National and International Responsibilities
Chair, VA Kidney Medicine Field Advisory Board
Chair, ABIM Nephrology Board
Nephrology Training Program Directors Executive Committee, American Society of Nephrology, 2010-2015
Member, American Society of Nephrology
Member, International Society of Nephrology
Member, National Kidney Foundation
Member, American College of Physicians
Honors
Master Clinician Award, University of California, San Francisco
2006
Consultant of the Year, San Fransisco General Hospital
2005
Faculty of the Year (SFGH Association of Business Officers Group), San Francisco General Hospital
2004
Education & Training
Nephrology Fellowship
University of California San Francisco
San Francisco, CA
1994
Medicine Residency
California Pacific Medical Center
San Francisco, CA
1992
Medical School
Charles R. Drew University of Medicine /University of California Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA
1989
Clinical Interests
- Dialysis
- Clinical nephrology
Research Interests
- Association of viral Infections and kidney disease
- The interplay of geography, race, poverty, and kidney diseases
Publications
