Division News

[caption id="attachment_16615" align="alignright" width="150"] Matthew Sparks, MD, will present at Medicine Research Conference Fri., Sept.

This week Tom Coffman, MD, chief of the Division of Nephrology, will receive a 2014 Excellence Award for Hypertension Research from the American Heart Association. The award recognizes researchers who have had a major impact in the field of hypertension and whose research has contributed to improved treatment

This week Tom Coffman, MD, chief of the Division of Nephrology, will receive a 2014 Excellence Award for Hypertension Research from the American Heart Association. The award recognizes researchers who have had a major impact in the field of hypertension and whose research has contributed to improved treatment

Please join the Division of Nephrology for a memorial service honoring the life and work of Michelle Winn, MD, associate professor of medicine (Nephrology). The service will be held at 3 p.m. on Tues., Sept. 2, in Duke Chapel. Read more about Dr.

Please join the Division of Nephrology for a memorial service honoring the life and work of Michelle Winn, MD, associate professor of medicine (Nephrology). The service will be held at 3 p.m. on Tues., Sept. 2, in Duke Chapel. Read more about Dr.

The American Society of Nephrology, which has posted the preliminary program for the annual Kidney Week scientific meeting to be held this November in Philadelphia, has announced the Michelle P.

The Duke O'Brien Center for Kidney Research will hold its second annual DOCK Symposium from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. on Thurs., June 19 in the Great Hall of the Trent Semans Center.

Two Department of Medicine faculty have been honored with 2015 Distinguished Awards by the Duke Medical Alumni Association.

Thomas Coffman, MD

At the School of Medicine's Spring Faculty Meeting on May 6, the following Medicine faculty were honored with awards: James A. Tulsky, MD, professor of medicine (General Internal Medicine) and chief, Duke Palliative Care, received the Research Mentoring Award for excellence in clinical science research mentoring. Marilyn J.

To coincide with National Kidney Month, eAJKD (the official blog of the American Journal of Kidney Diseases) is presenting NephMadness 2014, a month-long celebration of all things kidney. Matt Sparks, MD, medical instructor (Nephrology), is one of the co-organizers of this national, basketball-themed nephrology contest.