BOWER FOUNDATION - Key Persons

John D. Bower, M.D., a young nephrologist, moved from the Medical College of Virginia to the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson, Mississippi. Dr. Bower helped persuade Congress to pass Legislation H.R. 1, declaring persons with End Stage Renal Disease eligible for Medicare. The challenge for dialysis then shifted from affordability to accessibility, as people were having to drive hundreds of miles for treatment at facilities that were already full. Dr. Bower committed to make dialysis facilities and services accessible for Mississippi kidney patients. He set a long-term goal to establish dialysis facilities within 30 miles of any patient's home. A 501(c)(3) corporation was founded to carry out this commitment, and Kidney Care, Inc., came into being.