Achievements

Eugene A. Stead, MD, creates the Division of Nephrology 

Roscoe "Ike" R. Robinson, MD, appointed as first division chief

First faculty appointments in the Division of Nephrology: Caulie Gunnells, MD, Jim Clapp, MD, and Chuck Hayes, MD

First chronic hemodialysis program started at Duke Hospital

Eugene A. Stead, MD, establishes the nation's first physician assistant program with Ruby Wilson, RN

First kidney transplant performed at Duke Hospital

Micropuncture techniques used to isolate where diuretics work in the nephron (Clapp, et al) Pubmed

Roscoe “Ike” R. Robinson, MD, became the first editor of the International Society of Nephrology’s new flagship journal, Kidney International.

Opening of Duke Hospital's outpatient hemodialysis unit on Morreene Road

Vincent W. Dennis, MD, appointed as division's second chief

William E. Yarger, MD, appointed as division's third chief

Coffman Lab reports results of the type 1A angiotensin knock-out mouse study demonstrating its importance in blood pressure regulation (Ito, et al) Pubmed

Arthur Greenberg, MD, becomes editor of the 2nd edition of the National Kidney Foundation, Primer on Kidney Diseases.

Thomas M. Coffman, MD, appointed as the division's fourth chief

Laura Svetkey, MD, as part of the DASH Collaborative Research Group reports results in the NEJM showing that dietary changes can lower blood pressure (Appel, et al) Pubmed

Steve Schwab, MD, Michael Berkoben, MD, and David Butterly, MD, as part of the Hemodialysis (HEMO) Study Group report the results in the NEJM comparing different dialysis prescriptions in 1,800 patients (Eknoyan, et al) Pubmed

Discovery of the TRPC6 mutation as a cause of Familial FSGS (Winn, et al) Pubmed

Opening of the new inpatient hemodialysis unit on 7800

Linda Szczech, MD, MSCE, as part of the CHOIR investigators reports the results in the NEJM showing greater risk in targeting a higher hemoglobin in CKD patients with anemia (Singh, et al) Pubmed

ASN Young Investigator Award: Michelle P. Winn, MD

President of the American Society of Nephrology: Thomas M. Coffman, MD

President of the National Kidney Foundation: Lynda Szczech, MD, MSCE

3,000th transplant and 1,000th living donor kidney transplant performed at Duke University Hospital

Duke Nephrology receives funding for the Duke O'Brien Center for Kidney Research.

Establishment of the Michelle P. Winn, MD lectureship at ASN Kidney Week

Thomas M. Coffman, MD, receives AHA Excellence in Hypertension Award and Duke School of Medicine Distinguished Alumni Award

Myles Wolf, MD, MMSc becomes division's fifth chief