AAKP is pleased to announce Tom F. Parker, III, MD, is the 2010 AAKP Medal of Excellence recipient. The AAKP Medal of Excellence Award acknowledges a renal physician's significant contributions to the progress of patient education and disease treatment in the kidney community. Dr. Parker joins a long list of nephrologists who have excelled in his/her contributions to the renal community including patient care and patient education.
 
AAKP honors Dr. Parker Saturday, March 13 at the Renaissance Harborplace Hotel in Baltimore, Md, during the Medal of Excellence Award Dinner held in conjunction with the Renal Physician Association's Annual Meeting. Dinner tickets are $99. For more information visit www.aakp.org/events/Medal-of-Excellence/2010.

This article originally appeared in the January 2010 issue of AAKP Diet Tips & Bits.