Fighting Kidney Disease with Dr. Josef Coresh (Johns Hopkins University) and Tiffany Jones-Smith (Texas Kidney Foundation‪)‬ Clinical Grade by Healthy.io

Today you'll meet two remarkable individuals playing important roles in the fight against chronic kidney disease (CKD). First, we speak with Dr. Josef Coresh, Professor of Epidemiology, Biostatistics & Medicine at Johns Hopkins University. Not only is Dr. Coresh one of the world’s leading kidney disease experts—he helped classify the disease, and shaped the clinical guidelines for treating it. We discuss the high prevalence and low public profile of chronic kidney disease, the mechanics of early detection, and some reasons for optimism.

Then we check in with Tiffany Jones-Smith, CEO of the Texas Kidney Foundation and a member of the Texas Chronic Kidney Disease Task Force. She’ll tell us about the special challenges facing the Lone Star State and our new partnership to bring early detection to Texans.