LAWRENCE, Mass., Feb. 25, 2015 /PRNewswire/
-- NxStage® Kidney Care, Inc., a subsidiary of NxStage
Medical, Inc. (Nasdaq: NXTM), today announced the opening of two
dialysis centers in the suburbs of Boston, Massachusetts. Conveniently located in
Wakefield and Norwood, the centers are led by teams of
highly trained medical staff committed to providing high quality,
personalized care to dialysis patients and their families.
Both the Wakefield and
Norwood facilities offer multiple
therapy options using the NxStage System One™ including home
hemodialysis (HHD), home nocturnal hemodialysis, flexible in-center
hemodialysis, and short-term respite care, with schedule
flexibility to meet the health and lifestyle needs of the patient.
The centers also offer peritoneal dialysis (PD) therapy. All
NxStage Kidney Care centers offer home dialysis training that is
customized to meet the needs of the patient.
"Our focus is on putting the patient first. By listening to our
patients' needs and priorities we develop personalized education,
training and flexible treatment plans that provide high quality
care," said Dr. Christopher Ying,
Medical Director at NxStage Kidney Care in Wakefield. Dr. Ying is affiliated with Lahey
Hospital & Medical Center and Tufts School
of Medicine. "We help our patients choose a dialysis therapy
that best meets their health and lifestyle goals, as well as their
desire to do dialysis when and where they want, including while
they are sleeping."
"As nephrologists we want our patients to have the best care,
access to the best treatment, and have the best quality of life,"
said Dr. John Danziger, Medical
Director at NxStage Kidney Care in Norwood. Dr. Danziger is an Attending at Beth
Israel Deaconess Medical Center and an Assistant Professor at
Harvard Medical School."I am excited to
offer patients dialysis options that will provide them as much
convenience as possible."
Like all NxStage Kidney Care facilities, the Boston-area centers are furnished with modern,
comfortable amenities, offering relaxed therapy environments.
"As a Massachusetts based
company, we are thrilled to be providing local dialysis patients
with access to the clinical and quality of life benefits possible
with our flexible dialysis therapies," said Robert Brown, President of NxStage Kidney Care.
"We invite patients and their care partners to come tour our new
centers and meet our staff. We think you will be pleasantly
surprised with the patient experience we can offer to help meet
your needs and preferences. Seeing is believing!"
NxStage Kidney Care Massachusetts Locations:
Boston North
107 Audubon Rd, Ste. 1-60
Wakefield, MA 01880
(781) 928-9277
Boston South
500 Providence Highway
Norwood, MA 02062
(781) 619-1400
For more information about NxStage Kidney Care's home and
flexible in-center options in Massachusetts please visit
www.nxstagekidneycare.com.
About NxStage Kidney Care
NxStage Kidney
Care, Inc., a subsidiary of NxStage Medical,
Inc. (Nasdaq: NXTM), is innovating a dialysis care model that
is intended to support and encourage patient centered care and
provide enhanced access to the life-changing benefits of home
therapy as well as flexible in-center options. By leveraging
NxStage's home leadership and the innovative technology of its
System One, NxStage Kidney Care is committed to helping patients
take control of their dialysis and to allowing physicians the
flexibility to prescribe what is truly best for their patients. For
more information, please visit www.nxstagekidneycare.com or
call (866) 694-2707.
About NxStage Medical
NxStage Medical,
Inc. (Nasdaq: NXTM) is a medical device company, headquartered
in Lawrence, Massachusetts,
USA, that develops, manufactures and markets innovative
products for the treatment of ESRD and acute kidney failure. For
more information on NxStage and its products, please visit the
Company's website at www.nxstage.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
This release contains
"forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. All statements contained
in this release that are not clearly historical in nature are
forward-looking, and the words "anticipate," "believe," "expect,"
"estimate," "plan," and similar expressions are generally intended
to identify forward-looking statements. Actual results may differ
materially from those indicated by these forward-looking statements
as a result of various important factors including those that are
discussed in NxStage's filings with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, including the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q
for the quarter ended September 30, 2014. NxStage is under no
obligation to (and expressly disclaims any such obligation to)
update or alter its forward-looking statements, whether as a result
of new information, future events or otherwise.
Media contact:
Kristen K. Sheppard, Esq.
ksheppard@nxstage.com
Tel: (978) 332-5923
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