Harvard College, MA

North Quincy High, MA

Brookline High, MA

University of Toronto,

Canada

chapter along with a

branch for the Rutgers

undergraduate students.

KDSAP’s concepts and

experiences have been

presented at national con-

ferences like: National

Kidney Foundation (NKF)

and American Society of

Nephrology (ASN) meet-

ings and gained its national

recognition. ASN’s Work-

force Committee has

been attracted by the

KDSAP model and form a

collaboration with KDSAP

to help ASN to start its

Mentor and Assessment

Program for Students

(Kidney-MAPS ) to culti-

vate future nephrologists.

T his past year has

been the year of

growth for the

Kidney Disease Screening

and Awareness Program

(KDSAP). University of

Toronto (U of T) has offi-

cially formed it KSDAP

and held its first screening

in Toronto Chinatown.

Robert Wood Johnson

Medical School, Rutgers

University is also inter-

ested in establishing its

Highlight of the Year

Programs Designed for Student Development

KDSAP

The annual “Applying

Medical School in USA”, a

lecture given in Harvard

College campus by Dr. Li-

Li Hsiao, former Harvard

Medical School Admission

Committee member. A

panel of four Harvard

medical students were

also invited for Q & A to

answer students’ ques-

tions. 90 Harvard under-

graduate students had at-

tended the lecture.

“Meet the doctors”

colloquium: Drs. Connie

Rhee, Jennifer Flythe and

Emily Robinson were in-

vited to the panel this

year. Students have the

opportunity to speak to

nephrologists and kidney

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PARTNERS HEALTHCARE SYSTEM

July 2013 2012-2013 Newsletter

Kidney Disease Screening

and Awareness Program

New KDAP Family Members

2

Boston Kidney

Health Series ‘

3

Agenda, a High-light of Upcom-

ing Events

4

KDSAP Chapters:

University of Toronto KDSAP hosted its first ever kidney

health screening in a Toronto Chinatown shopping center.

KDSAP in expansion: University of Toronto, Canada

T he University of Toronto (U of T) KDSAP has established in 2011 after its first president Cheryl Cui

participated in KDSAP events during her one-year, 2010-2011, student exchange program to Massachu-

setts Institute of Technology (MIT).

“I feel KDSAP is a very meaningful program and can help a lot of people. This is why I have decided to start

KDSAP at U of T”, said Cui.

After awarded the start up grant from U of T’s Bioengineering Department, Cui successfully recruited 45

members and identified a screening site. During the 5-hour pilot screening, 97 people has been screened.

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A Taste of KDSAP: Rutgers University, New Jersey

S arah Chang, a Robert Wood Johnson Medical School (RWJMS) student (class of 2015) of Rutgers Uni-

versity in New Jersey, has been volunteering with KDSAP since 2009 when she was working at the Bos-

ton Children’s Hospital. Chang was inspired by KDSAP’s philosophy: to truly serve the underserved

communities and brought KDSAP to Rutgers. Two kidney health screenings has been held at a Chinese church

near by the school and were very well received.

“To serve -- to truly serve -- is to wash the feet of another without pretext or pretense, without ego or

elaboration. To serve is to look for someone's story in their eyes as you bridge a language barrier. These are

the lessons Dr. Hsiao imparted before we entered the community, and, at April's kidney screening, a group of

dedicated people and I did more than man stations and collect samples -- we served, “ Saurabh Sinha, RWJMS

Class of 2015, gave this quote, after listened to KDSAP founder Dr. Li-Li Hsiao’s lecture and served at the

community kidney health screening.

Senior physician assistant program stu-

dent supervised a junior student.

Rutgers University and Robert Wood

Johnson Medical School volunteers.

Medical students helped a Spanish

speaking senior at the screening.

The second shift U of T KDSAP volunteers who served in

the Toronto Chinatown Center screening.

In the front, the blood sugar checking station; with MD

consultation and health education group in the background.

Programs for Students

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Boston Kidney Health Series 2012 Learn About Kidney Disease, Treatment Options, Support and Prevention

disease researchers about their work-life experiences

and research.

“Meet the Patient” symposium : Richard Sicurella

talked about his life on dialysis at home. Nancy Can-

ton, a kidney donor and later becomes a kidney dis-

ease patient, shared her story with students. Students

learn about doctor-patient relationship through this

annual symposium.

KDSAP-CKDD

A total of 16 screenings had been done by KDSAP

-CKDD and 1005people had been screened. Loca-

tions including: Chinatown Center (Toronto, Can-

ada), Roxbury YMCA (Boston, MA), World Kidney

Day screening at Brigham and Women’s Hospital

(Boston, MA), Chinese Christian Church in Somerset

(Somerset, NJ), Brookline Health Department

(Brookline, MA), Boston Chinatown Main Street Fes-

tival (Boston, MA), Fountain of Grace Church

(Canton, MA), Quincy Moon Festival (Quincy, MA),

Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association of

New England (Boston, MA), Evangelical Congrega-

tional Church of Atlantic (Quincy, MA), Murray-

Willington Housing Apartments (Worcester, MA),

Korean Church of Boston (Brookline, MA), and Pen-

Continued from page 1 tecostal Tabernacle.

Ten kidney health seminars has been given and 462

participants have attended the seminars. Talk loca-

tions including: North Quincy High School (Quincy,

MA), Bergen Christian Testimony Church (Wyckoff,

NJ), Chinese Christian Church in Somerset

(Somerset, NJ), Brookoine Senior Center (Brookline,

MA), Fountain of Grace Church (Canton, MA),

Murray-Willington Housing Apartments (Worcester,

MA), Franklin United Methodist Church (Franklin,

MA), and Da-An Rotary Club (Taipei, Taiwan).

Universal Precaution and Professionalism (UPP)

workshop were given in February, 2012, September,

2012 and February, 2013. 113 volunteers have gone

through the training. UPP is mandatory for all KDSAP

members and volunteers who wish to join the CKDD

screening crew. UPP not only teaches volunteers

screening techniques and concentrate on safe practice,

but also emphasizes compassion and humanity aspect

of providing kidney health screening.

The blood pressure measurement workshop is to

teach college students how to obtain the accurate

blood pressure. Trainees must demonstrate the nine

steps of how to correctly take blood pressure to be

certified. 23 students are certified in the past cycle.

K DSAP hosted its first Boston Kidney Health

Series (BKHS) event on October 20, 2012.

This is a community kidney health education

program for the general public initiated by KDSAP

students. The topics covered by health professionals and a

kidney disease patient for BKHS include: 1)How do

your kidneys function, what causes kidney dis-

ease, 2) What should you eat if you have kidney

disease, 3) Health Insurance and Social Support,

4) What do you do when your kidneys fail, and

5) A Patient’s Story. “The program is fabulous. If I know it is this good I

would have sent my patients here. I will send my pa-

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Dietitian Hae-Wook Han, Ph.D., RD, CSR, LDN, lectured

on Food and Nutrition: What should you eat if you have

kidney disease at the Boston Kidney Health Series 2012.

About KDSAP The Kidney Disease Screening and Awareness Program (KDSAP) is created and

founded by Li-Li Hsiao, MD, PhD in March, 2008. The first KDSAP chapter is regis-

tered at Harvard College where Dr. Hsiao has served as the official advisor. KDSAP

has two key objectives: Student career development and Community Outreach.

Dr. Hsiao has created many innovative programs within KDSAP for the benefit of

students. KDSAP offers several speaker series and programs each semester that ex

pose students to the scientific and medical professions and facilitate the development

of mentor-mentee relationships. KDSAP members may also participate in the com-

munity outreach branch: Community Kidney Disease Detection (CKDD). CKDD

runs monthly screening in medically underserved communities per request. KDSAP

members also have opportunities to develop leadership skills through organizing and

managing CKDD screenings while providing kidney health screenings.

KDSAP is one of the first models that strategically targets undergraduate students

early in their educational career to help address the current nephrology workforce

crisis. As of the end of 2011,KDSAP’s existing chapters including: Harvard College,

North Quincy High School and Brookline High School. KDSAP has gained nation-

wide and international attentions and several institutions have requested to start

KDSAP at their institution.

BRIGHAM AND

WOMEN'S HOSPITAL A Teaching Affiliate of Harvard Medical School

Boston Kidney Health Series

tients here if you have this event again in the future,”

said Meeky Kim, Boston Medical Center nurse practitio-

ner and Korean Nurses Association in New England

Treasurer who came to volunteer at the event. Harvard KDSAP students have submitted an abstract

on BKHS 2012 in title: “Raising Public Awareness of

Chronic Kidney Disease through the Kidney Disease

Screening and Awareness Program (KDSAP)” to Ameri-

can Society of Nephrology's (ASN) annual meeting and

has been selected for poster presentation.

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Kidney-MAPS Training

for: Emory University,

Indiana University and

University of Louisville

on how to start a new

university chapter, then

followed by a kidney

health screening the

next day on how to run

a successful kidney

health screening. Boston Kidney Health

Series 2013 will be held

in November after its

first successful debut in

2012. It is a free event

for the public to learn

from health profession-

als, social workers and

kidney disease patients

on the aspects of kid-

ney disease treatment

options, social support,

resources, disease pre-

vention, and more. More events, please see

http://www.kdsap.org/

event-calendar

Agenda

41 Ave. Louis Pasteur

Rm 120

Boston, MA, 20115

Phone:

+1-617-264-6030

Fax:

+1-617-264-3012

Email: contact@kdsap.org

http://www.kdsap.org

Kidney Disease

Screening and

Awareness Program

&

COMMUNITY KIDNEY DISEASE

DETECTION

Standing are the BKHS 2012 organization committee mem-

bers: Rena Mei, Jennie Kuo, Andrew Pan, Iona Feldman, Laura

Polding, Li-Li Hsiao, Jake Cohen, Paul Kim and event volun-

teer Meeky Kim of Korean Nurses Association in New Eng-

land. Seated are Richard Scurella, right, event speaker and his

wife Robin Sicurella.