Durham VA and Duke faculty recognized at annual VHA Renal Field Meeting
Three Durham VA Medical Center and Duke faculty were recently recognized with awards at the annual VHA Renal Field Meeting:
Patrick Pun, MD, MHS, assistant professor of medicine (Nephrology), was awarded the Great Seal of DOD for assisting in the creation of the Outpatient Hemodialysis Coding Guidelines.
Wissam Kourany, MD, was awarded the U.S.
Grand Rounds 9/21/2012: Accelerating the pace of gene discovery
Medicine Grand Rounds on Fri., Sept. 21 at 8am in Duke Hospital room 2002 will feature Michelle Winn, MD, associate professor of medicine (Nephrology).
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Nephrology team scores competitive O'Brien Center grant, 5 years and $5.8 million
A research team in the Division of Nephrology has received one of two new competitive grants from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) to support basic and clinical research in renal and urogenital disorders at Duke University.
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Medicine Grand Rounds 5/25/2012: Resistant hypertension
Medicine Grand Rounds on Fri., May 25 at 8am in Duke Hospital room 2002 will feature Laura Svetkey, MD, professor of medicine (Nephrology) and Manesh Patel, MD, assistant professor of medicine (Cardiology).
They will present Resistant hypertension: emerging treatments.
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Medicine Grand Rounds 4/6/2012: Berkoben on maintenance hemodialysis
Medicine Grand Rounds on Fri., April 6 at 8am in Duke Hospital room 2002 will feature Michael Berkoben, MD, associate professor of medicine (Nephrology).
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Gurley to chair the Program for Women in Internal Medicine
SOM Bridge Fund awards to three DOM faculty
The Duke University School of Medicine announced the winners of this year’s SoM Bridge Funding Program grants in September. Among the recipients are three faculty members from the Department of Medicine – Drs. Gowthami Arepally, Jonathan Stiber and Uptal Patel received grants to continue their research and investigative efforts into allergic responses, age-related muscle atrophy and kidney disease management in diabetics.
Request for proposals for new kidney research core center at Duke
Joanna B. Downer, PhD, director of research development in the SOM Office of the Dean, sends this request for proposals:
On behalf of Thomas Coffman, MD, professor of medicine (Nephrology) I am soliciting proposals for Pilot & Feasibility (P&F) Projects to be included in an application to establish a George M. O’Brien Kidney Research Core Center at Duke.