User:Saloni Shah Patil

= Apex Kidney =

Apex Kidney Foundation
Apex Kidney Foundation, is a philanthropic establishment from Mumbai, managed under the trusteeship of renowned Dr. Jatin Kothari, Dr. Viswanath Billa, and Dr. Shrirang Bichu. Founded in 2008, it aims at education, prevention, and promotion of organ donation by creating a general awareness of kidneys and related diseases, including kidney failure amongst people, while additionally facilitating a provision of subsidized treatment for the same.

One of their exemplary work can be cited through a war footing a portal coviddialysis.in under ‘Project Victory’, initiated by Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) with support from IIT-B and Apex Kidney Foundation. A world-class state-of-the-art unique facility for dialysis of COVID-positive and suspected COVID-19 patients in auto-pilot mode was set up to create a positive impact. "Herein, by May 2021, more than 2,000 Coronavirus positive and suspected patients on permanent dialysis benefitted from this project leading to zero deaths since this facility started on May 20, 2020."Established by two philanthropists and four nephrologists, the foundation actively works with a vision to increase the core competency of doctors and physicians through knowledge-enhancing conferences and seminars. It furthered its intent to educate the general population by exploring the avenues of encouraging individuals towards organ donation, initiating programs for dialysis patients, devising fellowships and pathshala of the inflicted and non-inflicted patients to participate, learn and understand the organ and its subsequent diseases better.

Apex Kidney Foundation with academic and logistic support from the likes of Harvard Medical School, and Yale University, has also set up its first biorepository (Apex Biorepository for Clinical Discovery) and a database that stimulates research for a better understanding of kidney disease and explores cures.

Additionally, in collaboration with John Hopkins University and Ashoka University, the foundation will aim to focus on conducting joint research in health sciences, expand educational exchanges of students via grants and scholarships as well as provide training in nephrology, translation, and its clinical trials.

The foundation also partakes in and conducts many awareness camps, medical programs, and events to even counsel high-risk patients suffering from diabetes, hypertension, hereditary kidney diseases, etc.

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Table of Contents

1. History 1.1 Background 1.2 Vision 1.3 Mission 1.4 Initiatives 2. Team 2.1 Trustees 2.2 Beneficiaries 3. Work 3.1 Project Victory 3.2 Transplant 3.2.1 Organ Donation 3.2.2 Swap Transplant 3.3 Education 3.3.1 Fellowship 3.3.2 Programmes 3.3.3 Apex Pathshala 3.4 Activities 3.4.1 Events and Press 3.4.2 Donations