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Category: Nephrology and Hypertension

  • CDC adopts UNC Kidney Center screening tool for chronic kidney disease

    Abhijit V. Kshirsagar, MD, MPH Kidney specialists and public health officials agree, at-risk populations often go untested for chronic kidney disease (CKD) because patients with early CKD have few or no symptoms to indicate kidney damage. Diagnosis at the earliest stage offers the best patient outcomes. Abhi Kshirsagar, MD, MPH, professor of medicine and director of the UNC Kidne … Read more

  • Susan Hogan, PhD, and Laura Loehr, MD, PhD, MS

    New k-level grant writing initiative adds to infrastructure that supports junior investigators in pursuit of research training and protected time

    Physician-scientists are uniquely positioned to transfer clinical insights to research discoveries, to return a better understanding of human disease to the clinic. A new initiative led by Laura Loehr, MD, PhD, MS, associate professor in general medicine and clinical epidemiology, and Susan Hogan, PhD, MPH, associate professor in nephrology, will help junior faculty in the depart … Read more

  • Ashley Henderson, MD, and Koyal Jain, MD

    Henderson, Jain appointed directors of undergraduate education in the department

    Ashley Henderson, MD, and Koyal Jain, MD Ron Falk, MD, chair of the department of medicine, has named Ashley Henderson, MD, associate professor of medicine in pulmonary medicine, and Koyal Jain, MD, assistant professor of medicine in nephrology, the new directors of undergraduate education in the department of medicine. “The best education curriculum responds to changes in medica … Read more

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    UNC Kidney Center takes outreach program to Kinston

    The UNC Kidney Center hosted a free kidney screening at the Kinston Community Health Center on Monday, August 5. Primary interventions in outreach aim to raise awareness about chronic kidney disease and promote the role of organ donation for people with end-stage kidney disease. The event was featured on Greenville, NC, news station WNCT-9.

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    Expertscape recognizes Falk and Mackman as world experts

    Ronald Falk, MD Ronald Falk, MD, and Nigel Mackman, PhD, FAHA, have been recognized as top-rated experts in their fields in the 2019 ranking by Expertscape. Falk is the Nan and Hugh Cullman Eminent Professor of Medicine, chair of the department of medicine and co-director of the UNC Kidney Center. Falk’s expertise in vasculitis ranks in the top 0.01% of 67,280 published authors w … Read more

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    Gibson receives nephrology’s Maestro Award

    Erica Bjornstad, MD, MPH, announced this year’s Maestro Award winner at the recent dinner for 2019 graduates, and her speech reflected the collective thoughts and praises for Dr. Keisha Gibson, associate professor of medicine and pediatrics, chief of pediatric nephrology and director of the pediatric nephrology training program.

  • Glomerular Disease Collaborative Network hosts 33rd annual meeting

    Community practice and academic health care professionals joined together at the 33rd annual meeting of the Glomerular Disease Collaborative Network (GDCN) on Saturday, May 4, in Chapel Hill. The guest speaker Jai Radhakrishnan, MD, professor of medicine and director of nephrology clinical services at Columbia University Medical Center.

  • Dr. Koyal Jain and Dr. Keisha Gibson

    Jain and Gibson receive Foundation Phase Teaching Excellence Awards

    Koyal Jain, MD, FASN, and Keisha Gibson, MD, MPH The UNC Academy of Educators (AOE) held its annual Alan W. Cross Evening of Scholarship on May 23, an event that celebrated the accomplishments of the previous year, welcomed new members and awarded outstanding educators in the community. Koyal Jain, MD, FASN, and Keisha Gibson, MD, MPH, both received a Foundation Phase Teaching Ex … Read more

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    Dr. Keisha Gibson is Featured ‘Woman of the Triangle’ on WRAL.com

    Dr. Keisha Gibson, chief of pediatric nephrology, has been featured in WRAL.com’s Women of the Triangle series, recognized for how she promotes diversity and inclusivity in medicine and life. Dr. Keisha Gibson (Credit: Rochelle Moser) Gibson, who is associate professor of medicine and pediatrics, and director of the pediatric nephrology fellowship program, explains in the article … Read more

  • J. Charles Jennette, MD

    Jennette Receives Distinguished Service Award from the Association of Pathology Chairs

    J. Charles Jennette, MD, the Kenneth M. Brinkhous Distinguished Professor and Chair of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Professor of Medicine, and Chief of Pathology and UNC Laboratory Medicine Services, has been selected to receive the 2019 Distinguished Service Award from the Association of Pathology Chairs (APC).

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    Kshirsagar Receives Marion Stedman Covington Distinguished Professorship

    Abhijit V. Kshirsagar, MD, MPH, Professor of Medicine in the Division of Nephrology, has been awarded the Marion Stedman Covington Distinguished Professorship.

  • Monica Reynolds, MD

    Nephrology Study Shows Need for More Training in Women’s Health

    Clinical instructor Monica Reynolds, MD, presented research at ASN Kidney Week that shows nephrologists often lack confidence in managing women’s health issues that may be related to kidney disease. The study was one of only a few selected from thousands, for special release during ASN Kidney Week, the premier US and international clinical and scientific meeting focused on kidney … Read more