Category: News

The UNC Kidney Center has produced a five-part stress management techniques podcast aimed at patients and their families. The video podcast features William Frey, Assistant Manager of UNC Training and Talent Development, Instructor of UNC’s Mindfulness based Stress Reduction program, publisher of Stress Tips, and certified professional co-active coach. With...

Harrison Barnett is a delightful young man, all of 4 years old, who has had more than his share of challenges with kidney disease. Diagnosed at birth, he experienced kidney replacement therapy for the first time at 18 months with home peritoneal dialysis and everything that goes with it for...

Doctors Nadiesda Costa, Heather Stewart, Jennifer Vick, and Matthew Volk have successfully completed their subspecialty in nephrology fellowship training. Congratulations to Doctors Nadiesda Costa, Heather Stewart, Jennifer Vick, and Matthew Volk on the successful completion of their subspecialty in nephrology fellowship training. They have all worked very hard toward furthering...

Fernanda Payan Schober, MD is pleased to be joining the Nephrology Division at the UNC School of Medicine. Dr. Schober is a long way from home as she grew up in El Paso, Texas. Living on the US-Mexico border made her acutely aware of income and healthcare disparities between the...

The PCORI Pilot Project will study and develop a Patient Centered Decision Tool for Nephrotic Syndrome Management. The project is part of a national effort to improve methods for Patient-Centered Outcomes Research. Patrick Nachman, MD, will lead UNC’s effort. The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) has awarded funding to UNC...

The CVA will provide a complete range of service for total dialysis access care. The UNC Kidney Center is happy to announce the successful opening of the Carolina Vascular Access Center (CVA) on July 2, 2012. The staff of Carolina Vascular Access joins our interventional nephrologists, Dr. Julie McGregor and...

Dr. Gloria Preston is the senior author on study that could be significant for people who have ANCA disease. UNC Kidney Center researchers recently published the report of a genetic alteration that affects important immune cell functions(Cao et al, Plos ONE, 7:e42783, 2012). This finding could be significant for people...

Six members of the UNC Kidney Center faculty were honored for their dedicated service on the evening of September 6, 2012. The guests of honor included Romulo Colindres, MD; William Conley, MD; William Finn, MD; Margaret Kiser, MD; Clara Neyhart, RN; and Gloria Preston, PhD. Current and past faculty and...

Dr. Julie McGregor recently spoke about nutrition and complementary medicine at the Fall 2013 Meeting of the NC/Raleigh Vasculitis Support Group. Elaine Holmes, the chapter leader of the support group, says that Dr. McGregor’s presentation “generated lots of ideas and discussion about what we can do to improve our own...

Scholarship support patients with kidney disease or children of patients with kidney disease. The Neyhart Scholarship, created by Clara and Greg Neyhart, will award its second scholarship in July of 2013. Applications will be accepted between January 1 and April 15. Clara and Greg established this scholarship in 2010 to...