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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

The UNC Kidney Center welcomes visiting scholar Dr. Roberto Negrete-Lopez. After receiving his undergraduate degree from the Universidad Autonoma do Nueva Leon in 2002, Dr. Negrete studied Internal Medicine at the Hospital Christus Muguerza Alta Especialidad. He then continued his specialization in Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology at the Hospital Universitario...

The News and Observer published an article on October 12 captioned “Disease in remission, UNC’s Adams hoping to play again”, which featured UNC football player Joshua Adams and his nephrologist, UNC Kidney Center Director Dr. Ron Falk. Adams, a Sophomore Wide Receiver for Carolina Football, was diagnosed with ANCA vasculitis...

UNC Kidney Center Director Dr Ron Falk gave the 2011 Berryhill Distinguished Lecture on Monday, October 3rd. He presented “The Essential Need for a Climate of Curiosity in Academic Hospitals: The ANCA Vasculitis Story” at the Carolina Club in Chapel Hill. UNC School of Medicine Dean Dr William Roper welcomed...