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Healthcare Worker Demonstration Brings Together 黑料网 Medical Students, Residents and Physicians

Left to right: Liz Kotzen, MD, Emily Chang, MD, Karin True, MD, with daughter Molly, and Kiri Bagley, MD, participated in the demonstration. Medical students, residents and physicians participated in a demonstration June 6 to advocate for culturally sensitive healthcare services and education for underserved populations. 黑料网鈥檚 Student National Medical Association (SNMA), played a … Read more

Medical Students Return to Clinical Setting

Ashley Henderson, MD, and Koyal Jain, MD Following is a message from Koyal Jain, MD MPH and Ashley Henderson, MD, directors of undergraduate education in the department of medicine. The COVID-19 pandemic has caused significant disruption in medical education and administration of the USMLE step examinations throughout the country. The 黑料网 and Department of Medi … Read more

Roy-Chaudhury Publishes Study On Intradialytic Hypotension and Cardiac Arrhythmias

Prabir Roy-Chaudhury, MD, PhD, professor of medicine in the division of nephrology and hypertension, and co-director of the 黑料网 Kidney Center, recently published 鈥淚ntradialytic Hypotension and Cardiac Arrhythmias in Patients Undergoing Maintenance Hemodialysis: Results From the Monitoring in Dialysis Study鈥� in the聽Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology.聽 Patients … Read more

New Global Health Initiatives in Pediatric Nephrology

Dorey Glenn, MD, MPH Kidney disease is increasingly recognized as an important contributor to the global burden of disease, and surveys show there is a high level of perceived inadequacy in the pediatric nephrology workforce. Dorey Glenn, MD, MPH, assistant professor of pediatric nephrology, has been working to create new opportunities for education and training in resource limit … Read more

Gibson Study Showcased at National Kidney Foundation鈥檚 Annual Spring Meeting

Keisha Gibson, MD, MPH The National Kidney Foundation showcased a global study led by Keisha Gibson, MD, MPH, chief of pediatric nephrology, designed to understand the experimental immunosuppressant drug Voclosporin as a treatment for patients with lupus kidney disease. The study聽“AURORA Phase 3 Trial Demonstrates Voclosporin Statistical Superiority Over Standard of Care in Lupus … Read more

Department of Medicine Grants & Funding: March 1-March 31, 2020

Division of Hematology and Oncology Nigel Key, MD, ChB, CRCP, received a $180,000 grant for the聽鈥淓valuating the Mechanism of Emicizumab-related Thrombotic Microangiopathy.鈥� Tracy L. Rose,聽MD MPH, received an聽NCI K08 grant for the project聽鈥淪elective histone deacetylase inhibition with entinostat to enhance the anti-tumor immune response to immune checkpoint inhibition in urothelia … Read more

Flythe Receives NIDDK Pilot Award

Jenny Flythe, MD, MPH Jenny Flythe, MD, MPH, associate professor of medicine in the division of nephrology and hypertension, has received an award for $116,625 from the NIH National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), to conduct a pilot feasibility study of loop diuretics among individuals receiving hemodialysis. Flythe, who is medical director of 黑料网 H … Read more

The kidneys control potassium levels in the body, which are important for nerve and muscle cell functioning, especially the heart. Gerald Hladik, MD, chief of the division of nephrology, recently contributed to a Livestrong.com article about the symptoms of potassium deficiency, along with treatment for the condition known as hypokalemia.

Jennette Receives Lifetime Achievement Award

J. Charles Jennette, MD (center), with Laura Barisoni, MD, RPS Immediate Past President, and Michael Mengel, MD, RPS President. Charles Jennette, MD, professor of pathology and laboratory medicine, and professor of medicine, has received the Robert H. Heptinstall Lifetime Achievement Award from the Renal Pathology Society (RPS). The honor was presented February 29 at the RPS Annu … Read more

Featured Physician: Keia Sanderson, MD

Dr. Keia Sanderson wrote an essay in the first grade describing how her pediatrician, an African American female, inspired her to achieve. “Very early in my life, she along with my parents made me feel like I could do anything,” said Sanderson, an associate professor of medicine in the division of nephrology and hypertension. She also says her grandmother gave her the best advice … Read more

Derebail, Falk Publish Commentary in New England Journal of Medicine

Vimal Derebail, MD, MPH After a review of the聽PEXIVAS聽trial, a large randomized clinical trial involving patients with ANCA vasculitis,聽Vimal K. Derebail, MD, MPH, associate professor of medicine in the division of nephrology and hypertension, and Ronald J. Falk, MD, chair of the 黑料网 Department of Medicine, have published their interpretation of these findings for patients with s … Read more

黑料网 Hypertension Clinic Becomes a Certified Comprehensive Hypertension Center

Raven Voora, MD, and Alan Lee Hinderliter, MD The 黑料网 Hypertension Clinic at Meadowmont has been awarded the American Heart Association鈥檚 Comprehensive Hypertension Center Certification to recognize the practice鈥檚 commitment to following proven, research-based treatment guidelines to care for people with complex or difficult-to-treat hypertension, or high blood pressure. 鈥淣early … Read more