American Nephrologists of Indian Origin

ANIO Mentorship for Fellows Tonight

Here is a preview of the session on PDF

We are hosting an interactive session for the fellows which will be held at the same venue during the Social Hour of ANIO Annual Awards night from 7-8 pm.

It will include a brief introduction to our objectives of helping you plan your journey to the career path of your choice, may it be research, clinical faculty or private practice. After that we plan to split into small groups/stations and you are welcome to join the discussion that interests you.

On behalf of ANIO

• When:
  Thursday, November 5 from 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM
• Where:
  Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina 333 West Harbor Drive San Diego, CA
• Here is the invite- please respond if you are a fellow interested
• http://evite.me/WyXAJ1gHUH

Arti Gupta and Rulan Parekh

Sundaram Hariharan is a Professor of Medicine and Surgery at the Thomas E. Starzl Transplantation Institute, University of Pittsburgh and Medical Director of Kidney and Pancreas Transplantation at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. He is the  medical director of the kidney and pancreas transplant program at the  University of Pittsburgh. His research interest is in the fields of kidney and pancreas transplantation. He has published over 140 peer-reviewed articles in these areas and has participated in 30 different clinical trials and in 15 as PI. His scientific contributions cover variety of important renal transplant topics. They are: Recurrent and De novo Diseases after renal transplantation, Long-term Kidney Transplant Survival, Surrogate Markers for Renal Transplant Outcome and BKV infection after Renal Transplantation. Recently he has been focusing on identification, pathogenesis and treatment of sub-clinical acute rejection in renal transplant recipients with a goal of treating sub-clinical rejection and improving long-term allograft survival.

Lets congratulate Dr Hariharan on this amazing achievement and ANIO’s prestigious award for clinical excellence.

Prasad Devarajan, MD is the Williams Endowed Chair, Professor of Pediatrics and Developmental Biology, Director of Nephrology and Hypertension, Director of Clinical Laboratories, Director of the Nephrology Fellowship Training Program, Director of the Office of Pediatric Clinical Fellowships, Medical Director of the Kidney Stone Center, and CEO of the Dialysis Unit at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center and University of Cincinnati. He has authored over 230 peer-reviewed publications and 35 chapters. His research has been continuously funded by the National Institutes of Health for more than 26 years. He has established an NIH-funded Center of Excellence in Nephrology, as well as an NIH-funded Fellowship Training Program in Nephrology. His major research interests lie in using proteomic and functional genomic approaches for the discovery of pathogenetic pathways, diagnostic biomarkers, and novel therapies of acute kidney injury. He holds more than 120 US and international patent applications. He has been named twice by Thomson-Reuters as one of the “World’s Most Influential Scientific Minds”. His laboratory has pioneered the discovery, translation, and validation of NGAL as a biomarker of kidney injury. He has mentored over 30 trainees in basic, translational and clinical nephrology. His leadership in clinical and research excellence has garnered his division the #2 rating in Pediatric Nephrology by US News for the third consecutive year.

Let’s congratulate him on this years ANIO award for academic excellence!

VENUE : Marriott Marquis, San Diego. Ballroom A/B

DATE: Thursday, Nov 5th, 2015, San Diego

PROGRAM:

7:00 pm – 8:00 pm         Social Hour-drinks and appetizers

8:00 pm – 8:20 pm         Welcome and Update on ANIO activities

8:20 pm – 8:40 pm         Presentation of ANIO Academic Excellence Award
8:40 pm – 9:00 pm         Presentation of ANIO Clinical Excellence Award

• We will be having an Annual Awards Dinner at ASN (Date and Venue to be confirmed)
• Join us to recognize two outstanding colleagues and meet other friends and colleagues
• Hear about educational activities that ANIO is involved in
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