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OUR TEAM
MEET OUR LEADERSHIP TEAM
ISGD is led by an international collective of experts in glomerular disease science and clinical care. In keeping with our ethos of cross-stakeholder collaboration, our steering committee includes not only practicing physicians and researchers, but also representation from allied professional societies, patient organizations, and industry.
Practice areas and specializations on the team include nephrology, pediatric nephrology, renal pathology, immunology, and genetics, as well as clinical, translational, and basic research.
- Steering Committee
- Staff
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Director and Chair of the III Medical Department, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf
Founding Director, Hamburg Center for Kidney Health
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Chief of Renal Pathology, Duke University School of Medicine
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Professor of Renal Medicine, Linköping University
Consultant, Linköping University Hospital
Visiting Professor of Inflammatory Kidney Diseases, Karolinska Institutet
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Irene and Dr. Arthur M. Fishberg Professor of Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Vice Chair for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Mount Sinai Department of Medicine
President, NKF National Board of Directors
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Chief of Nephrology & Hypertension, University of Miami
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Wilburt C. Davison Distinguished Professor of Pediatrics, Nephrology, Duke University School of Medicine
Associate Dean for Physician-Scientist Development, Duke University School of Medicine
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Professor of Clinical Trials and Personalized Medicine, University Medical Center Groningen
Co-Director, Better Treatments Program, George Institute for Global Health
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Associate Professor of Medicine; Director, Nephrology and Hypertension Training Program; and Director of Undergraduate Medical Education, Department of Medicine, Duke University
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Professor of Nephrology, Consultant Paediatric Nephrologist, and Director of the Wellcome Centre for Cell-Matrix Research, University of Manchester
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Professor of Renal Medicine, Centre for Inflammatory Disease, Department of Immunology and Inflammation; Consul (Clinical) Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London
Honorary Consultant Renal Physician, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust Renal and Transplant Centre
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Director, Department of Pediatric Nephrology, Pediatric Gastroenterology and Pediatric Transplantation, Medical Center of the University of Hamburg/Eppendorf
Director, KfH Kidney Center for Children and Adolescents, Hamburg
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Associate Professor of Medicine; Departmental Division Director, Nephrology; Gabor Zellerman Chair in Nephrology Research, University of Toronto
Senior Scientist, Toronto General Hospital Research Institute
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Full Professor and Chair of Nephrology, University of Florence
Head of Nephrology and Dialysis, Meyer Children’s University Hospital
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Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
PI & Warren E. Grupe Chair of Pediatric Nephrology, Boston Children’s Hospital
Associate Member, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard
Research Faculty, Nephrology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
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Chair of Renal Medicine and Yu Professor in Nephrology, Department of Medicine, University of Hong Kong
President, Asian Pacific Society of Nephrology
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Angel holds a Master's in Public Health from New York Medical College and has spent nearly a decade working across various roles in the health industry. Angel is super excited to join the team at ISGD, and to contribute to the great work being done!
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