Faculty & Administration

Division Chiefs & Division Administrator

Keisha Gibson, MD, MPH

Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension; Chief, Pediatric Nephrology; Director, Pediatric Nephrology Fellowship Program

Gerald Hladik, MD

Doc J. Thurston Distinguished Professor of Medicine; Chief, Division of Nephrology & Hypertension; Director, Nephrology Training Program

Trina Pugh

Division Administrator, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension; Center Administrator, UNC Kidney Center

Clinical Directors

Randy Detwiler, MD

Allan Brewster Distinguished Professor of Medicine, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension; Director, Transplant Nephrology Program

Keisha Gibson, MD, MPH

Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension; Chief, Pediatric Nephrology; Director, Pediatric Nephrology Fellowship Program

Pankaj Jawa, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension; Medical Director, UNC Hospitals Kidney and Hypertension Specialty Clinic

Raven Voora, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension; Director, Hypertension Clinic; Medical Director, Fresenius Medical Center, Burlington

Dialysis Center Directors

Cindy Denu-Ciocca, MD

Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension; Medical Director, Carolina Dialysis Carrboro; Medical Director, Carolina Dialysis Pittsboro

Akhil Hegde, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension
Medical Director, Carolina Dialysis Sanford

Abhi Kshirsagar, MD, MPH

Covington Distinguished Professor of Medicine, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension; Chief Medical Director, UNC Dialysis Care; Medical Director, Carolina Dialysis Siler City

Kawan Swain, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension; Medical Director, Fresenius Dialysis Center of Mebane

Training Program Directors

Keisha Gibson, MD, MPH

Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension; Chief, Pediatric Nephrology; Director, Pediatric Nephrology Fellowship Program

Gerald Hladik, MD

Doc J. Thurston Distinguished Professor of Medicine; Chief, Division of Nephrology & Hypertension; Director, Nephrology Training Program

Koyal Jain, MD, FASN

Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension; Associate Program Director, Nephrology Training Program

Clay Block, MD, MS, FASN

Professor of Medicine, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension; Associate Program Director, Nephrology Training Program

Clinical and Research Faculty

Clay Block, MD, MS, FASN

Professor of Medicine, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension; Associate Program Director, Nephrology Training Program

Emily Chang, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension

Matt Cooper

Assistant Professor, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension

Cindy Denu-Ciocca, MD

Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension; Medical Director, Carolina Dialysis Carrboro; Medical Director, Carolina Dialysis Pittsboro

Randy Detwiler, MD

Allan Brewster Distinguished Professor of Medicine, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension; Director, Transplant Nephrology Program

Ronald Falk, MD

Nan and Hugh Cullman Eminent Professor; Chairman, Department of Medicine; Co-Director, UNC Kidney Center

Eddie Fuller, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension

Keisha Gibson, MD, MPH

Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension; Chief, Pediatric Nephrology; Director, Pediatric Nephrology Fellowship Program

Akhil Hegde, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension
Medical Director, Carolina Dialysis Sanford

Gerald Hladik, MD

Doc J. Thurston Distinguished Professor of Medicine; Chief, Division of Nephrology & Hypertension; Director, Nephrology Training Program

Koyal Jain, MD, FASN

Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension; Associate Program Director, Nephrology Training Program

Pankaj Jawa, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension; Medical Director, UNC Hospitals Kidney and Hypertension Specialty Clinic

Abhi Kshirsagar, MD, MPH

Covington Distinguished Professor of Medicine, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension; Chief Medical Director, UNC Dialysis Care; Medical Director, Carolina Dialysis Siler City

Manish Saha, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension

Kawan Swain, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension; Medical Director, Fresenius Dialysis Center of Mebane

Karin True, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension

Raven Voora, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension; Director, Hypertension Clinic; Medical Director, Fresenius Medical Center, Burlington

Katie Westreich, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension

Clinical Nursing

Trish Thompson, ANP-BC

Adult Nurse Practitioner, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension

Clinical Staff

 

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