BAAKP Newsletters
The Bay Area Association of Kidney Patients publishes quarterly newsletters covering our guest speaker events, as well as relevant information for the local San Francisco Bay Area kidney patients community. We also record our guest speakers and make the videos available online. In case you might have missed our past newsletters, you can access the material here.
For 2011:
Sep 2011 Newsletter - Kidney Friendly Diets.
May 2011 Newsletter - Insurance and Financial Issues Kidney Patients Face.
February 2011 Newsletter - Great presentation put on by Dr. Allison Webber and the UCSF Kidney Transplantation Team!
For 2010:
November 2010 Newsletter - Concerned about salt in your diet? Kidney patients must be extra careful. Learn why by reading about the presentation by Dr. Toby Gottheiner, a long time friend of BAAKP and a very distinguished nephrologist.
August 2010 Newsletter - The latest is in! Want to know how to interpret your lab test results? If you missed this event, don't miss the newsletter. Learn what the numbers mean, what your blood chemistry is like, and what your urinalysis results mean. Check it out!
May 2010 Newsletter - Come and read about Dr. Genovese's talk about Auto-Inmune diseases and how they affect the kidneys. Read all about Lupus, Gout, Rheumatoid Arthritis, IgA Nephropathy, among other auto-inmume disease that can afflict kidney patients. Learn about the other support groups in the Bay Area.
February 2010 Newsletter - On January 10, the Stanford Kidney and Pancreas Transplant program present a program about kidney transplantation and post-transplant care. Don't miss this newsletter reviewing the highest-attended program of the BAAKP to date!
For 2009:
November 2009 Newsletter - Dr. John Moran, Senior VP Clinical Affairs and Corporate Medical Director of Wellbound, presents the many dialysis options available to kidney patients. This newsletter is not to be missed!
August 2009 Newsletter - Dr. Luis Alvarez, MD, PhD., Nephrologist at Palo Alto Medical Foundation, explains the critical role that calcium and phosphates play in the relationship between kidney patients and cardiovascular disease.
May 2009 Newsletter - Dr. Vivek Bhalla, Nephrologist and Assistant Professor, Stanford University Medical Center, discusses how diabetes Types I and II affect kidney function .
February 2009 Newsletter- Dr. Marc Melcher, Stanford Kidney / Pancreas Transplant Program..
January 2009 - Dr. Toby Gottheiner gave a presentation entitled "Chronic Kidney Disease - Staying One Step Ahead" discussing all the essential information that all kidney patients should know. This lecture was presented by the Palo Alto Medical Foundation's patient education series and it is a must-view presentation. If you are a kidney patient, do not miss this talk.
For 2008:
November 2008 Newsletter - Dermatologist Dr. Bryan Cho on skin care issues for kidney and kidney transplant patients.
August 2008 Newsletter - Healthcare Insurance for kidney patients.
May 2008 Newsletter - Covering the April '08 meeting on special diets for kidney patients.
February 2008 Newsletter - Dr. Steve Katznelson on developments in Living Kidney transplant.
For 2007:
November 2007 Newsletter - Dr. Gottheiner on the basics information everyone should know about Chronic Kidney Disease.