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With the help of our communities in cities across the country and beyond, we provide a forum for patients who want to join in the fight to find treatments and cure for PKD.
Connect with us to find out how you can make a difference in the lives of thousands in the U.S. and millions worldwide.
9th Annual
San Antonio
Kendra Scott Fundraiser
Friday, December 6
6 – 8 p.m. CT
Kendra Scott Quarry Village Store
310 E Basse Rd.
San Antonio, TX 78209
Shop with endra Scott and 20% of your purchase will be donated back to the PKD Foundation when mentioned at check out.
Can’t make it to the store?
Shop at www.kendrascott.com and use code GIVEBACK-HLIMU at checkout to give back!
*Code is valid from 12 am on 12/06/2024 through 11:59 pm on 12/07/2024*
If you have questions, email us at sanantonio@pkdcure.org.
2024 San Antonio Walk for PKD
Saturday, September 14
OP Schnabel Park, Graff Pavilion
Registration/site opens: 7:30 a.m.
Join us this fall and be a part of the largest gathering of the PKD community. Sign up today and bring treatments to patients faster with 100% of each donation funding life-saving research at walkforpkd.org/sanantonio.
If you have questions, email us at sanantoniowalk@pkdcure.org.
San Antonio Community— In the news!
SA community gathers for 21st Annual Walk for Polycystic Kidney Disease
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The Walk for PKD aims to bring community together to help save lives
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2nd Grader Heads to School with a NEW Kidney & Liver
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University of Texas Health San Antonio
8435 Wurzback Road, Ste 302
San Antonio, TX 78229
210-450-9800
Clinic Director: Ashley Garcia-Everett, MD
The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, also known as UT Health San Antonio, is a leading academic health center with a mission to make lives better through excellence in advanced academics, life-saving research and comprehensive clinical care. Our UT Health San Antonio Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD) clinic is located on the 4th floor of the large UT Medical Arts and Research Center (MARC) multispecialty facility in the San Antonio Medical Center. We offer onsite laboratory, imaging, dietician/nutrition and pharmacy services. Every patient at UT Health San Antonio benefits from our multi-disciplinary approach with on-site access to more than 25 subspecialists. Our board-certified nephrologists have expertise in the diagnosis and treatment of polycystic kidney disease and its complications. They are knowledgeable in both ADPKD (autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease) and ARPKD (autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease). Our comprehensive approach to PKD includes a thorough hour-long initial assessment which typically includes laboratory, imaging studies and genetic testing. We will assess your current level of kidney function, discuss prognosis, and over the first few visits formulate a plan for intervention including but not limited to: drug therapy, lifestyle modifications, dietary considerations and plans for monitoring. While PKD has no known cure, our goal is to delay progression of kidney disease with evidence-based assessment, treatment and management with the most upto-date therapeutic options available. With advanced kidney disease, we are fervent advocates for pre-emptive kidney transplant and have a strong relationship our affiliated University Transplant Center. We have a special interest in pediatric-to-adult transitions in PKD care. Let us partner with you on your journey with PKD.
Meet Dr. Shweta Bansai
Dr. Shweta Bansal is the current recipient of the UTHSCSA Presidential Clinical Excellence Award winner. Dr. Shweta Bansal, a national authority in peritoneal dialysis, has been on our faculty for 12 years and has served with distinction as a clinician, educator and scholar. Dr. Bansal epitomizes the ideals of clinical medicine, offering her patients compassionate, evidence-based and personalized care while also organizing multidisciplinary efforts needed to deliver outstanding, value-based care.
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Registration for the 2024 Walk for PKD is now open! Find your walk at walkforpkd.org. |
The PKD Foundation is excited to the announce the newest cohort of Centers of Excellence, Partner Clinics, and Pediatric Clinics. If you are looking for the right healthcare providers to help you manage living with PKD, visit our Centers of Excellence page to learn more about the program and to find a Center of Excellence, Partner Clinic, or Pediatric Clinic.
There’s a new way ADPKD Registry participants can step up to provide hope today, and for future generations. The nation’s first dedicated ADPKD Registry is now also one of the first patient registries of any kind to integrate patient-provided health records. Share your health records through your provider’s online portal with a few simple steps on the ADPKD Registry.
Now, as always, the PKD Foundation is committed to our mission of giving hope, advocating for patients, and building a community for all impacted by PKD. We'll continue supporting our community by providing important resources and timely updates on social media. If you have questions or need help navigating this unprecedented health crisis, we are here for you. Email or call (844) PKD-HOPE.
Mark Ruffin
PKD Connect Ambassador
I volunteer as the San Antonio Community because of my wife Patti’s medical history of PKD (hers and her family). By engaging critical partners here in San Antonio, I can help others faced with the challenges of this disease, and improve chances of finding a cure. Without others engagement, nothing happens!
Patti O’Grady Ruffin
Fundraising Ambassador
My paternal grandmother, father, two uncles, and two sisters lost their battle too young to PKD. After two years on dialysis due to PKD, a generous coworker came forwarded to donate her kidney to me in December, 2005. I have been blessed with this new lease on life and retirement (2009); and I knew I needed to step up as the volunteer Ambassador for the San Antonio Walk for PKD for 14 years. Now I have shifted my volunteer efforts as the Volunteer Fundraising Ambassador for San Antonio Community in an effort to ensure a better life for all living with PKD. A Cure is Our Finish Line. When people ask me why I volunteer, I have three words: best paycheck ever.
Diane Biery, MD, MBA
Walk for PKD Ambassador
After completing my undergraduate degree at Texas A&M University, I graduated from Southwestern Medical School and completed Residency training in both Internal Medicine and Anesthesiology at the University of California San Francisco. After transitioning from private practice in 2012, I served as the Chief Quality Officer at a six-hospital system in South Texas before joining the Methodist Healthcare team as Chief Medical Officer at Methodist Specialty and Transplant Hospital in 2016. While serving in that role I was blessed to be able to support a world class kidney and liver Transplant program.
My family suffers from PKD and both my husband and daughter are affected. As someone whose loved ones are at risk, I am indebted to all those who work to strive for a cure while supporting those during their journey with kidney disease. My husband is a 20-year survivor of a successful living donor kidney transplant performed at MSTH and my daughter is taking Tolvaptan to prolong her kidney function. Both of these life-saving treatments were made possible by dedicated professionals supported by the volunteer community.
Now that I am retired I am joining the PKD community as a Co-Ambassador for the San Antonio annual PKD walk. It is my privilege to pay it forward and help make a difference in others’ lives.
Page last updated November 2022
