Title: Innovations in Alternative Therapies to Dialysis (Implantable and Wearable)

Moderator: Melissa Bensouda, AAKP Ambassador, home hemodialysis patient

Speakers:
Shuvo Roy, PhD; (2021 KidneyX Artificial Kidney Prize Winner); Technical Director, The Kidney Project; Professor, Departments of
Bioengineering and Therapeutics Sciences and Surgery

William H. Fissell, MD; Medical Director, The Kidney Project; Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Janis Naeve, Managing Director, Amgen Ventures

Victor Gura, MD, Founder & Innovator, Wearable Artificial Kidney (WAK 3.0), Cedars Sinai Medical Center Los Angeles

As the oldest and largest, independent kidney patient organization in the U.S. – AAKP is dedicated to improving the lives and long-term outcomes of kidney patients through education, advocacy, patient engagement and the fostering of patient communities. AAKP fights for early disease detection and the appropriate diagnosis of rare/genetic conditions; increased kidney transplantation and pre-emptive transplantation; full patient choice of either in-center or home dialysis; protection of the patient/physician relationship; promotion of research and innovation including artificial implantable and wearable kidneys; and the elimination of barriers for patient access to available treatment options. Learn more at www.aakp.org.

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