Episode 3: "Get to Know the Person Before the [Kidney] Disease"

On Episode 3, guests Morgan Reid & Patrick O. Gee PhD, JLC join us to share their journeys as patients with kidney disease - who received both dialysis and kidney transplants. They share incredibly powerful personal experiences and their advice for kidney healthcare providers

Nephrons: Elinor Mannon, Sam Kant, Matthew Sparks, Samira Farouk

Guests: Morgan Reid, Patrick O. Gee

Links from the Show:

3:05 Delayed graft function

5:27 Peritoneal Dialysis

7:10 IgA nephropathy

9:57 Lupus nephritis

11:00 Living kidney donor evaluation process

12:00 Mistrust, misperceptions, and miscommunication: A qualitative study of preferences about kidney transplantation among African-Americans

13:00 Social media & living kidney donation

16:00 Health Literacy in African-American Communities: Barriers and Strategies

17:37 Social determinants of health & NephMadness (Patrick O. Gee)

18:00 Chronic kidney disease classification 

23:55 African-Americans suffer from highest rates of end stage kidney disease (ESKD) in comparison to other racial ethnic groups

25:11 The Organ Thieves: The Shocking Story of the First Heart Transplant in the Segregated South

26:24 Donate life

26:30 Living donor protection act

26:55 Clinical trials seek to fix their lack of racial mix 

34:00 National Kidney Foundation peer mentoring program for patients with kidney disease (NKF PEERS) 

36:05 Vaca frita