Pravin C. Singhal, MD, is currently professor of Medicine at Hofstra North Shore LIJ Medical School, New York, Investigator at the center of excellence for immunology, Feinstein Institute for Medical Research and Director of Renal Molecular Research Laboratory, North Shore LIJ Health System, New York. Currently, he is also Editor-in-Chief of International Journal of Nephrology and Renovascular Disease. He graduated from Sardar Patel Medical College, Bikaner, Rajasthan in 1968. He joined the faculty of Postgraduate Institute of Medical Research and Education, Chandigarh in 1975 after completion of his fellowship in Nephrology.

He moved to Long Island Jewish Medical Center in 1986 and appointed as Chief of Nephrology at Queens General Hospital. He became Chief, of unified Nephrology Divisions of North Shore University Hospital and Long Island Jewish Medical Center in 1999.  Currently he is chief emeritus at NSLIJ.  He has been funded by NIH for the last 25 years. His research in HIVAN has made significant advancement in the field of nephrology. Dr Singhal will be presented with the ANIO award in excellence in academic nephrology for his dedicated work in the field of nephrology.  He will get the award in ASN annual kidney week 2013 in Atlanta 2013 at the ANIO meeting.

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