Faculty

Division of Nephrology
FACULTY RECRUITMENT, RECOGNITION & SERVICE

• Faculty Profile: Uta Erdbrügger, MD

Nephrology faculty members were recognized in a variety of ways in FY 2015.

Department of Medicine Awards

• Brendan Bowman, MD, BBA: Excellence in Clinical Care
• Sundararaman Swaminathan, MD: Excellence in Research Award; NIDDK- 1R01DK103043-01A1
• W. Kline Bolton, MD, FASN: Mentorship Excellence Award

School of Medicine Awards

• Kambiz Kalantari, MD: Dean’s Award 2014; Mulholland Award for Teaching Excellence 2014, 2015

University of Virginia Awards

• Sana Khan, MD: Member, UVA Ebola Preparedness Team
• Gayle Vranic, MD: UVA Ebola Preparedness Team; promotion to associate program director, Transplant Nephrology; completed master’s in science (MSc) degree
• Rasheed Balogun, MD: Promotion to professor

External Awards and Memberships

• Amandeep Bajwa, PhD: Launchpad Grant: Development of Dendritic cells as therapeutic intervention for T1DM
• Rasheed Balogun, MD: Congress president and host, International Society of Blood Purification and Therapeutic Aphersis Academy 2014 Joint Conference, Washington, D.C., 2014
• W. Kline Bolton, MD, FASN: 2014 Renal Physicians Association Distinguished Nephrology Service Award
• Charles Brooks, MD: Event Design Award, American Hospital Association’s Mid-Atlantic Society for Healthcare Strategy and Market Development
• Michael Brown, PhD: R21 NIH on genetic basis of secondary lymphoid organ protection after virus infection, Member IHD, Study Section, NIH/NIAID. Associate Editor, J. Immunol.
• Uta Erdbrügger, MD: NIH K23 Award 2015, Extracellular vesicles in Renal Disease and HTN
• Kambiz Kalantari, MD: Harvard Macy Institute Program for Educators and Health Professionals
• Thu Le, MD: Permanent member, NIH Genetics of Health and Disease; associate editor, American Journal of Physiology-Renal Physiology; co-chair, Mid Atlantic Young Investigator’s Forum
• Mark Okusa, MD: R01 Sphingolipids in AKI and Disease progression; R01 Ultrasound in the Prevention of AKI; NIH U18 Tailoring ultrasound technology to explore mechanisms of activation of the splenic neuroimmune axis in attenuating acute organ injury and a Coulter Award Image Guided, Non-Invasive, Ultrasound for Protection from Ischemia Reperfusion Injury; councilor, American Society of Nephrology; Melvin C. Gluck Lecture, New York University
• Emaad Abdel-Rahman, PhD, MS, MBBS: Grant: Astra Zeneca, Randomized, Placebo-controlled, Single Blind Trial to Determine the Safety and Efficacy of Ticagrelor for Maintaining Patency of Arterio-Venous Fistulae Created for Hemodialysis
• Mitchell Rosner, MD, FACP: Renal Physicians Association Board of Directors; co-director, American Society of Nephrology Board Review Course
• Rahul Sharma, PhD: Grant: AstraZeneca-Novel Cytokine Therapy for Diabetic Nephropathy and Novel Cytokine Therapy for Diabetic Nephropathy

 Division of Nephrology Staff Recognition

Judy Tharpe was recognized as the Department of Medicine employee of the month in April 2015. She has been at UVA for 20 years and worked for 18 of them in the medical center. She has been in the Division of Nephrology since 2008. Judy is widely admired by her co-workers and colleagues. She has been described as “understanding,” “compassionate,” “pivotal in helping the Division of Nephrology meeting guidelines for CME certification,” and “absolutely positive attitude.”

Dawn Kidd was awarded the Department of Medicine award for Administrative Excellence. In addition, Dawn represented the Division in the Department of Medicine recently sponsored a volunteer build day with Habitat for Humanity of Greater Charlottesville.

Andrea Johnson, Grants & Contracts Manager, joined the division and CIIR and will provide critical support in the division’s research effort. Andrea joined the Division of Nephrology from the Department of Medicine’s Infectious Disease division. Prior to her work there, she was at Johns Hopkins’ Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center for 10 years.