Missouri Kidney Program 2025 Annual Awards
The Missouri Kidney Program recognized several outstanding partners during its 2025 awards program in February. Health care experts received awards for lifetime achievement, advisory council service, transplant social work and dialysis social work. The annual awards are designed to inspire and encourage health care professionals to deepen their partnerships with MoKP to improve the lives of Missourians with kidney disease.
Regina Vinson, MSW, LCSW, received the Missouri Kidney Program 2025 Lifetime Achievement Award. Pictured, from left, are: Lisa Parnell, MoKP Director; Vinson; Kendall Chenevert, MoKP Student Assistant; and Valerie Hardesty, MoKP Sr. Program Coordinator.
Preethi Yerram, MD, received an award for her 11 years of service on the MoKP Advisory Council Committee, including her past leadership role as Chair. Dr. Yerram has over 20 years of experience and serves as a Professor of Medicine/Nephrology at University of Missouri Health Care in Columbia. In addition to her direct patient care duties, she leads the University of Missouri – Telehealth Network’s Show-Me ECHO Kidney Disease team and serves on the MU School of Medicine Transplant team. Pictured, from left, are: Parnell; Yerram; and Tammy Turner, MoKP assistant director.
Kirstin Walker, LCSW, BJC Transplant team, received the 2025 Outstanding Transplant Social Worker Award. Pictured, from left, are: Anna Sumner, MoKP coordinator; Walker; and Parnell.
Servisa Cash, MSW, LCSW, FMC, and Suzanne Renner, MSW, LCSW, FMC, were recognized with Outstanding Dialysis Social Worker Award honors. Pictured, from left, are: Renner, honorable mention; Cash, award winner; Sumner; and Parnell.
