Exercise Could Help Chronic Kidney Disease Patients
Modern Medicine, October 12, 2009

NBA-All Star Alonzo Mourning Joins Kidney Community in Urging Congress to Support Health Care Reform
Urban Mecca, October 14, 2009

Studies: Some Nursing Home Elderly Get Futile Care
Associated Press, October 15, 2009

Many New ESRD Patients Haven’t Seen a Nephrologist
Renal Business Today, September 23, 2009

U.S. Cost-Saving Policy Forces New Kidney Transplant
New York Times, September 14, 2009
DPC Letter to the Editor

Chronic Conditions Crank up Health Costs
USA Today, September 8, 2009
DPC Response: Letter to the Editor

USA Talks about Dialysis (August 24, 2009)
Dialysis treatment in USA: High costs, high death rates
Read DPC Board President Myron Zayon's letter to the editor

Dialysis Unfairly Represented on Today Show (August 12, 2009)
Read DPC's response

At Home Dialysis Touted as the Next Best Thing
The wait for a kidney can easily reach a decade, but research shows that having a machine of one's own is an effective stand-in.
The Globe and Mail News

Former Dialysis Patient Natalie Cole Talks about Dialysis on Larry King Live (April 1, 2009)
Read DPC's letter to Larry King

Florida Kidney Patient Goes Above and Beyond
WASHINGTON, D.C. (March 12, 2009) Dialysis Patient Citizens presented 47-year-old Port St. Lucie dialysis patient Joe Ogonowski with its March 2009 DPC Hero Award in recognition of his ongoing education and support of kidney patients in his hometown, across Florida, and nationwide.
Press Release

Largest National Dialysis Patient Led Group Launches Online Classroom to Educate Consumers about Issues of Concern to Kidney Patients
Washington D.C. (September 22, 2008) Dialysis Patient Citizens is pleased to announce its launch of an online tool, DPC Classroom, to educate consumers about issues of concern to the kidney community. Topics will vary from vascular access to home dialysis options to keep readers on top of the latest subjects of interest to the community.
Click here to read the press release 9/22/08

Dialysis Patient Citizens Welcomes New Members to Board of Directors
Washington D.C. (August 8, 2008) Dialysis Patient Citizens announced the addition of three new board members—Dr. Gene Copello, of Washington, D.C.; Erich Ditschman, of East Lansing, MI; and Nancy Scott, of Newark, DE.
Click here to read the press release 8/8/08

Dedicated Husband of Kidney Patient Recognized for His Efforts to Support His Wife’s Life-Saving Dialysis Care—Awarded National Dialysis Patient Citizen Award
Washington, D.C. (July 16, 2008) Dialysis Patient Citizens is proud to honor Will Bullett of Virginia as the July 2008 DPC Hero award recipient. The DPC Hero award is a national recognition of empowered and heroic individuals who make a difference in the lives of dialysis patients and their communities.
Click here to read the press release 7/16/08

Colorado Kidney Patient Goes Above and Beyond
Washington, D.C. (April 22, 2008) Dialysis Patient Citizens is proud to honor Colorado dialysis patient Chuck Leggett as the April 2008 DPC Hero award recipient. The DPC Hero award is a national recognition of empowered and heroic individuals who make a difference in the lives of dialysis patients and their communities.
Click here to read the press release 4/22/08

DPC Has a New Name!
Washington, DC (April 16, 2008) The patient-led Board of Directors of DaVita Patient Citizens (DPC) a national non-profit patient organization dedicated to improving all dialysis patients’ quality of life announced today that in order to better represent the organization’s independent spirit of governance and diversity of membership, it will now be known as Dialysis Patient Citizens.
Click here to read the press release 4/16/08

World Kidney Day - March 12, 2008
Burlingame, CA (March 10, 2008) The Kidney TRUST, a non-profit organization dedicated to chronic kidney disease (CKD) education and prevention, will observe World Kidney Day this coming Wednesday, March 12th by providing no-cost, rapid screening for chronic kidney disease.
Click here to read the press release 3/10/08

National Kidney Month
Washington, DC (March 3, 2008) The kidney patient advocacy community joins national effort to raise awareness about a health crisis impacting more than 26 million Americans.
Click here to read the press release 3/3/08

California Dialysis Days
Sacramento, CA (February 20, 2008) Members of California’s kidney care community, including caregivers, dialysis patients, and their family members, descended on the Capitol in Sacramento, opposing cuts to the Medi-Cal benefit for dialysis treatment and asking policymakers to support policies that protect a growing number of patients with kidney failure. More than 41,000 Californians suffer from End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) and rely on lifesaving dialysis treatments to remove toxins from the blood in place of their failed kidneys.
Click here to read the press release 2/20/08

Michigan Kidney Failure Patient Goes Above and Beyond
Washington, D.C. (February 11, 2008) Dialysis Patient Citizens is proud to honor Michigan dialysis patient Erich Ditschman as the February 2008 DPC Hero award recipient. The DPC Hero award is a national recognition of empowered and heroic individuals who make a difference in the lives of dialysis patients and their communities.
Click here to read the press release 2/11/08

Kidney Patient Organizations, Kidney Community Come Out in Support of Medicare Secondary Payer (MSP) Extension
Patient organizations support extending MSP and using savings for improving Medicare program; National Kidney Foundation, Renal Support Network, American Kidney Fund and Dialysis Patient Citizens submit letters to Capitol Hill in favor of ESRD provisions.
Click here to read the press release 11/13/07

Delaware Kidney Failure Patient Goes Above and Beyond
Washington, D.C. (November 14, 2007) Dialysis Patient Citizens is proud to honor Delaware dialysis patient Nancy Scott as the November 2007 DPC Hero award recipient. The DPC Hero award is a national recognition of empowered and heroic individuals who make a difference in the lives of dialysis patients and their communities.
Click here to read the press release 11/14/07

DPC Recognizes the Achievements of Patients and Leaders in Kidney Care
Washington, D.C. (September 20, 2007) Dialysis Patient Citizens held its annual Gala and Awards program today. Entitled, Celebrating the Empowerment of Kidney Patients, the event brought together dialysis patients and members of the kidney care community to extol the achievements of kidney patients and those within the community who dedicate their lives to improving care.
Click here to read the press release 9/20/07

Oklahoma Dialysis Patient is still Dancing After All of These Years
Washington, D.C. (September 19, 2007) Dialysis Patient Citizens is proud to honor kidney dialysis patient Mickey Sherman as the August 2007 DPC Hero Award recipient. The DPC Hero award is a national recognition of empowered and heroic individuals who make a difference in the lives of dialysis patients and their communities. Sherman has been on dialysis for two years.
Click here to read the press release 9/19/07

Nebraska Kidney Patient Goes Above and Beyond
Washington, D.C. (July 30, 2007) Dialysis Patient Citizens is proud to honor kidney dialysis patient Melvin Grayer as the June 2007 DPC Hero Award recipient. The DPC Hero award is a national recognition of empowered and heroic individuals who make a difference in the lives of dialysis patients and their communities.
Click here to read the press release 7/30/07

House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee
Public Hearing on ESAs and Reimbursement June 26, 2007
Click here for more information

Alabama Kidney Patient Goes Above and Beyond
Washington D.C. (June 1, 2007) - Dialysis Patient Citizens (DPC) a nationwide patient advocacy group comprised of more than 21,000 dialysis and pre-dialysis patients and family members is proud to honor dialysis patient Malaysia Scott as the May 2007 DPC Hero Award recipient. The DPC Hero award is a national recognition of empowered and heroic individuals who make a difference in the lives of dialysis patients and their communities.
Click here to read the press release 6/1/07

Arizona Kidney Failure Patient Goes Above and Beyond the Call of Duty to Help Community --
National DPC Hero Award presented to Ed Stizza
Click here to read the press release 4/26/07

Anemia Management Statement by Dialysis Patient Citizens
The recent Journal of American Medical Association article "Dialysis Facility Ownership and Epoetin Dosing in Patients Receiving Hemodialysis" has again brought the issue of anemia management for dialysis patients to the forefront for discussion.
Click here to read DPC's Statement.

FDA Issues Black Box Warning for ESAs
Dialysis Patient Citizens recently sent letters to the FDA, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) voicing concerns over a recently issued Black Box Warning.
Click here to view a copy of the letter sent to HHS.

2006 Year in Review
While many advocacy groups take many years to get up and running, DPC has grown substantially in two short years from a handful of patient leaders to the nation's largest dialysis patient organization, with more than 20,000 members.
Click here to read more about DPC's 2006 accomplishments.