Siemens and the National Kidney Foundation Enter Partnership

"Most people think of kidney disease as kidney failure when dialysis or transplantation is required. Yet millions of Americans are affected by chronic kidney disease at earlier stages and very few are aware they have it. In fact, the KEEP data shows that only eight percent of participants with evidence of kidney disease knew they had the condition," said Joseph Vassalotti, MD, Chief Medical Officer, National Kidney Foundation and Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine at Mount Sinai School of Medicine. "The partnership with Siemens will enable us to continue to test individuals at risk for CKD through KEEP, boosting awareness, treatment and control of CKD risk factors in communities around the country through early detection."