Nephrology

Race-Neutral Formula for Assessing Kidney Function Provides Hope for Better Health

Kimberly Shelby, Contributing WriterSeptember 1, 2022

UCLA Professor and Nephrologist Dr. Keith Norris has advocated for a race-neutral formula for assessing kidney function for years, and now the National Kidney Foundation (NKF) and the American Society of Nephrology (ASN) are urging laboratories nationwide to adopt a newly modified equation that will diagnose chronic kidney disease earlier and help save lives.

What would you give up for someone you love?

Tyler Mitchell , Sentinel InternJuly 6, 2017

Robert Phillips was diagnosed with a hereditary kidney disease at the age of 16. In need of a replacement kidney, Dr. Vanessa Grubb’s volunteered to give him one of hers after only been dating for nine months.