UKRO University Kidney Research Organization
Non-profit OrganizationsCalifornia, United States0-1 Employees
UKRO University Kidney Research Organization is a United States nonprofit charity organized as a 501(c)(3) corporation that supports kidney disease research. It was founded by entertainment lawyer Kenneth Kleinberg, who developed a kidney ailment in 1999, progressed to renal failure in 2001, required dialysis for several years, and received a kidney transplant in 2007. UKRO was established in 2002 with the involvement of Dr. Vito M. Campese, then Professor and Chief of the Division of Nephrology and Hypertension at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California. In 2012, UKRO pledged support to establish the USC/UKRO Kidney Research Center, which opened in September 2015 and conducts multidisciplinary, disease-focused kidney research. The organization is headquartered in Los Angeles, California, at 11111 Santa Monica Boulevard, Suite 1750, and maintains a very small staff of 0-1 employees. Its website is https://ukrocharity.org.