The National Kidney Foundation of Maryland (NKF-MD) will present its annual Scientific Session, Thursday, May 9, from 6 to 9 p.m., at the Johns Hopkins Allergy and Asthma Center (5501 Hopkins Bayview Circle) in Baltimore.
Special Guest Speaker
Special guest speaker will be internationally recognized expert on Glomerular Diseases and Clinical Nephrology, Richard J. Glassock, MD, MACP, discussing, “Recent Advances in the Management of Glomerulonephritis.”
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The author of over 550 original papers, books, book chapters and reviews, Dr. Glassock has lectured in over 95 countries throughout the world, been a visiting professor at over 100 academic institutions and trained over 50 nephrologists, many of whom have gone on to distinguished academic posts throughout the world. Retired from academic administration, he is currently professor emeritus at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and an independent medical consultant.
A recipient of the David Hume Memorial Award of the National Kidney Foundation, The Robert Narins Award of the American Society of Nephrology, the Distinguished Achievement Awards of the UCLA School of Medicine and the Association of Professors of Medicine and the Torchbearer Award of the American Kidney Fund, Dr. Glassock is the founding editor-in-chief of the American Society of Nephrology’s NephSAP Journal.
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Grant Recipients
NKF-MD’s 2012-2013 grant recipients, listed below, also will attend the Scientific Session and showcase posters of their research.
Meredith Atkinson, M.D., M.H.S.
Marcelo R. Cabrini, M.D.
Valeriu Cebotaru, M.D.
Teresa K. Chen, M.D.
Clarissa J. Diamantidis, M.D., M.H.S.
Michelle Estrella, M.D., M.H.S.
Jeffrey J. Fadrowski, M.D., M.H.S.
Jeffrey Craig Fink, M.D., M.S.
Xuguang Nie, PhD
Feng Qian, PhD
Hamid Rabb, M.D.
Terry Watnick, M.D.
Matthew R. Weir, M.D.
“We are delighted that the 2013 Scientific Session will bring together Dr. Glassock, a distinguished educator, author and lecturer, along with Maryland’s best and brightest physicians who are working on cutting edge research in the field,” said Jessica Quintilian, NKF-MD’s director of programs and advocacy. “We are proud to support their outstanding work aimed at preventing and treating kidney disease.
Admission to the Scientific Session is free, but RSVPs are required by Apr. 25. For more information or to register, email jjohnson@kidneymd.org or call 410-494-8545.
Number one among all NKF affiliates in support of medical research, NKF-MD awards annual grants to support critical research in the areas of kidney and urologic disease and hypertension.
In addition to providing a variety of printed educational materials, the Foundation regularly hosts and sponsors seminars, meetings and scientific sessions to inform healthcare providers, patients and others of the latest developments in the diagnosis, treatment and management of kidney and urologic diseases.
Serving central and western Maryland, the Delmarva Peninsula and portions of West Virginia, the National Kidney Foundation of Maryland is the area’s only voluntary health agency dedicated to the prevention, treatment and cure of kidney and urinary tract diseases. For more information, visit www.kidneymd.org.