Forum of ESRD Networks: 50 Years of Collaboration, Innovation, and Education to Promote Equitable and Optimal Kidney-Patient Centered Care

Affiliations

¹ Berkshire Medical Center, Pittsfield, Massachusetts.
² University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School-Baystate Campus: Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, Massachusetts.
³ University of Texas McGovern Medical School, UTHealth Science Center, Houston, Texas.
⁴ Metropolitan Nephrology Associates, Alexandria, Virginia.
⁵ Alliant Health Solutions, Atlanta, Georgia.
⁶ The National Forum of ESRD Networks, Henrico, Virginia.
⁷ Midwest Kidney Network, Saint Paul, Minnesota.
⁸ Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital, University of California, San Francisco, California.
⁹ University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri.
¹⁰ The Lundquist Institute for Biomedical Innovation at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, California.

David Henner et al. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2025.

. 2025 Jun 6;20(9):1286-1288.

doi: 10.2215/CJN.0000000781.

¹ Berkshire Medical Center, Pittsfield, Massachusetts.
² University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School-Baystate Campus: Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, Massachusetts.
³ University of Texas McGovern Medical School, UTHealth Science Center, Houston, Texas.
⁴ Metropolitan Nephrology Associates, Alexandria, Virginia.
⁵ Alliant Health Solutions, Atlanta, Georgia.
⁶ The National Forum of ESRD Networks, Henrico, Virginia.
⁷ Midwest Kidney Network, Saint Paul, Minnesota.
⁸ Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital, University of California, San Francisco, California.
⁹ University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri.
¹⁰ The Lundquist Institute for Biomedical Innovation at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, California.

No abstract available

Keywords: ESKD; chronic dialysis; dialysis; hemodialysis.

Conflict of interest statement

Disclosure forms, as provided by each author, are available with the online version of the article at http://links.lww.com/CJN/C297.

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