021\/03\/jia-yi-301x201.jpg 301w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 543px) 100vw, 543px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">UNC&#8217;s nephrologists are focused on enhancing and integrating first-in-class research with outstanding patient care, while training the next generation of leading kidney specialists. Left to right are: Candace Henderson, MPH, Surya Manivannan, MD, and Jia Yi, MD.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>UNC has a multi-disciplinary Kidney\u00a0Stone\u00a0Clinic providing individualized care from\u00a0dedicated\u00a0clinicians from the Department of Urology, Division of Nephrology, and Nutritional Services. The clinic, led by Dr. Cynthia Denu-Ciocca, professor of medicine, and Dr. Davis Viprakasit, associate professor of urology, is\u00a0designed to improve kidney\u00a0stone\u00a0treatment and prevention. \u201cOne-stop\u201d evaluations are conducted by three specialties from the time of initial diagnosis to the completion of a treatment plan. Using targeted\u00a0dietary and\u00a0medication recommendations, patients are monitored using a personalized comprehensive strategy to minimize\u00a0stone\u00a0recurrence.<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Clinical Care at the Nexus of Women\u2019s Health, Kidney Disease, and Hypertension<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Dr. Monica Reynolds, assistant professor of medicine in the division of nephrology and hypertension, in collaboration with Dr. Christina Herrera, assistant professor in the division of maternal-fetal medicine, established the multidisciplinary combined maternal-fetal medicine and nephrology clinic in 2019. Their mission is to improve maternal and fetal outcomes for women with chronic kidney disease (CKD) and pregnancy-related hypertension while also preserving kidney function and reducing long-term cardiovascular risk. The clinic offers preconception counseling as well as pregnancy and postpartum care.<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Pediatric Nephrology \u2014 Providing Excellence to our Youngest Patients\u00a0\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_49875\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignright\" style=\"width: 522px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2021\/03\/keisha-gibson-walking-patient.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-49875\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2021\/03\/keisha-gibson-walking-patient-300x197.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"512\" height=\"336\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2021\/03\/keisha-gibson-walking-patient-300x197.png 300w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2021\/03\/keisha-gibson-walking-patient-1024x671.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2021\/03\/keisha-gibson-walking-patient-768x503.png 768w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2021\/03\/keisha-gibson-walking-patient-600x393.png 600w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2021\/03\/keisha-gibson-walking-patient-301x197.png 301w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2021\/03\/keisha-gibson-walking-patient.png 1496w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">Keisha Gibson, MD, MPH, with a young patient at UNC Children&#8217;s Hospital. UNC pediatric nephrologists specialize in diagnosing and treating children with kidney conditions.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Under the guidance of Dr. Keisha Gibson, Chief, Pediatric Nephrology, the pediatric nephrology group has grown to five full time faculty members. The group is committed to providing innovative patient-centered, evidence-based care to children with kidney conditions and hypertension from all over North Carolina. Dr. Keisha Gibson, associate professor of medicine and pediatrics, and Dr. Dorey Glenn, assistant professor of medicine, provide expertise in the care of children with glomerular syndromes. Dr. Keia Sanderson, assistant professor in the division, studies the long-term effects of prematurity and neonatal AKI on kidney health. Dr. Westreich, assistant professor of medicine, is a clinician educator who has a passion for healthcare quality and safety. Dr. Stahl, trained in both pediatric nephrology and psychiatry, has clinical and research interests that span the spectrum of chronic kidney disease and mental health.\u00a0Outpatient care is delivered at the Eastowne location in Chapel Hill as well as in Sanford.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>March is Kidney Awareness Month\u2013a time to highlight a disease that affects more than 30 million Americans. It\u2019s important to know the risk factors of chronic kidney disease, such as diabetes, high blood pressure, heart disease and family history. Kidney disease can be caused by glomerular diseases and autoimmune disease, or it can be genetic. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/news\/march-is-national-kidney-month\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about March is National Kidney Month\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":69419,"featured_media":49877,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"layout":"","cellInformation":"","apiCallInformation":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[101,2],"tags":[630],"class_list":["post-49865","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nephrology","category-news","tag-630","odd"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>March is National Kidney Month | Department of Medicine<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/news\/march-is-national-kidney-month\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"March is National Kidney Month | Department of Medicine\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"March is Kidney Awareness Month\u2013a time to highlight a disease that affects more than 30 million Americans. 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