The Autoimmune Registry hosts a monthly webinar series bringing together leaders across patient advocacy communities. This month, we are honored to welcome Elizabeth Montgomery, National Vice President of Clinical Practice Innovation and Population Health at the National Kidney Foundation, for a conversation about the kidney involvement that goes unrecognized in diseases, including Autoimmune disease, and what it takes to change that at the level of the health system.
More than 37 million Americans have kidney disease, and nearly 90 percent do not know they have it. Early kidney disease has no symptoms, and fewer than 20 percent of at-risk adults receive the guideline-recommended tests. When a primary diagnosis captures one specialty's attention, a second organ system can go unwatched, as commonly happens in autoimmune and immune-mediated conditions such as lupus and immunoglobulin A nephropathy (IgAN). Montgomery leads the National Kidney Foundation's work to close that gap by changing how health systems operate, not by asking clinicians to catch more.
Details: Thursday, September, 2026, from 12:00 to 1:00 PM ET
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Agenda:
12:00 - 12:05 PM: Convene
12:05 - 12:10 PM: Introductions
12:10 - 12:40 PM: Elevating the K- A Systems Model for Catching Kidney Involvement Early
12:40 - 1:00 PM: Q&A
About Elizabeth Montgomery
Elizabeth Montgomery
National Kidney Foundation,
National Vice President of
Clinical Practice Innovation
& Population Health
Elizabeth Montgomery is the National Vice President of Clinical Practice Innovation and Population Health at the National Kidney Foundation. In this role, she is responsible for the design, dissemination, and implementation of the strategies articulated in CKDintercept™, a multi-year, multi-pronged initiative to improve chronic kidney disease (CKD) recognition in primary care. CKDintercept has demonstrated that it is possible to rapidly increase CKD testing, diagnosis, and management in integrated health systems, accountable care organizations, and safety-net settings.
As an advocate for systemic change, her work has influenced policy and practice across 10 states and led to partnerships with state health departments, integrated delivery networks, and Federally Qualified Health Centers, impacting over 1 million people affected by kidney diseases in 2024.
About NKF
The National Kidney Foundation is revolutionizing the fight to save lives by eliminating preventable kidney disease, accelerating innovation for the dignity of the patient experience, and dismantling structural inequities in kidney care, dialysis, and transplantation. For more information about NKF, visit www.kidney.org.
About Kidney Disease
In the United States, more than 35 million adults are estimated to have kidney disease, also known as chronic kidney disease (CKD) - and approximately 90 percent don’t know they have it. About 1 in 3 adults in the U.S. are at risk for kidney disease. Risk factors for kidney disease include: diabetes, high blood pressure, heart disease, obesity, and family history.
If If you work in patient advocacy, clinical research, healthcare policy, or live with an autoimmune condition, this conversation will provide meaningful insight into how one organization moved an entire health system to catch a missed organ system earlier, and how that model applies to other conditions.