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The Kidney Citizen is a quarterly informational magazine that provides articles, Q & A’s, dedicated topic supplements and patient profiles.
Latest Issue
The Kidney Citizen Issue 18
Welcome to the Empowerment issue of the Kidney Citizen! The DPC Education Center is excited to share with you articles that embody patient empowerment, provide knowledge, and help you to live your best life with kidney disease.
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Related Information
DPC Raises Alarm on Health Workforce Shortages
Jackson Williams, DPC Vice President of Public Policy Fifteen years ago, the Institute of Medicine report, “Retooling for an Aging America: Building the Health Care Workforce,” warned of looming health workforce shortages due to demographic changes. Has [...]
Recipe of the Month: Peach Cobbler
May’s featured recipe, Peach Cobbler, is the perfect summer dessert!
DPC’s 2023 Advocacy Day
Megan Hashbarger, DPC Vice President of Government Relations In October 2023, DPC held its’ annual Advocacy Day in Washington, D.C. This year, we were able to bring over 50 patients to D.C. from 23 different states. Unfortunately, [...]
How Transplant Changed My Life Forever
Adrian Ropp, DPC Patient Ambassador It was Christmas and I was home to visit my parents for the holidays. It was the first time I had traveled there in a year without my dialysis equipment or a [...]
Ask the Doctor April 2024
Velma Scantlebury, MD, DPC Education Center Health Care Consultant 1. Will a transplanted patient who receives a kidney from a diabetic individual become diabetic? Diabetes results from a lack of the ability of your body to produce/and [...]
Merida Bourjolly: Taking Control of Her Care and Finding Meaning Through Advocacy
Merida Bourjolly, President of DPC Education Center Board of Directors Merida Bourjolly had a kidney removed when she was just three weeks old, though it wouldn’t be until much later that her experience with dialysis would begin. [...]
