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On March 15, 2009, at the 19th Annual Gift of Life Gala, NKFL Board -President,
Rebecca Sadler, R.D., received the Julio Figueroa Award. This award is presented
to an individual or organization that has helped our affiliate meet its mission
by providing long-standing participation, exemplary service and outstanding leadership.
Catherine Staffeld, M.D., Rebecca Sadler, R.D., and Julio Figueroa, M.D.
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Rebecca’s
involvement with the National Kidney Foundation of Louisiana began in the
early 1990s. She has been a consummate volunteer, tireless fundraiser,
patient advocate and program developer. Presently, she is serving the first
year of a three-year term as affiliate president.
Outside
the renal community, Rebecca is a member of St. Martin’s Episcopal
Church. She serves on the Church Foundation Board, the Altar Guild, the Episcopal
Church Women and as a representative to the Convention of the Episcopal Diocese
of Louisiana. Her faith and the church are very important to her.
Whether
it is for her church, her family, the National Kidney Foundation or her patients,
she does it from her heart and with passion. Both her
volunteer work
and professional accomplishments “Make Lives Better” for kidney
patients throughout the country.
It
was our distinct honor and pleasure to bestow upon Rebecca Ann Sadler the
13th Annual National Kidney Foundation of Louisiana “Julio E. Figueroa
Founders Award.” She joins Julio Figueroa, M.D., Francisco Gonzalez,
M.D., John Lewy, M.D., Dianne P. Barth, Joel Turner, Fred Husserl, M.D., Kevin
Krane,
M.D., Ernie Turner, Jr., Thomas Oelsner, M.D., Luis Gabriel Uribe, M.D., K.
Trevor From, Jr., M.D., and L. Lee Hamm, M.D., in receiving our most prestigious
award.
The
event, generously underwritten by Abbott, Marriott New Orleans at the Convention
Center, New Orleans Kidney Patient Association and
Angela
Westbrook,
featured
delicious cuisine prepared by the following celebrity chefs: Chef
Jean Luc Albin (Maurice French Pastries), Chef Hernan Caro, Chef Vincent
Catalanotto (Vincent’s
Italian Cuisine), Chef Glen Hogh (Vega Tapas Café), Chef Jacques Saleun
(Chateau du Lac) and Chef Chuck Subra (La Cote Brasserie).
