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Northwest Kidney Centers company history timeline

1964

The Mini Monster, for example, was created in 1964 at the University of Washington for the world’s first home dialysis patient.

In 1964, Scribner's presidential address to the American Society for Artificial Internal Organs discussed the problems of patient selection, termination of treatment, patient suicide, death with dignity, and selection for transplantation.

By 1964, Seattle Artificial Kidney Center had expanded to 10 stations serving 47 patients—growth that led to financial strain.

1976

Developed by Doctor Eli Friedman and James T. Hutchisson in New York in 1976, this lightweight machine allowed patients to travel.

1978

In 1978, Northwest Kidney Center began offering peritoneal dialysis in addition to its hemodialysis services: first, continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) and later automated peritoneal dialysis (APD).

1988

Together with the Puget Sound Blood Center and the University of Washington Department of Orthopedics, Northwest Kidney Center jointly founded the Northwest Tissue Center in 1988.

1989

The Federal Food and Drug Administration approved the use of EPO in June 1989.

2007

Doctor Jonathan Himmelfarb had been appointed to the chair and named the first director of the Kidney Research Institute shortly before Doctor Eschbach’s death in 2007.

2012

Our dialysis museum, opened in 2012 in honor of our 50th anniversary, highlights crucial moments in Northwest Kidney Centers’ history, dating back to the early days when an Admissions Committee determined who would receive dialysis — a scarce resource at the time — and who would not.

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