National Kidney Registry Announces Sally Satel, M.D. to Join Medical Board

[okarol]

National Kidney Registry Announces Sally Satel, M.D. to Join Medical Board
Wednesday March 5, 1:56 pm ET

NEW YORK, NY--(MARKET WIRE)--Mar 5, 2008 -- The National Kidney Registry, a non-profit organization dedicated to improving the lives of those facing kidney failure, is pleased to announce the addition of Sally Satel, M.D. to its Medical Board. Dr. Satel is a Resident Scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, Lecturer at the Yale School of Medicine, a Psychiatrist at the Oasis Drug Clinic and a kidney recipient.

Dr. Satel has been published extensively and has been active in areas where medicine intersects politics. She served on the National Advisory Council for the Center for Mental Health Services, was a member of the Fowler Commission and was a Consultant to the U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging. More recently, her personal story of how she faced kidney failure and found a living donor was published in the New York Times.

"I am honored that Dr. Satel has joined our medical board. In addition to her experience in medicine and politics, she is the first kidney recipient to join the Registry's Medical Board and brings that unique and valuable perspective to our organization," said Garet Hil, Founder of the National Kidney Registry.

"The Kidney Registry is a very exciting, creative and ambitious effort to enlarge the number of kidney donors. I am most gratified to help Mr. Hil fulfill the life-saving promise of his bold idea," said Dr. Satel.

About the National Kidney Registry

The National Kidney Registry is a nonprofit 501(c)3 organization with a mission to save and improve the lives of people facing kidney failure by increasing the quality, speed, and number of living donor transplants in the world.


Contact:

     Contact:
     Tom Mollo
     National Kidney Registry
     800-936-1627
     Email Contact
     http://www.kidneyregistry.org

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[stauffenberg]

The American Enterprise Institute is a group of right-wing fascists who hate the idea of public healthcare -- so what is going on with a member of that institute gaining any status at all in the dialysis community?!  If the American Enterprise Institute had its way, patients would be paying $360 out of their own pockets for every dialysis treatment "because free dialysis care is socialism, and socialism is wrong."

[Sluff]

I'm glad she is the first kidney recipient to join this organization. Who better to be an advocate for ESRD Patients than from someone who has been there. Hopefully this is just a start.