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the inaugural recipient the Willem J. Kolff award for innovation and exceptional
patient care
is doctor Kwabena Ntoso. I'm originally from
Ghana growing up there was difficult
we were not well to do family
relatively poor but we all worked hard everybody was
very dedicated my mother
by to me died after childbirth I
and that was a very difficult prices and difficult to
your situation for me I said that serve let me add to the main
bag I could help people I was about
13 years old when I decided that I think I would like to become
doctor and really tailored my
me hard work and education to a single doctor Intuos those clinical career
speaks for itself after completing his residency at bronx municipal hospital
as chief medical resident he completed his fellowship in Reno and electrolyte
disorders
at the hospital at the University of Pennsylvania where he has continued to
teach
serve on academic committees and currently serves as the medical director
for Franklin dialysis the wide individual who actually
influenced me was my advisor in medical school and you happen to be in a
flawless
and he was a very very bright individual
very nice individual and I observe his interaction
with patients and from
that experience i'd decided that nephrology was going to be would
doctor in tow so is truly committed to improving patient care
he's a very active investigator in clinical trials
as well as proactively educating minority populations
but the impact of diabetes and the importance of kidney screenings
I met and act on it also last year 2013
when my mom originally she with I north in the diabetic
made 37 years old Tina panning and diabetic coma and as a result they move
monarchical
she was on dialysis for about five years families who passed away in 2009
at the Sixers all it the willamette documents also back in 2004 and act on
it also was my mother's frolic yes that I believe St
what is still past we still been alive today pallets and battered here
her pal and also want to consider being on it in transplant list
if I see a patient with kidney disease chances are they have a family
whether it's a sign daughter sister brother
cool may also have kidney disease all who may have
who may be at risk for kidney disease and is not a word
so it's a total of my family
patient ya care that I try to provide
I just focus on that one piece I'm just really excited about that and it's also
been
a tiny and this award 0
of