Pitt professor to stress education as new president of National Kidney Foundation
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review | Bill Vidonic
Photo: Dr. Beth Piraino, left
More than 26 million Americans have some form of kidney disease, and just 10 percent of them know it, according to the American Society of Nephrology.
In her new role as president of the National Kidney Foundation, Dr. Beth Piraino hopes to educate people about the disease and get them to think about prevention.
“We want to make sure there’s an awareness of kidney disease like there is for breast cancer and mammographies, cholesterol and other illnesses. Kidney disease is very pervasive. A very high proportion of the country is at risk,†Piraino said.
Piraino, 63, of Squirrel Hill is a professor of medicine at the University of Pittsburgh and the associate dean of admissions and financial aid at the university’s School of Medicine. The foundation, according to its website, works on awareness, prevention and treatment of kidney disease for hundreds of thousands of health care professionals, millions of patients and those at risk.
Foundation members appointed her to a two-year term as president in October. She is in the midst of a six-year term on the foundation’s board of directors.
Piraino said many people don’t realize how chronic medical conditions such as high blood pressure, diabetes and obesity can lead to ongoing and sometimes serious kidney problems.
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Photo: Dr. Beth Piraino, left
More than 26 million Americans have some form of kidney disease, and just 10 percent of them know it, according to the American Society of Nephrology.
In her new role as president of the National Kidney Foundation, Dr. Beth Piraino hopes to educate people about the disease and get them to think about prevention.
“We want to make sure there’s an awareness of kidney disease like there is for breast cancer and mammographies, cholesterol and other illnesses. Kidney disease is very pervasive. A very high proportion of the country is at risk,†Piraino said.
Piraino, 63, of Squirrel Hill is a professor of medicine at the University of Pittsburgh and the associate dean of admissions and financial aid at the university’s School of Medicine. The foundation, according to its website, works on awareness, prevention and treatment of kidney disease for hundreds of thousands of health care professionals, millions of patients and those at risk.
Foundation members appointed her to a two-year term as president in October. She is in the midst of a six-year term on the foundation’s board of directors.
Piraino said many people don’t realize how chronic medical conditions such as high blood pressure, diabetes and obesity can lead to ongoing and sometimes serious kidney problems.
Read more
{Register to be an organ,eye and tissue donor. To learn how, www.donatelife.net or www.organdonor.gov}
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