KEY Screenings

The National Kidney Foundation of Maryland continues its mission of early detection and early intervention through free KEY (Kidneys: Evaluate Yours) health screenings. KEY screenings, held throughout our service area, identify early markers for high blood pressure, diabetes and kidney disease.

2012 Free Kidney Screenings (KEYS)

Click here to view our 2012 schedule. Please check back for updates as we add more dates and locations!

2011 KEY Screenings: Beneficial For All

With the help of numerous dedicated and generous volunteers, NKF-MD was able to go into many communities of its service area, bringing a message of kidney health awareness and providing a free screening for the early warning signs of kidney disease. Community doctors, nurses and volunteers helped us screen 568 people from Easton to Frederick and Annapolis to Essex, in addition to several KEYs in the high risk area of Baltimore City. Of the 568 people screened in 2011, 145 had "significant results." Significant results (uncontrolled high blood pressure and glucose levels, for example) translate into a higher risk of kidney damage which should be followed up with the participant's personal doctor. NKF-MD's goal for 2012 is to have many more KEY screenings in areas we haven't yet visited. Please keep your eye out for the 2012 schedule on our website shortly after the new year.

Volunteers and Quest personnel at the Annapolis KEY on April 9, 2011.

The Baltimore Latino Health Fair on Oct.9, 2011.

Lori Spence, left, has her blood pressure checked by Roberta Reed See, right, at a free KEY screening at Allegany College. NKF-MD volunteer Jim Nichols, center, records the results of the blood pressure check.

All screenings are free and open to the public. For more information about upcoming KEY screenings, please contact Brenda Falcone at 443.322.0375 or bfalcone@kidneymd.org.