Renal, Fluid & Electrolyte Physiology

BIOGRAPHY

EDUCATION: B.S. Summa cumlaude, Yale University,M.D. Magna Cumlaude, Emory University

MEMBERSHIPS/AWARDS:
1987-1990 Research Associate- Veterans Administration
1990-1994 Editorial Board, American Journal of Physiology: Renal, Fluid and Electrolyte Physiology
1991-1996 Clinical Investigator- Veterans Administration
1993 American Society for Clinical Investigation
1994-1995 American Heart Association (National) Cardiorenal Section
1994-1997 Veterans Affairs Nephrology Merit Review Board; Chairman (1996-1997)
1995-1999 NIDDK Pathobiology A study section
Program Director/Principal Investigator (Last, First, Middle):
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1997-2001 Council Member, American Heart Association Cardiorenal Council
2000 Ann and Roscoe Robinson Professor of Medicine
2000 Association of American Physicians
2001-2004 Editorial Board, Journal of the American Society of Nephrology
2002 Chairman, Nephrology subsection Southern Society for Clinical Investigation
2003-2006 Co-Chairman, NKF basic Science Fellowship Review Committee
2004-2007 Associated Editor, Journal of the American Society of Nephrology
2005 Fellow, American Society of Nephrology
2007- Deputy Editor, Journal of the American Society of Nephrology
2007-2009 ASN Program Committee; Chairman (2009)

RESEARCH INTERESTS: role of cycylooxygenase-2 in renal development and function; role of growth factors in recovery from acute renal injury; role of renin-angiotensin system in regulation of epithelial cell function