“The greatest obstacle to improving long-term outcomes for children with kidney disease is not the lack of available therapies, but rather the lack of effective healthcare delivery systems that implement existing therapies reliably in clinical practice.”
— David K. Hooper MD, MS, Medical Director of Kidney Transplantation at Cincinnati Children's Hospital and Principal Investigator of IROC
Dr. Christofferson, a pediatric psychologist, shared her invaluable insights on the mental health challenges faced by children and adolescents with chronic kidney disease and those who have undergone kidney transplants.