Congressman Jim McDermott visits the Seattle Kidney Center

U.S. Rep. Jim McDermott of Seattle learned about dialysis and transplantation while touring Northwest Kidney Centers' new flagship dialysis facility at 15th and Cherry Street in Seattle on Aug. 26, 2009. Northwest Kidney Centers representatives thanked McDermott for supporting kidney services in our region as a vocal Congressional advocate for adequate funding for patient treatment, specifically home dialysis.

Pictured are: Sarah Melang (transplant recipient), Clint Randolph (Foundation board), Tom Melang (Foundation board), Jane Pryor (VP of Development), Rep. McDermott, Joyce Jackson (CEO), Bill Peckham (Board chair and home dialysis patient), Betsy Mickel (VP of Human Resources) and Palmer Pollock (VP of Planning). Photo by Leslie Milton.

Northwest Kidney Centers keeps people in the Seattle area alive with dialysis care, educates the public about kidney health, and collaborates with UW Medicine in the Kidney Research Institute. We are one of very few community-based, nonprofit dialysis providers in the country. Founded in 1962, ours was the first out-of-hospital dialysis program in the world and it is still a model in the field.