By Bill Peckham
Register now for the first HealthLine conference call of the year. It's coming up next week on Thursday January 29th:
Conference call topic:
Understanding My Stage of Kidney Disease
This educational conference call focuses on understanding the five stages of kidney disease. The following information is discussed:
- What is GFR (glomerular filtration rate)?
- How is my GFR calculated?
- The importance of knowing and understanding what stage kidney disease you are in.
- Ways to possibly manage your level of kidney function or slow the progression of kidney disease.
Speaker:
Stephen Fadem, MD, FACP, FASN
Dr.
Fadem is a practicing nephrologist and owner of Kidney Associates, PLLC
in Houston, TX. He is co-medical editor of aakpRENALIFE and Kidney
Beginnings: The Magazine. Dr. Fadem currently serves as Vice-President
of AAKP and is a member of AAKP's Medical Advisory Board. He is an AAKP
Life Member and serves as AAKP's Life Member Chairperson.
Date:
January 29, 2009
Time:
1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. ET
If you are not on Eastern Time (ET), please be aware of the time difference. For example, a call held at 1:30 p.m. Eastern Time (ET), would be held at 12:30 p.m. Central Time (CT), 11:30 a.m. Mountain Time (MT) and 10:30 a.m. Pacific Time (PT).
Register:
To register,
please call (800) 749-AAKP or click here to register online.
*Please note, this is a live conference call. It will be recorded and archived on the AAKP Web site. Click here to listen to archived HealthLine conference calls.
Dr. Fadem is also the force behind the Nephron Information Center.
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