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

A genetics study has shown that African Americans with a particular allele, or form of a gene, are more likely to develop PR3-ANCA disease. ANCAs are autoantibodies that attack the inside of a certain type of white blood cells called neutrophils. ANCA stands for Anti-Neutrophil Cytoplasmic Autoantibody. When ANCAs attack these neutrophils, they cause the … Read more

2011 graduating trainees include Liz Dehmer, MD, Kristel Jernigan, MD, Palak Parikh, MD, and Adam Stern, MD. June 22, 2011 A special ceremony was held on the afternoon of June 22 for the four clinical nephrology trainees who have completed their subspecialty fellowships. Liz Dehmer will be continuing her renal epidemiology fellowship at UNC, Kristel … Read more

UNC Kidney Center faculty will be well represented at the 2011 annual meeting of the American Society of Nephrology (ASN). Speakers at the annual meeting from the UNC Kidney Center include transplant nephrologist Randal Detwiler, pediatric nephrologist Maria Ferris, fellowship coordinator Gerald Hladik, renal pathologist J. Charles Jennette, nephrologist Patrick Nachman, researcher Gloria Preston, transplant … Read more

Meet Dr. Lindsay Kruska Education: West Virginia UniversityB.S. Chemical Engineering, 2004 West Virginia University School of MedicineM.D. 2008 Training: Internal Medicine Resident, University of North Carolina Hospitals, 2008-2011 Where are you from? I was born in Lansing, Michigan and moved to West Virginia when I was 10. I stayed in West Virginia until moving to … Read more

Vimal K. Derebail, MD, MPH, has authored a study, “Variant hemoglobin phenotypes may account for differential erythropoietin-stimulating agent dosing in African-American hemodialysis patients” published on-line on August 17 in Kidney International. In this study, Dr. Derebail and his colleagues evaluated the influence of abnormal hemoglobin variants including sickle cell trait on the response to anemia … Read more

The article, “Health Care Transition for Adolescents with CKD—The Journey From Pediatric to Adult Care,” was published in Advances in Chronic Kidney Disease. Maria Ferris, MD, MPH, PhD, has co-authored an article published last week in Advances in Chronic Kidney Disease (Volume 18, Issue 5, Pages 384-390, September 2011), “Health Care Transition for Adolescents with … Read more

The UNC Kidney Center welcomes Dr. Roger Lamanna to the Division of Nephrology. Dr. Lamanna will provide nephrology consultive services and dialysis care through the UNC Kidney Center’s Sanford satellite facility and will act as bridge between the University and the local medical community. Roger Lamanna, MD is pleased to be joining the Nephrology Division … Read more

The annual lecture will take place on October 3, 2011. The title of the lecture is, “The Essential Need for a Climate of Curiosity in Academic Hospitals: The ANCA Vasculitis Story.” The annual Norma Berryhill Distinguished Lecture will be presented by Ronald Falk, MD, Allan Brewster Distinguished Professor of Medicine, Chief, Division of Nephrology & … Read more

Audio podcast discusses immunizations and the recommendations for patients whose immune systems are compromised. UNC Kidney Center Director Dr Ron Falk is joined by Dr. David Weber, Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics, School of Medicine and Professor of Epidemiology, Gillings School of Global Public Health at UNC. In this recording Drs Falk and Weber discuss … Read more