National KDSAP
Who founded National KDSAP?
Dr. Li-Li-Hsiao.
What must students attend before volunteering at a Penn KDSAP screening?
Fall/Spring General Training!
This board member founded rock climbing at Penn!
What is the main job of the kidneys?
Filter the blood and remove waste products, while maintaining fluid, electrolyte, and acid-base balance.
Name one measurement Penn KDSAP takes during its community health screenings.
BMI, blood pressure, blood glucose, urinalysis measurments, height, WHR.
In what year was the national KDSAP organization founded?
2008
What Penn KDSAP program lets members observe doctors in a clinical setting?
This board member has done gymnastics for 15 years.
Nandini
What is the functional unit of the kidney called?
Nephron.
What type of specialist provides patients with an on-site physician consultation after their PennKDSAP screening?
Where was the first National KDSAP chapter registered?
Harvard College.
In what year was Penn’s KDSAP chapter founded?
2017
This board member is a certified scuba diver.
Divyash.
What is the indent in the kidney called?
Renal hilum.
In what year did PennKDSAP hold its first community health screening?
2017
How many registered National KDSAP chapters are there?
29
At Penn KDSAP’s dissection event, students dissected a kidney from what animal?
Sheep.
This board member knows how to drive stick shift.
Sneha.
What hormone produced by the kidneys stimulates red blood cell production?
Erythropoietin.
What was our largest screening last year?
Who is the president of National KDSAP?
Dr. Andrew Rosenblatt
Name all the committees of Penn KDSAP (newbs only).
Clinical Operations, Health Education, Programming & Physician Relations, Community Outreach, Marketing & Public Relations.
This board member had Sabrina Carpenter at the top of their Spotify Wrapped.
Vyas.
What cleaves angiotensin I to angiotensin II and where?
Angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) in the lungs.
Which two doctors provided help and guidance during Penn KDSAP’s first-ever screening?
Dr. Akash Sethi and Dr. Jonathan Suarez.