What is your professional background?
I attended Amherst College and Harvard Medical School and did my internal medicine residency and nephrology fellowship at Beth Israel Hospital in Boston (Now BIDMC). My fellowship research was done at MIT. After fellowship, I joined the faculty of Indiana University, then moved to Emory in 1994. In 2002, I moved to Piedmont Hospital but returned to Emory in 2010 as medical director of the Kidney and Pancreas Transplant Program in the Emory Transplant Center.
In what division do you work, and who is your mentor?
I am a member of the Renal Division. My research mentor was Dr. William McClellan, a brilliant Emory nephrologist and epidemiologist, who passed away in 2017.
Briefly describe your research. Why is it important?
I study access to kidney transplantation, with a focus on disparity in access for kidney patients from racial and ethnic minority groups, or of low socioeconomic status. We are currently collecting data on the early steps to transplantation – including how many patients are referred for transplant and are able to start and complete a kidney transplant evaluation. The goal of this research is to increase the number of kidney transplants, which is particularly low in the Southeastern United States, and to reduce disparity in access to transplantation.
What do you like most about Emory?
I like the collegiality of the Emory faculty. There’s a lot of interest in multidisciplinary research here. I’ve greatly benefitted from collaboration with colleagues at the Rollins School of Public Health.
What is your favorite movie or TV show?
I binge-watched 23 seasons of “Silent Witness” during the pandemic last year.
What do you like to do in your spare time?
I like reading literary nonfiction and running. I also like to travel; I have a son who lives in Amsterdam.
What is a fun fact about you?
My mother is a well-known poet, and my wife is a professor of Medieval Art History at Emory.
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