American Nephrologists of Indian Origin

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.

Dr. Rajiv Agarwal is a tenured Professor of Medicine at Indiana University School of Medicine at Indianapolis, IN. Dr. Agarwal earned his medical degree from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences in New Delhi.  After completing residency in Internal Medicine at the same institution he completed a Nephrology fellowship at University of Texas, Southwestern Dallas.

In July 1997, he joined Indiana University as Clinical Assistant Professor and within 10 years was promoted to the rank of full Professor. Dr. Agarwal has published about 250 original papers and reviews in Nephrology.  He has had numerous invited lectures including those from national societies such as National Kidney Foundation, American Society Nephrology, International Society of Nephrology, European Dialysis and Transplant Association, and the American Heart Association.  Dr. Agarwal has received the Indiana University Trustee’s teaching award and the young scholar award of the American Society of Hypertension.  He serves on the Editorial Board of Kidney International, CJASN, Hypertension and Seminars in Dialysis and as an Editor for Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, American Journal of Nephrology, and Journal of the American Society of Hypertension.  He also served as an Associate Editor of NephSAP for 6 years.

Dr. Agarwal is an internationally recognized leader in the area of clinical and translational research in nephrology.  He was amongst the first to demonstrate the effect of add-on angiotensin receptor blockade on cytokine production and oxidative stress, but none on proteinuria in patients with chronic kidney disease. He has developed a technique for measurement of oxidative stress biomarkers using HPLC and applied this method to demonstrate generation of oxidative stress with intravenous iron in patients with chronic kidney disease. He was the first to describe the antiproteinuric effects of vitamin D receptor activators. His research on anemia and iron management among patients with CKD is broadly recognized.  His foremost contribution has been in the area of hypertension in hemodialysis patients for which he has been funded continuously since 2003 by the National Institutes of Health.  He has refined the techniques to diagnose and treat hypertension in this complex group of patients and performed important randomized trials in this difficult group of patients. He serves on the Board of Directors of KDIGO, has served as a panelist for Medical Evidence Development Coverage Advisory Committee (MEDCAC) for United States Medicare, and most recently contributed a chapter on the Approach to the patient with renal disease in Cecil’s Textbook of Medicine.

The special award will be presented to Dr Agarwal in Atlanta at Renal week 2013 ANIO event.

Dr. John Feehally began his medical career by training in primary care medicine before kidney disease grasped his interest.  He trained in nephrology in Bristol, Leicester, Manchester, UK; and in Boston, USA. He is Consultant Nephrologist at University Hospitals of Leicester, and Professor of Renal Medicine at the University of Leicester, UK.

His particular clinical interests are in glomerulonephritis and renal transplantation.  His major laboratory research program is in immune renal disease, especially IgA nephropathy.

He is co-editor with Juergen Floege and Richard Johnson of ‘Comprehensive Clinical Nephrology’ – now in its fourth edition. He was co-chair with Daniel Cattran of the KDIGO clinical practice guideline on glomerulonephritis, published in 2012.

He was President of the UK Renal Association [2004-2007], and  President of the International Society of Nephrology [2011-2013]. In June 2013, he became chair of the ISN Global Outreach programs.  The ISN-ANIO India Committee builds on the expertise of ISN to bridge gaps in healthcare provision for kidney disease across India. The ISN-ANIO India Committee has raised substantial funds to support a number of innovative projects.

This award will recognize John Feehally’s contributions in advancing nephrology education, science, and clinical care in India.  He will be presented with this award in Atlanta at the ASN 2013 Renal week ANIO evening.