Due to the impending blizzard we have decided to cancel the January meeting. We apologize for the last minute change. We hope to have the same agenda at our March meeting.

National Kidney Foundation

Council of Nephrology Social Workers-New York Metropolitan Chapter

Nephrology Adventures in Special Populations:  What’s a Social Worker to Do?

Continuing Education Program:  January 28, 2015—11 AM to 4 PM

Phillips Ambulatory Care Center, Auditorium, Second Floor

10 Union Square East, New York, NY 10003

****Annual Membership Drive****

Dues are $40 a year or $10 a meeting, if we are offering CEUs at that meeting and you are not an annual member dues will be $10 per CEU. 

9:30 AM Executive Meeting

11 AM to 11:15 AM

Welcome, NKF Update, Overview of CEU Process

Ellen H. Yoshiuchi, MPS, Division Program Director, National Kidney Foundation Serving Greater New York

11:15 AM to 12:45 PM

A Nephrologist’s Perspective on Healthcare in China

Leonard Stern, MD

Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University

12:45 PM to 1:15 PM

Break

1:15 PM to 2:15 PM

Half the Sky: Special Issues for Women Facing Kidney Disease

Mariana Markell, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine, SUNY Downstate School of Medicine

2:15 PM to 3:15 PM

What NKF Serving Greater NY Has to Offer You & Your Patients:
Best Practices, Evaluation Tools & A Patient-Centered Approach

Ellen H. Yoshiuchi, MPS, Division Program Director, National Kidney Foundation Serving Greater New York
3:15 PM to 4 PM

Borough Representatives’ Reports; Standing Committee Reports; New Business; Discussion & Networking

RSVP is mandatory to ensure that everyone gets lunch!

Please contact Jean Martin by January 21 at 646-602-6950, ext. 216 or

Jean.Martin@fmc-na.com

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