The Maestro Award is given every year in honor of Dr. Romulo Colindres, and is bestowed annually upon a faculty member who has shown “outstanding commitment and excellence in teaching.” The UNC Nephrology fellows have presented the Maestro Award to Dr. Randy Detwiler, Professor of Medicine and Transplant Nephrology Program Director. Gerald Hladik, MD, Fellowship … Read more

Dr. Kshirsagar will serve on the American Society of Nephrology’s Chronic Kidney Disease Advisory Group (CKDAG). Faculty member Abhijit V. Kshirsagar, MD, MPH, was recently elected to serve on the American Society of Nephrology’s Chronic Kidney Disease Advisory Group (CKDAG). The CKDAG provides clinical and scientific knowledge and advances concerning the prevention and treatment of … Read more

‘Kidney Disease and Health Promotion’: a Community Perspective” discusses findings in research article on community perspectives on kidney disease and health promotion in rural North Carolina. UNC Kidney Center staff member Caroline Jennette talks with the International Program of Psycho-Social Health Research in two podcasts about focus group research she did to explore rural, community … Read more

On Saturday, December 4, 2010 the North Carolina/Raleigh Vasculitis Support Group, a chapter of the Vasculitis Foundation, met at the John Hope Franklin Center in Durham. There were 45 attending, including 24 vasculitis patients. The meeting speaker was Dr. Patrick Nachman, Professor of Medicine in the UNC Kidney Center. Dr. Nachman is a vasculitis physician/scientist. … Read more

Scholarship created by Clara and Greg Neyhart will support patients with kidney disease or children of patients with kidney disease. Clara and Greg Neyhart have recently created the Neyhart Scholarship to support patients with kidney disease or children of patients with kidney disease. Clara and Greg believe that education often provides the means to reach … Read more

Clara Neyhart is Senior Author on article “A new nursing model for the care of patients with chronic kidney disease: the UNC Kidney Center Nephrology Nursing Initiative.” A journal article describing the conception and implementation of the UNC Kidney Center’s Nephrology Nursing Initiative (NNI) featured in the March/April issue of the Nephrology Nursing Journal, recently … Read more

Campaign has included billboards, community information sessions and integration of information at clinics. In honor of Donate Life Month, the Kidney Education Outreach program (KEOP) highlighted its efforts to spread awareness about transplantation and organ donation at the UNC Donate Life Health Fair. Outreach efforts for the “Transform Lives: Be an Organ Donor” campaign have … Read more

The Raven Rock Ramble, Kidney Kare 5K, and the Brewster Family Endowment Fund have all contributed to the need. The 2011 Raven Rock Ramble, an established century bicycle ride organized by David Cole, a kidney transplant recipient, the UNC Kidney Kare 5K Run/Walk directed by the UNC Kidney Center’s Suzie Hosman, and the Brewster Family … Read more

The Vasculitis Foundation and its North Carolina/Raleigh Chapter hosted a symposium for patients and families in Chapel Hill on May 14, 2011. More than 145 patients, family members and health care professionals participated. The full day program focused on Leading Edge Research and Strategies for Living with Vasculitis. The day kicked off with a panel … Read more

Over 400 world-renowned clinicians and scientists converged at the George Watts Hill Alumni Center to share the latest best practices, trial results and research discoveries in the basic understanding, diagnosis and treatment of vasculitis at the 15th International Vasculitis and ANCA Workshop. A partnership between the UNC Kidney Center, UNC Nephropathology Laboratory, and UNC Thurston … Read more