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BU Nephrology Fellowship Program has trained close to 200 nephrologists over the last 60 years. Our graduates have attained prominent positions both in clinical nephrology and academic medicine in the United States and abroad.<\/p>\n

Notable alumni of BU Nephrology Fellowship Program<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Name<\/strong><\/span><\/th>\nPosition <\/strong><\/span><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Sumant S. Chugh MD<\/th>\nDr. Andrew and Peg Thompson Professor and Executive Vice Chair, Department of Medicine, Rush Medical College, Chicago, IL<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Andrey V. Cybulsky MD<\/th>\nThe Catherine McLaughlin Hakim Chair in Medicine, Director of Nephrology, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Canada<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Hiroshi Kawachi MD<\/th>\nProfessor and Head, Center of Nephrology, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Japan<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Clare Lloyd PhD<\/th>\nProfessor and Vice Dean, Faculty of Medicine, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College, London, UK<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Michael P. Madaio MD<\/th>\nProfessor of Medicine and Chairman, Department of Medicine, Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University, Augusta, GA<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Gregorio T. Obrador MD<\/th>\nProfessor of Medicine and Dean, Universidad Panamericana School of Medicine, Mexico City, Mexico<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
David L. Perkins MD, PhD<\/th>\nProfessor of Medicine, Surgery, and Bioengineering, Director of Research for Transplantation, University of Illinois College of Medicine, Chicago, IL<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Ronald D. Perrone MD<\/th>\nProfessor Medicine, and Scientific Director, Clinical and Translational Research Center, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Itzchak Slotki MD<\/th>\nProfessor, Hadassah Hebrew University, Head of Nephrology, Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
David C. Wheeler MD<\/th>\nProfessor of Kidney Medicine, University College London, UK, and Co-chair, Kidney Disease Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO)<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Richard J. Quigg MD<\/th>\nArthur M. Morris Professor and Chief, Division of Nephrology, University of Buffalo, NY<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

\u00a0<\/strong>Alumni on the Current Faculty of the Nephrology Section<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Name
<\/span>(Fellowship Graduation)<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/th>\n

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Selected Accomplishments<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n

David J. Salant MD<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

(1978)<\/strong><\/th>\n

Evans Distinguished Professor of Medicine, BU;\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Norman Levinsky Professor Emeritus;\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 V<\/strong>ice Chair for Research, Department of Medicine, BU;<\/strong>
Former Chief of Nephrology, BU;<\/strong>
Elected Member, the American Society of Clinical Investigation;<\/strong>
Elected Member, the Association of American Physicians<\/strong><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
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Steven C. Borkan MD<\/strong><\/p>\n

(1989)<\/strong><\/p>\n

 <\/th>\n

Associate Professor of Medicine, BU;<\/strong>
Co-Director, MD PhD Program, BU;<\/strong>
Former Vice Chair for Education, Department of Medicine, BU;<\/strong>
Former Program Director, Internal Medicine Residency, BU;<\/strong>
Recipient, multiple NIH R0-1 grants<\/strong><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
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Ian Rifkin MD, PhD<\/strong><\/p>\n

(1996)<\/strong><\/p>\n

 <\/th>\n

Associate Professor of Medicine, BU;<\/strong>
Chief of Nephrology, Boston VA;<\/strong>
Recipient, multiple NIH R0-1 grants<\/strong><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
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Jasvinder S.Bhatia<\/strong><\/p>\n

(2003)<\/strong><\/p>\n

 <\/th>\n

Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine, BU;<\/strong>
Director of Nephrology Clinical Services, BMC;<\/strong>
Boston Top Nephrologist Awardee, Boston Magazine<\/strong><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
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Ramon GB. Bonegio MD, PhD<\/strong><\/p>\n

(2004)<\/strong><\/p>\n

 <\/th>\n

Assistant Professor of Medicine, BU;<\/strong>
Clinical Chief of Nephrology, Boston VA;<\/strong>
Recipient, NIH R0-1 grant<\/strong><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
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Laurence J. Beck Jr MD, PhD<\/strong><\/p>\n

(2006)<\/strong><\/p>\n

 <\/th>\n

David. J Salant Professor of Nephrology:\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Associate Professor of Medicine, BU;<\/strong>
Recipient, NIH R0-1 and other extra-mural grants<\/strong><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Vipul C.Chitalia MD, PhD<\/strong><\/p>\n

(2007)<\/strong><\/th>\n

Associate Professor of Medicine, BU;<\/strong>
Recipient, multiple NIH R0-1 grants\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Inaugural Director, BU’s Center for Cross Organ Vascular Pathology<\/strong><\/p>\n

 <\/th>\n<\/tr>\n

Andrea Havasi MD<\/strong><\/p>\n

(2008)<\/strong><\/th>\n

Adjunct Associate Professor of Medicine, BU;<\/strong>
Recipient, the NKF Fellow Research Award;<\/strong>
Recipient, the AHA Scientist Development Award;<\/strong>
Recipient, NIH- K08 Award<\/strong><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/p>\n

Ashish Upadhyay MD<\/strong><\/p>\n

(2009)<\/strong><\/p>\n

 <\/th>\n

Associate Professor of Medicine, BU;<\/strong>
Program Director, Nephrology Fellowship, BU; <\/strong>
Director of Residency Research and Scholarship, Internal Medicine Residency Program, BU;<\/strong>
Former Associate Program Director, Internal Medicine Residency, BU<\/strong><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
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Sandeep Ghai MD <\/strong><\/p>\n

(2011)<\/strong><\/p>\n

 <\/th>\n

Assistant Professor of Medicine, BU;<\/strong><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/p>\n

Rivka Ayalon MD<\/strong><\/p>\n

(2013)<\/strong><\/p>\n

 <\/th>\n

Assistant Professor of Medicine, BU;<\/strong>
Recipient, the Nephrotic Syndrome Study Network Career Development Fellowship Grant\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Co-Director, Comprehensive Hypertension Center<\/strong><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/p>\n

Hanni Menn-Josephy MD<\/strong><\/p>\n

(2015)<\/strong><\/p>\n

 <\/th>\n

Assistant Professor of Medicine, BU;<\/strong>
Recipient, the NKF Young Investigators Grant;<\/strong>
Co-Director, BMC Multi-disciplinary Lupus Clinic<\/strong><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Aala Jaberi MD<\/strong><\/p>\n

(2016)<\/strong><\/th>\n

Assistant Professor of Medicine, BU\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Medical Director, Acute Dialysis Services<\/strong><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Career Choices of 2022 Graduates:<\/span><\/h4>\n

Najia Idrees MD – Faculty in Nephrology, Boston VA Health System, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts<\/p>\n

Kwon Soo Kim MD – Faculty in Nephrology, Pennsylvania Hospital, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania<\/p>\n

Helena Kurniawan DO – Fellow in Advanced Nephrology – Palliative Care and Quality Improvement, Boston VA Health System, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts<\/p>\n

Joanna Mangio, DO – Private Practice Nephrology, Chicago, Illinois<\/p>\n

Ralph Nader MD (graduated from fellowship in 2020 and BMC internal medicine residency in 2022) – Faculty in Nephrology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania<\/p>\n

Career Choices of 2021 Graduates:<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n

Natasha Awais MD – Private Practice Nephrology, Salem, Massachusetts<\/p>\n

Mohamed Hassan Kamel MD – Critical Care Medicine Fellowship, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio<\/p>\n

Hassan Mahmoud MD – Faculty in Nephrology, Maine Medical Center, Tufts University School of Medicine, Portland, Maine<\/p>\n

Aileen Zhen DO – Private Practice Nephrology, Springfield, Illinois<\/p>\n

Career Choices of Fellows (2003 – 2020 Graduates)<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n

The breakdown of career choices of our graduates are shown in the figure below. Among fellows graduating between 2003-2020, approximately 20% have taken up a transplant nephrology career.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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