Ron and Joy Paul Kidney Center

The GW Ron and Joy Paul Kidney Center and the GW Transplant Institute received the 2019 National Kidney Foundation Community Partnership Award at the 39th Annual Kidney Ball on Nov. 23 in Washington, D.C.

Eighty thousand people streamed through the Walter E. Washington Convention Center March 10 and 11 to take part in the annual two-day NBC4-Telemundo44 Health Expo.

Keith Melancon, M.D., director of the GW Transplant Institute and professor of surgery, and the Ron and Joy Paul Kidney Center were mentioned in articles published by The Washington Informer about the importance of kidney education and transplants in Washington, D.C.

Ron Paul, chairman and CEO of the Eagle Bancorp and Eagle Bank, and founder of the Ron and Joy Paul Kidney Center, published an op-ed in The Washington Post about the need for the GW Hospital's Kidney Transplant Institute.

The GW Transplant Institute, with the GW Ron and Joy Paul Kidney Center, recognized donors at the inaugural Living Donor Appreciation Celebration, held Nov. 16.

The GW Ron and Joy Paul Kidney Center co-sponsored a health screening and educational outreach event at the Pennsylvania Baptist Church for D.C. residents.

The GW Ron and Joy Paul Kidney Center and the GW Transplant Institute provided blood pressure screenings to hundreds of members of the D.C. area community.

The GW Ron and Joy Paul Kidney Center will promote education and outreach on kidney disease and transplantation in Washington, D.C.

$2.5 million gift from the Ron & Joy Paul Family Foundation addresses kidney disease and organ donation process.

The GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences, in concert with GW Hospital and the GW Medical Faculty Associates, has established the Ron & Joy Paul Kidney Center to raise awareness about kidney disease and increase live kidney donation in Washington, D.C.