In This Issue...
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July President's Message
Dr. DuBose announces that ASN has filled the following key positions within the Society: Director of Education; Editor-in-Chief, JASN; and Editor-in-Chief, NephSAP and provides additional details.
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Dr. DuBose Named Tinsley R. Harrison, M.D. Chair of Internal Medicine at Wake Forest University School of Medicine
The ASN is pleased to share with you that our President, Thomas DuBose Jr., M.D., of Winston-Salem, has been named the Tinsley R. Harrison, M.D. Chair of Internal Medicine at Wake Forest University School of Medicine.
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Renal Week 2006 Registration and Housing are Now Open
Registration and housing for Renal Week 2006 are now available.
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Travel Grants for Renal Week
If you plan to attend either the Advances in Research Conference or the Professional Development Seminar, you may be eligible for an ASN travel grant.
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Register for Renal Week and Renal WeekEnds at the Same Time
When you register for Renal Week, consider registering for our intimate, winter weekend meetings, Renal WeekEnds, at the same time and take advantage of this great new opportunity for just $100!
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Register for the 11th Annual Board Review Course & Update
Register now to attend the 11th Annual Board Review Course & Update and join us at The Palace Hotel in San Francisco, California from August 26- September 1, 2006.
Dear Members of the ASN:
Welcome to the July issue of Renal Express!
As you know, we have been actively seeking outstanding candidates to fill key roles within the Society. I am pleased to announce that after a very intensive search, we have appointed: Paul L. Kimmel, MD, FACP, FASN, Director of Education; Eric G. Neilson, MD, FASN, Editor-in-Chief, JASN; and Stanley Goldfarb, MD, FACP, Editor-in-Chief, NephSAP.
Paul L. Kimmel, MD, FACP, FASN
Director of Education
The Director of Education plays an integral role in all educational programs of the ASN, which are central to the Society's core mission. On September 1, Dr. Paul Kimmel will succeed Dr. Robert Narins, who recently retired. Paul will be responsible for the design, oversight, and delivery of a wide array of educational programs, including the Annual Board Review Course & Update; Renal Week; and Renal WeekEnd meetings. He will also interact with members of other renal-related organizations and participate in educational publications co-sponsored by the ASN, such as UpToDate and HDCN. Additional responsibilities include interacting with corporate supporters to coordinate a variety of educational activities, development of new educational programs, and additional administrative responsibilities.
Paul currently serves as Associate Professor of Medicine and Director, Division of Renal Disease and Hypertension at George Washington University Medical Center, and enjoys a national reputation as a leading clinical investigator and educator. He is the author of more than 165 papers, review and invited articles, and chapters in scientific journals and textbooks. He has also received a number of teaching awards, including the 10th International Congress of Nephrology's Annual Teaching Award, and is in demand as a dynamic and informative speaker. Paul has served the ASN as Co-Chair of the Clinical Science Committee and Assistant Director, Postgraduate Education for Renal Week.
As the incoming Director of Education, Paul will maintain the high level of quality of our current educational efforts. He is committed to developing new and vibrant programs to serve the membership of the ASN and is already hard at work planning a number of exciting educational initiatives. He will interact closely with the editors of JASN, NephSAP, and CJASN to ensure that the educational programs and journals build upon one another to provide the most comprehensive learning tools available.
Eric G. Neilson, MD, FASN
Editor-in-Chief, Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (JASN)
The Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (JASN), established in 1990, publishes original articles of high quality that are relevant to the broad field of nephrology, and enjoys the highest impact factor of any journal in the field of renal-related research. Dr. Eric Neilson is a leading physician-scientist in the field of nephrology and will continue to advance the quality of this prestigious and premiere journal. As Editor-in-Chief, Eric, will be responsible for the format and content of the journal and serve as a key leader in the educational mission of the Society. He will succeed Dr. William G. Couser, whose term as Editor-in-Chief ends on June 30, 2007.
Eric is the Hugh Jackson Morgan Professor of Medicine and Cell and Developmental Biology at the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Chairman of the Department of Medicine, and Physician-in-Chief at Vanderbilt University Hospital. He is a leading authority in the field of renal immunology and pathophysiological mechanisms of glomerulonephritis and an active teacher of clinical medicine, overseeing the training of 130 house officers and more than 235 graduate students and postdoctoral fellows. He is the author of numerous articles in highly respected journals and texts and is a recipient of several ASN awards including, the Young Investigator Award, the Barry M. Brenner Lecture, the President's Medal, and most recently, the prestigious The John P. Peters Award. He is currently serving on the Public Policy Board of the ASN.
As the incoming Editor-in-Chief of JASN, Eric looks forward to implementing a number of improvements in JASN, such as format modifications designed to render JASN more user-friendly, and contemporary. In addition to revisions in article length and redaction of methods and additional data, he will also utilize extensive color graphics to enhance the presentation of editorials and mini-reviews. He also proposes including mini-reviews from Renal Week, which would reflect key presentations made during the annual meeting. He plans to review current procedures, to help acquaint the Editorial Board with the current operations and policies of JASN and enable a fresh look at past successes and future opportunities. Finally, Eric believes in the importance of continuing the adaptation of JASN into the electronic publishing era and increasing the impact of the journal, in terms of citations and national visibility. He will join the ASN as Editor-in-Chief of JASN on July 1, 2007, and is already well underway in the process of appointing his Associate Editors and Editorial Board.
Stanley Goldfarb, MD, FACP
Editor-in-Chief, Nephrology Self-Assessment Program (NephSAP)
The mission of the Nephrology Self-Assessment Program (NephSAP) is to regularly and continually provide a vehicle that is useful for clinical nephrologists who seek to renew and refresh their clinical knowledge and diagnostic and therapeutic skills. As Editor-in-Chief of NephSAP, Dr. Stanley Goldfarb will be responsible for selecting and evaluating editors and reviewers, ensuring timely and accurate delivery of the content of each issue, recommending improvements in editorial policies and procedures, ensuring fulfillment of NephSAP's educational mission, reporting to the ASN Publications Committee, and working collaboratively with the Society's staff and leadership.
He is currently Professor of Medicine and Associate Dean for Clinical Education at the University of Pennsylvania , School of Medicine. Stan comes to NephSAP, well-prepared with many years service with the ABIM, as Director of the Division of Nephrology and Chair of Medicine at University of Pennsylvania and as a leading authority in clinical nephrology and calcium homeostasis. He has received a variety of prestigious awards, including the Laureate Award from the Pennsylvania Chapter of the American College of Physicians and the American Society of Internal Medicine. He has authored books, symposia, more than 150 articles, editorial reviews, chapters and letters, and edited 9 manuals. Stan has also spent considerable time over the past year to help develop the Renal Grand Rounds program for the ASN, as Assistant Director, Postgraduate Education for Renal Grand Rounds. He is currently an Associate Editor of NephSAP.
He envisions several changes to the Nephrology Self-Assessment Program, including improving the quality of self assessment questions, by more closely conforming to the practices of the ABIM. He also aspires to make NephSAP material timelier and to improve the quality and nature of the graphics. Stan will succeed Dr. Richard J. Glassock as Editor-in-Chief of NephSAP on July 1, 2007.
The Council of the ASN is extremely pleased with the prior success of our educational programs and these two outstanding journals. It is with considerable enthusiasm, as we look to the future, that these three key positions are to be filled by such outstanding and accomplished leaders in the field.
Sincerely yours,
Thomas D. DuBose, Jr., MD, FASN
2. Dr. DuBose Named Tinsley R. Harrison, M.D. Chair of Internal Medicine at Wake Forest University School of Medicine
The ASN is pleased to share with you that our President, Thomas DuBose Jr., M.D., of Winston-Salem, has been named the Tinsley R. Harrison, M.D. Chair of Internal Medicine at Wake Forest University School of Medicine.
The endowed chair is named in honor of Tinsley R. Harrison, M.D., who from 1941 to 1944 served as Wake Forest University School of Medicine's first chairman of medicine. Harrison's prominence in the research and clinical dimensions of cardiovascular disease contributed greatly to the School of Medicine's national stature in the field of internal medicine.
Dr. DuBose has conducted research funded by the National Institutes of Health since 1979. He is past chairman of the Council on the Kidney in Cardiovascular Disease and the author of 137 published papers and chapters in textbooks.
Dr. DuBose is a professor and chairman of internal medicine and professor of physiology and pharmacology. He received his medical degree from the University of Alabama and completed his residency at Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas, Texas. He completed a research fellowship at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas.
Before joining the Medical Center, DuBose served as the Peter T. Bohan Professor and Chair of the Department of Internal Medicine at the University of Kansas School of Medicine and was previously director of the Division of Nephrology and Hypertension at the University of Texas Medical School-Houston.
3. Renal Week 2006 Registration and Housing are Now Open
The ASN is pleased to announce the opening of registration and housing for Renal Week 2006. Renal Week will take place from November 14-19, 2006 in San Diego, California. Access to the registration and housing websites and additional information, including program details, is available here on the ASN website.
4. Travel Grants for Renal Week
If you plan to attend either the Advances in Research Conference or the Professional Development Seminar, you may be eligible for an ASN travel grant. All recipients must register and attend the program they have applied for, in order to receive the travel grant. To be eligible, submit a Travel Grant Application Form by Friday, July 21, 2006. Click here to learn more and register for either of these programs.
Please Note: This year's change to allow attendees to register for an additional Postgraduate Education Program does not apply to the Advances in Research Conference or the Professional Development Seminar. Attendees of either program, including recipients of this travel grant, are not permitted to register for a secondary program. If you are selected as a travel grant recipient, you must only attend the program for which you received the grant.
Travel grants are limited and are intended to defray some of the costs of attending the program.
5. Register for Renal Week and Renal WeekEnds at the Same Time
When you register for Renal Week, consider registering for our intimate, winter weekend meetings, Renal WeekEnds, at the same time and take advantage of this great new opportunity for just $100!
Did you know that there are so many simultaneous presentations during Renal Week that even if you attend back-to-back sessions, you can only partake in about 20% of the entire program? That's why we're offering you this special opportunity to receive a reduced rate to attend Renal Week and one of our Renal WeekEnd Meetings in the city nearest you.
ASN's 4th Annual Renal WeekEnd Meetings will take place in February and March of 2007 in the following seven cities: Chicago, IL; Washington, DC; Los Angeles, CA; Seattle, WA; New York, NY; Houston, TX; and Toronto, Canada. These intimate weekend sessions will include dynamic presentations from esteemed nephrologists, who will review key Renal Week topics in their areas of expertise. We're offering you an exciting opportunity to take advantage of the extremely low rate of $100 (which includes five meal programs) if you register at the same time as you register for Renal Week.
This option is available directly on the Renal Week registration website. The option will also be available onsite during the Annual Meeting. If you register for Renal WeekEnds after you have attended Renal Week, you will still be able to register at a reduced rate, but it will be slightly higher. Click here to learn more and register today!
6. Register for the 11th Annual Board Review Course & Update
Join the ASN from August 26 to September 1, 2006 at The Palace Hotel in San Francisco for our 11th Annual Board Review Course & Update. Dr. Robert Narins will host this Course for his 11th and last time and be joined by a “galaxy” of 35 additional NephroStars!
The ASN's Board Review Course & Update has become a "Renal Rite of Passage" AND CAN BE CUSTOMIZED TO MEET YOUR SPECIFIC NEEDS! An intensive review and update for ALL and a MUST for Certification & Re-Certification. The timing of the ASN Board Review Course & Update in late August maximizes attendees' readiness for the October Nephrology Board certification and recertification examinations of the American Board of Internal Medicine. After completion of the course and the self-assessment test on September 2, participants have a full two months to fill in any gaps in their knowledge. It's August, It's San Francisco, So it must be the ASN's Board Review Course! Stay tuned to your mail and email boxes later this spring for additional information and registration forms. Register for the BRC and learn more today!
