Posted on February 21, 2019 by Lois Vail -
It’s in your power to make healthy choices. Whether you are a pre-transplant or post-transplant patient, healthy living is important for your quality of life and for a successful transplant. In this program, the UW Health transplant team will offer guidance and resources to help you establish and achieve healthy living goals related to nutrition and exercise. Topics covered during the program will include:
- Strategies for healthy meal and snack choices
- Setting goals and making changes that are sustainable
- Tips for increasing your daily activity and how to begin a routine
- Exercise ideas based on your goals, activity level, and mobility
- Suggestions on how and when to start exercise after transplant
- The body’s connection between nutrition and exercise
- A cooking demonstration of healthy choices by a UW transplant nutritionist, including a tasting at the end of the program
Speakers: Becca Wallschlaeger, MS, RDN, CD
Transplant Nutritionist
UW Health Abdominal Transplant Program
Stephanie Brueggermann
UW Health Exercise Specialist
The program is free but registration is needed.
Reserve your spot by contacting Nick at nsodemann@uwhealth.org or (608) 890-8840.
Unable to attend the program in person? The program will also be live-streamed. Registration is needed to connect the night of the program. Recipe cards can then also be provided ahead of time to join in the cooking demonstration at home. Register with this link. The actual registration link can be found at the end of the “Event Status” line. This page is also your gateway to the webinar the night of the program.
Posted on February 18, 2019 by Lois Vail -
Attend the inaugural Wisconsin Community-Academic KidneyCon evening.
Enjoy a unique evening hosted by the National Kidney Foundation of Wisconsin in collaboration with physicians from the Divisions of Nephrology at the Medical College of Wisconsin and the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
The goal of the evening is to bring community nephrologists and related nephrology professionals together with nephrologists from Wisconsin’s academic centers. The purpose is to provide a forum to share opinions and perspectives over dinner. The evening program will consist of two topics requiring interactive audience participation and collaborative problem solving. The two topics that will be explored are “An Affair of the Heart: LVADS and The Nephrologist” and “What Makes It Right? Ethical Considerations in Withdrawing Dialysis”.
The evening will begin with a reception at 5:30, followed by dinner (6:30pm) and the program (7:00pm).
If you are interested in attending, please call 414-897-8669.
Posted on February 12, 2019 by Lois Vail -
- Physician’s Confession: What I Wish Every Patient Would Ask Me
- This is a special Kidney Month program. Register for the program and receive an Uber Eats voucher, compliments of CareDx!
- What questions should you ask your doctor? Hear the questions one physician wishes his patients would ask him.
Speaker: Ashraf El-Meanawy, MD, MS, PhD, FASN
Director of Dialysis at MCW and MCW Associated Hospitals
Professor of Medicine
Division of Nephrology
Cardiovascular and Kidney Disease Center
Medical College of Wisconsin
Board Member, National Kidney Foundation of Wisconsin
The program will be presented simultaneously on Facebook Live and through Zoom. Follow us on Facebook.
Register to Watch with Zoom
Posted on February 12, 2019 by Lois Vail -
- Being Present & Engaged
- Lisa Hare is returning per popular request!
- This special HEART MONTH program will present ways to support positive heart health and reduce stress since stress has a significant impact on our health. The focus will be on building relationships with others as well as with ourself through discussions of emotional intelligence, gratitude, mindfulness, and meditation.
Speaker: Lisa Hare, MS
Program Manager, Customer Experience and Performance Excellence Experience Management,
Froedtert Health
This program will only be available as a live Zoom presentation or through Facebook Live.
Posted on February 12, 2019 by Lois Vail -
- Fit & Fab: Home Edition
- This will be an interactive Living Well After Transplant program, so you will definitely need the following items available – either an empty suitcase, a LARGE bottle of detergent and a gallon of water or milk, OR a backpack filled with books
- Get ready to experience something special!
Speakers: Kevin Scharnek, Owner
Orangetherapy Fitness Wisconsin
Angie Krueger,
Regional Fitness Director, Orangetherapy Fitness Wisconsin;
Master Educator, Orangetherapy Corporate, Boca Raton, FL
This program will only be available as a live Zoom presentation or through Facebook Live.
Register to Watch with Zoom
Posted on February 12, 2019 by Lois Vail -
- Time, Space, People, Places: Navigating the Holidays during COVID
- Allison and Samantha will offer suggestions on how to celebrate the upcoming holidays while staying safe.
Speakers: Allison Stephans, APSW
Abdominal Transplant Social Worker
Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin
Froedtert Hospital
Samantha Hamilton, RN
Post-transplant Coordinator
Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin
Froedtert Hospital
This program will only be available as a live Zoom presentation or through Facebook Live.
Posted on February 12, 2019 by Lois Vail -
- Raising Our Voices: Keeping Kidney Advocacy and Awareness in the Spotlight with Candidates
- Andrew Fullerton, Government Affairs Manager for the National Kidney Foundation (NKF) will explain why Now is the perfect time to reach out to our national Congressional representatives about the cost of immunosuppression medication for transplant recipients or the financial and insurance barriers for potential living donors. He will also explain how to use the new NKF Election Center website.
This program will only be available as a live Zoom presentation or through Facebook Live.
Posted on February 12, 2019 by Lois Vail -
- TELEHEALTH: Connecting with a Doctor from Home
Lately, we have all been hearing a lot more about telehealth or telemedicine. Since telehealth is now a part of our life, do you know how to prepare for and follow-up after your ‘virtual visit’?
Hear one physician’s perspective on how to get the most from your ‘virtual visit’. If you have any questions, submit them in advance to programs@kidneywi.org.
Speaker: Ashraf El-Meanawy, MD, MSC, PHD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Kidney Disease Center & Cardiovascular Center
Medical College of Wisconsin
Board Member – National Kidney Foundation of Wisconsin
This program will only be available as a Zoom meeting or through Facebook Live.
Posted on February 12, 2019 by Lois Vail -
- A Donor Mom’s Perspective on Donation
- In recognition of Donate Life Month.
Dawn’s daughter, Emily, was an eye, organ and tissue donor – giving the gift of sight to two people here in Wisconsin, saving the lives of six people through organ donation, and improving the lives of more than 60 people through tissue donation.
Tony Guzzardo, from Versiti Organ and Tissue, will be available to answer technical questions about organ, tissue and eye donation.
Speakers: Dawn Lyons-Wood,
Donor Mom
Tony Guzzardo, BSN, CCRN, CPTC
Community and Hospital Development Manager
Versiti Organ and Tissue
To honor donor families, we will be collecting yarn for the Threads of Compassion knitting group, which makes comfort shawls to be given to family members as they say their final farewells to their loved ones. Please contribute two or more skeins of Red Heart yarn in a solid color of any variety.
Since the program will be online only, consider ordering the yarn from Amazon Smile and have the yarn shipped directly to the National Kidney Foundation of Wisconsin’s office at 10909 W Greenfield Ave, Suite 201, West Allis, WI 53214. By designating the National Kidney Foundation of Wisconsin as your charity of choice at the start of your order, Amazon will make a charitable contribution to the National Kidney Foundation of Wisconsin based on your total purchase amount.
Register Here
Posted on February 12, 2019 by Lois Vail -
- Digestive Heath: How to Keep “It” Moving!
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- In honor of National Nutrition Month, join us to talk about fiber, FODMAPs and the Mediterranean diet.
You’ll learn:
- What fiber is, the different forms, how to determine if a food is a good source of fiber and how to incorporate more fiber into what you’re eating
- What FODMAPs are and how they are helping those with IBS symptoms
- Why the Mediterranean diet has been proven beneficial and how you can incorporate this into the everyday
Speaker: Jennifer L. Vargo, MPH, RD, CD
Outpatient Dietitian, Outpatient Services and GI Clinic
St. Luke’s Medical Center
This program will only be available as a live online presentation or through Facebook Live.
