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Dr. Joshua Samuels, a long-time ASPN member has announced a year end, “Challenge Grant” from the Samuels Family Foundation. He is challenging ASPN members to support the ASPN Foundation and will generously match up to $10,000. Please consider answering this challenge through a year-end gift to the ASPNF.
Your gift will be put toward the greatest needs of the Foundation and will enable the expansion of research and educational programs within the ASPN.
Recognition of Individual Donors
Advocacy Scholars Program
The ASPN is delighted at the growth of its partnership with the John E. Lewy Fund for Children’s Health. Generously initiated by the Lewy family as a living remembrance of Dr. Lewy’s dedication to pediatric nephrology, pediatric advocacy and education, and the advancement of science, the Fund enhances and expands the ASPN missions of teaching, learning, discovery, and responsibility.
Dr. Lewy was a founding member of the ASPN and served as its President in 1980-81. He was the recipient of the ASPN Founder’s Award in 2000. In addition to excellence as a clinical nephrologist and researcher, Dr. Lewy trained hundreds of pediatricians during his tenure as Chair of Pediatrics at the Tulane University School of Medicine from 1978 – 2004. His advocacy for children spanned the spectrum from local to global health affairs, and he had recently completed his term as Chair of the Committee for Federal Government Affairs of the AAP at the time of his death.
The Advocacy Scholar's Program, is proceeding splendidly. This program, designed to develop leaders with specific expertise in governmental processes affecting children's health care and advocacy for pediatric nephrology is now in it's third successful year. Thanks to our hard working Scholars we encourage you to visit the ASPN's Fiscal Cliff Toolkit. Here you will find information and links about the fiscal cliff, ASPN’s position, and a call to action to contact your elected officials urging them to avoid the cliff.Take action today!
In the coming year, the Board of Directors will continue to plan new efforts, and we welcome any suggestions that you might have as to how we might continue this important work. Using the strength of tax-exempt contributions from ASPN members, private donors, industry, and other partners, the Fund will continue to grow activities in support of advocacy and science.
There are doubtless many other possibilities for the Fund to explore that would both further the mission of the ASPN and also honor Dr. Lewy’s boundless initiative, persistence, and mentorship.
Let us work together to draw on the legacy of one of pediatric nephrology’s true leaders to create a stronger future for the children in our care.
Donate by Phone:
You can charge your gift by phone by calling 703-718-6022.
Donate by Mail:
Donation Form
Please make your check payable to JELF and send to:
John E. Lewy Fund for Children's Health
6728 Old McLean Village Dr.
Mclean, Virginia 22101
Participation in academic meetings is fundamental to a career in academic medicine. While it is often a privilege to attend conferences with departmental support as an attending physician, finding funding as a medical student, resident or fellow can be difficult. The ASPN Foundation is proud to provide opportunities for trainees to present their scientific abstracts at important national and international meetings in our field, broadening their exposure to pediatric nephrology concepts and issues and deepening their understanding of global pediatric nephrology concerns and opportunities.
Your tax deductible gift will make a direct impact on increasing trainee interest in Pediatric Nephrology and in enriching the quality of their education through enabling attendance and participation at the leading national and international meetings in our field.
Support Pediatric Nephrology Trainees by establishing a named American Society of Pediatric Nephrology Trainee Travel Award
The American Society of Pediatric Nephrology Foundation offers naming opportunities for trainee travel grants to important educational venues related to pediatric nephrology. Supporting educational opportunities to young pediatric nephrology trainees offers new clinical, educational and research insights, introduces trainees to the latest innovations, provides connections to leaders in the field of nephrology and inspires career development.
Trainee travel is a major educational initiative of the ASPNF. Donors who share our commitment to future nephrologists and wish to commit to the trainee travel initiative may establish an annual award in their name or in the name of someone that they wish to honor. Travel awards are time-limited and may be renewed through future donations. A named three-year travel award may be established for a contribution of $3000 and a five-year trainee award for $5000. These tax-deductible donations may be given in total at the initiation of the named award or through a pledge of annual giving during the life of the award.
Named Travel Awards will be prominently featured in all appropriate society publications. Trainees will be encouraged to acknowledge the award in their CV and to allow the ASPN and ASPNF to use their name in Society publications. Individuals for whom an award is named, either the donor or an honoree, will approve the use of their name for the award.
Donors, if so interested, are encouraged to meet and mentor the trainees who receive their grant.
Individuals interested in establishing a tax deductible named trainee travel award can contact Connie@aspneph.org
Leaders of professional societies such as the ASPN need a specific skill set to be able to negotiate the complex tasks of program development, personnel supervision, and dealing with outside constituencies and other organizations. These skills are also applicable to many other aspects of academic medicine and are commonly acquired after years of experience, perhaps also by specific training, or through trial and error. We believe that it is possible to intentionally develop future leaders of our Society by offering a leadership development curriculum. This program not only assists the ASPN in development of future leaders, but also gives the participants important skills that they will be able to utilize at their home institutions. Sessions emphasize individual leadership practices and take advantage of expertise from speakers from both industry and academia.
Each year, 12-15 ASPN members are awarded spots in this competitive leadership development program. The program is completed over an approximately one-year period and during 3 full-day sessions in conjunction with scheduled national meetings.
The Leadership Development Program costs more than $10,000 to administer each year, and participants pay nothing for the course. Your tax deductible gift would help ensure that this key stepping stone for emerging leaders in the field of Pediatric Nephrology will continue to be available to ASPN members for years to come.
In honor of the ASPN's 50th Anniverary, an archival history project is being conducted. So far more than 20 past ASPN leaders have been interviewed. Capturing the wealth of information and insights of these oneers in pediatric nephrology is of the utmost importance. A committee of ASPN members is working on this production. The video will premier at the ASPN Meeting at PAS in Toronto in May, 2018.
The American Society of Pediatric Nephrology and its Foundation have launched an initiative to honor H. William Schnaper, MD, Professor Pediatrics and Associate Chair for Faculty Development in the Department of Pediatrics at Northwestern University with a named lecture to be presented at our annual meeting. Dr. Schnaper was an outstanding leader of our society and contributed greatly to the understanding of childhood glomerulonephritis, as well as factors that contribute to renal fibrosis. He served as a distinguished leader of the ASPN and the International Pediatric Nephrology Association. The Schnaper lecturer will be selected each year to present a topic that recognizes an area of Bill’s interests.
Our goal is to raise a $150,000 endowment to fund this lectureship in perpetuity. We hope that you will share our passion to recognize this remarkable man, nephrologist and scientist.
To make your contribution to the H. William Schnaper, MD lectureship, you may donate through the American Society of Pediatric Nephrology Foundation website using the secure link below.
The American Society of Pediatric Nephrology and its Foundation have launched an initiative to honor Adrian Spitzer, MD, Professor Pediatrics and former Chief of Pediatric Nephrology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, with a named lecture to be presented at our annual meeting. Dr. Spitzer is an esteemed investigator and played a seminal role in the development of the emerging field of developmental renal physiology. He led a training program that spawned many future leaders in our field. He was President of the ASPN in 1982 and founded the International Pediatric Nephrology Association’s prestigious Workshop in Developmental Nephrology. The Adrian Spitzer lecturer in Development Nephrology will be selected annually to present the most recent advances in the field.
Our initial goal is to raise $20,000 for the first five years of the lectureship as we continue to develop funds to expand the lecture as an endowment. Currently we have secured funding for the first two years of the lecture. We hope that you will share our passion to recognize this remarkable man, nephrologist and scientist.
To make your contribution to the Adrian Spitzer MD lectureship in Developmental Nephrology, you may donate through the American Society of Pediatric Nephrology Foundation website using the secure link below.
Annual Giving
Contribute to the Fund by making an annual donation when renewing your ASPN membership dues.
Commemorative Giving
Many people make donations to honor friends and family members by recognizing their birthdays, career achievements, or personal milestones. Donations are also an appropriate way to demonstrate affection and respect for a dear friend or colleague who has died. For donations of $25 or more, an honor card will be mailed to your friend or family informing them of the special gift you have made to the ASPN Foundation in their honor. To make a donation, please click on the link below and choose your preferred way.
You may contribute to the ASPN Fund through several planned gifts including a bequest, or trust.
The ASPN Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Your contribution is tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law. No goods or services were provided in exchange for your generous financial donation.
For more information, please call 703-718-6022.