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Category: Nephrology and Hypertension

  • Jenny Flythe, MD, MPH-shaul-massry-award

    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 UNC H … Read more

  • Gerald Hladik, MD

    Hladik Discusses Potassium Regulation with Livestrong.com

    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.

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    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

  • Keia Sanderson, MD

    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

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    Derebail, Falk Publish Commentary in New England Journal of Medicine

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

  • AHA-Certification

    UNC Hypertension Clinic Becomes a Certified Comprehensive Hypertension Center

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

  • November- Grants and Funding

    Department of Medicine Grants & Funding: November 1-November 30, 2019

    Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Carla M. P. Ribeiro, PhD, was awarded a $250,000 grant from the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation to study novel targets for CF airway mucus production. Division of General Medicine and Clinical Epidemiology Dan Jonas, MD, MPH was awarded a $2.2 million grant to address unhealthy alcohol use. Learn more. Division of Nephrology and Hyperte … Read more

  • Jenny Flythe, MD, MPH-shaul-massry-award

    Flythe Appointed to KDIGO’s 2020 Executive Committee

    Jenny Flythe, MD, MPH Jenny Flythe, MD, MPH, associate professor in the division of nephrology and hypertension and medical director of UNC Hospital’s Dialysis Services, has been elected to serve on the executive committee for Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO), beginning January 1, 2020. More than 120 physician scientists worldwide were considered for five slots o … Read more

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    Keisha Gibson appointed vice chair for diversity and inclusion

    Keisha Gibson, MD, MPH, associate professor of medicine and pediatrics, and chief of pediatric nephrology, has been named vice chair for diversity and inclusion for the department of medicine. “We are delighted to welcome Dr. Gibson to this new position, leading our commitment to nurturing an environment of diversity inclusion,” said Ron Falk, MD, chair of the department of medic … Read more

  • Ronald Falk, MD

    Falk contributes to US News & World Report’s patient guide to autoimmune disease

    “All autoimmune diseases have what are called relapsing and remitting tendencies,” says Ron Falk, MD, chair of the UNC Department of Medicine and co-director of the UNC Kidney Center, in a new patient’s guide. “You may have long periods where you feel relatively well followed by severe disease flare-ups or exacerbations.”

  • Monica Reynolds, MD

    New clinic serves reproductive women with kidney disease

    Christina Herrera, MD, MSCI, and Monica Reynolds, MD, MSCR A new UNC Health Care clinic opened this month led by Monica Reynolds, MD, MSCR, assistant professor of medicine in nephrology, and Christina Herrera, MD, MSCI, assistant professor in the division of maternal-fetal-medicine, in the department of obstetrics and gynecology. “We are very excited to announce the opening of ou … Read more

  • Abhijit V. Kshirsagar, MD, MPH-iron-dose-in-dialysis

    Kshirsagar emphasizes the importance of kidney transplant in JAMA Surgery

    Abhijit V. Kshirsagar, MD, MPH Abhijit Kshirsagar, MD, MPH, emphasizes the importance of kidney transplant in the editorial Transplant First, Dialysis Last, with Melina Kibbe, MD, chair of the department of surgery, and David Gerber, MD, from the division of abdominal transplant surgery. Published in JAMA Surgery, the editorial recognizes transplants as cost-effective with the gr … Read more