for Life: The Story of W. J. Kolff, Father of Artificial Organs. B&V Media, 2007. . Patrick T. McBride, Genesis of the artificial kidney. Baxter Healthcare Corp., 1987. External links Kolff's papers at the University of Utah Willem Kolff Stichting - Kampen, The Netherlands foundation honouring the life and work of Kolff Familievereniging Kolff Family Association W.J. Kolff Institute - Groningen, The Netherlands. Research Institute within the UMCG named after W. J. Kolff Obituary in the Telegraph newspaper Obituary in the New York Times 1911 births 2009 deaths Dutch emigrants to the United States 20th-century Dutch inventors Dutch nephrologists University of Groningen alumni University of Utah faculty People from Leiden American nephrologists American medical researchers Dutch Righteous Among the Nations Members of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences Recipients of the Lasker-DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award 20th-century American inventors Leiden University alumni