Walter A. Hunt, Ph.D., holds a bachelor’s degree in chemistry from Bethany College and a doctorate in neuropharmacology from West Virginia University. As a medical researcher for thirty years, he examined the biological basis of diseases never considering that one day he would have to deal with a serious disease of his own. Having polycystic kidney disease (PKD), the fourth leading cause of kidney failure, he suffered seven and a half years of dialysis and two dozen stays in the hospital before receiving the gift of life of a transplant. Now free of kidney problems, Dr. Hunt serves on the Board of Trustees of the PKD Foundation and travels the world.