Our Crowdfunding Groups
Our CORE Kidney Program is involved in a number of outreach events throughout the year. The Kidney Fair is our premier annual fundraising event, and all proceeds go to support our CORE Kidney mission. This year, it comes at a critical time as we all face the unprecedented challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic. Medical experts are working on novel strategies in managing kidney disease, directly or indirectly related to COVID-19.
Virtual UCLA CORE Kidney Health Fair 2020
While it won’t be on the beach this year, UCLA CORE Kidney Health Fair on May 17, 2020 is going virtual and with that, global. This will be our first ever virtual kidney health fair!
The focus this year is not only on the urgent need to relay new information about kidney disease treatment during the pandemic, but also will lead with the newest research findings about COVID-19 and its effects on kidney disease among the most ill.
Hear from experts on a wide range of topics including:
Past fairs on the beach have attracted several thousand people. By going virtual, with a global outreach, UCLA CORE Kidney Fair 2020 will have a much bigger reach and many more people’s lives will be touched.
VIRTUAL PROGRAM
ABOUT THE UCLA CORE KIDNEY PROGRAM
The UCLA CORE Kidney Program was created by Anjay Rastogi, MD PhD in 2016. Dr. Anjay Rastogi, the creator and director of the UCLA CORE Kidney Program, is a Professor of Medicine and Clinical Chief of Nephrology at UCLA. Our mission is to improve healthcare delivery toward all patients with kidney disease by implementing our CORE values of Clinical Excellence, Outreach, Research and Education.
Our goal is to establish a UCLA CORE Kidney Center that will focus on integrative medicine, with emphasis on prevention and education, so patients can become their own best advocates. This program continues to make great strides in serving our patients, their families and the community. To learn more, please visit us at:
https://www.uclahealth.org/core-kidney/
During the last year, we coordinated and hosted a Symposium for healthcare providers, a health fair with over 1,500 attendees, monthly UCLA Webinar's available on YouTube, and many Educational talks and meetings which emphasized kidney disease. We visited other medical and community practices to discuss the different types of kidney diseases. We also enhanced our website on request of our attendees and also started a new Kidney Donor Konnect Facebook page.
We promote the UCLA CORE Kidney Program through our website, by visiting other nephrology practices and healthcare providers. Many healthcare providers are unfamiliar with the different kidney diseases, home dialysis, and most importantly, proactive measures available to delay or prevent kidney disease.
There is a lack of knowledge and experience needed to diagnose and treat different kidney diseases. Our goal is to improve this situation at UCLA through formal educational seminars. By educating healthcare providers, the community as a whole will benefit from better patient care and outcomes. We are also educating our future healthcare providers, UCLA medical students and undergraduates who are also heavily involved in the UCLA CORE Kidney Program.
OUR MISSION
Our mission is to improve healthcare delivery by implementing our CORE values of Clinical excellence, Outreach, Research, and Education. Our focus is on integrative medicine, with emphasis on prevention and education, so patients can become their own best advocates.
We are implementing our CORE values through the following:
Clinical Excellence. Our goal is to provide comprehensive care to our patient population through clinical programs that focus on specific disease states. We have already started programs for Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD), Alport Disease, Fabry’s Disease, Home Dialysis, Living Donor, Diabetic Kidney Disease, as well as clinics for UTI and Hypertension and they are very successful. The aim of these programs is for a multidisciplinary team to work together and to breakdown the silos in present day healthcare system through integrative care. We plan to start many more in the upcoming year.
Outreach. We have created and hosted the 2015, 2017, 2018 and 2019 UCLA Kidney Fairs, and October 2015 UCLA Kidney Event. The CORE Kidney Program collaborates with OneLegacy/Donate Life, the Annual PKD Walks in Los Angeles, and is also heavily involved in events that serve Hispanic and disadvantaged communities. At these events, community nephrologists and healthcare providers volunteer to provide education on kidney health for the general public, patients, their families and friends. These outreach events raise awareness about kidney disease in the general public in an effort to increase patient involvement and disease prevention. Our office has participated in many other events and plans to continue hosting events in the upcoming year.
Research. We are advancing our current understanding of various disease states through research in both the basic, clinical and translational sciences. We have multiple ongoing trials that address dialysis, diabetes, anemia, Fabry’s Disease, PKD, and hypertension.
Education. Free quarterly events such as UCLA Kidney Education Enhancement Program (UKEEP) are hosted for patients and their family and friends to learn about kidney disease holistically. In addition, we have monthly webinars with different topics that has a global reach. The goal of these education and outreach programs is to make patients and their loved ones a part of the decision-making team.
As the founder and director of Bruin Beans Health Club (BBHC), my aim is to foster future leaders in healthcare. BBHC is an undergraduate led club that works with a multidisciplinary team of healthcare professionals while offering mentorship opportunities, volunteering, and workshops to undergraduates. The mission of BBHC is to bridge the gap of misinformation surrounding kidney health through effective communication with patients or loved ones with kidney disease.
Our ultimate goal is to set up a UCLA CORE Kidney Center where we can provide comprehensive care to our kidney patients and their entire families, starting from pre-diagnosis to transplant. The Kidney Center will embody all of the values that the CORE Kidney Program stands for and the mission of UCLA Health: healing humankind one patient at a time.
UCLA CORE Kidney Program has made great strides in advancing the care of our patients and their families by implementing our CORE values. Our mission is to improve healthcare delivery to patients living with kidney disease, hypertension, and diabetes by implementing our CORE values of Clinical Excellence, Outreach, Research, and Education. To learn more about our program, please visit us at: https://www.uclahealth.org/core-kidney/. You can also learn more about kidney disease and End Stage Renal Failure in this US news article: https://health.usnews.com/conditions/kidney-disease/end-stage-renal-failure.
Our UCLA CORE Kidney Program hosts a number of outreach events throughout the year. We aim to spread awareness and provide resources for all patients, healthcare providers, the community with a goal to continue to expand and increase our global outreach.
Our UCLA CORE Kidney Program hosts a number of outreach events throughout the year. We aim to spread awareness and provide resources for all patients, healthcare providers, and the community. Our focus is on integrative medicine, with emphasis on prevention and education, so patients can become their own best advocates! UCLA Nephrology has been recognized by US news as #1 in the West Coast and #3 in the United States, as seen in this article: https://health.usnews.com/best-hospitals/area/ca/ucla-medical-center-6931755/nephrology.
Support us in the fight against Kidney Disease!
Whether you have been fighting kidney disease over the years, have recently been diagnosed, seen a loved one affected by this disease, or just want to help, our UCLA CORE Kidney Program has something for you. Anything we can do to help, will deeply touch those living with kidney disease and those that have lost loved ones because of this terrible disease. Through community outreach and education programs, kidney disease awareness will greatly impact and improve the lives of kidney disease patients and their families. We want to eventually eliminate kidney disease so future generations will not be hindered by it. Our hope is that every step we take with cutting edge research, will lead us to eradicate kidney disease!
All proceeds raised will go directly to research, education, and outreach for kidney disease.
Even if you can't attend, consider supporting this important work! Every dollar counts and makes a huge difference to our patients and their loved ones.
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Our aim is to set up a Kidney Center at UCLA that embodies not only the CORE Kidney Program’s vision but also the mission of UCLA Health: healing humankind one patient at a time.
Learn more and check out our website here.
The UCLA Nephrology speciality ranked No. 1 in the West Coast and No. 3 nationally by the 2019-20 U.S. News and World Report.
Roughly 33 million patients a year are admitted to U.S. hospitals. 4,653 hospitals were ranked in the 2019-2020 assessment by US News and World Report. 16 specialty areas are evaluated when determining rankings. See why UCLA Nephrology is ranked #3 in the nation.
For more information, contact us at (310) 954-2692 or email COREKidney@mednet.ucla.edu
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Every dollar counts! Help support kidney disease research and education at UCLA.
Every dollar counts! Help support kidney disease research and education at UCLA.
Every dollar counts! Help support kidney disease research and education at UCLA.
Every dollar counts! Help support kidney disease research and education at UCLA.