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Podcast: Collaboration Between Dialysis and Kidney Transplant Teams

Dialysis and transplant teams face challenges that may affect patients on their transplant journey or their abilities to get on waitlists. Listen to this podcast, in which Jill Rankin interviews Chief Medical Officer of DaVita Integrated Care Bryan Becker, MD, and Transplant Surgeon Adam Bingaman, MD, on how communication and collaboration between dialysis, nephrology, and transplant teams are keys to overcome these challenges and provide transplant patients with the best possible care. Drs. Becker and Bingaman also discuss innovation and quality in the transplant space. This discussion is timely with April being National Donate Month.

Bryan Becker, MD, MMM, FACP, CPE

Bryan N. Becker, MD, is chief medical officer of DaVita Integrated Care and has nearly 20 years of physician executive experience. He received his AB in English at Dartmouth College and MD from the University of Kansas, and, after training at Duke and Vanderbilt, he led the nephrology group at the University of Wisconsin and developed a new kidney care venture called Wisconsin Dialysis, Inc. He also served as CEO at the University of Illinois Hospital and Clinics and president of the National Kidney Foundation. Before joining DaVita Kidney Care, Dr. Becker served as President of the University of Chicago Medicine (UCM) Care Network, a more than 1,000 physician clinical integration organization, and Vice President, Clinical Integration and Associate Dean, Clinical Affairs at UCM. Twitter: @bnbeckermd