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Division leaders include, from left, Myles Wolf, M.D., M.M.Sc., David Roth, M.D., Oliver Lenz, M.D., Jochen Reiser, M.D., Ph.D., Loay Salman, M.D., and Leopoldo Raij, M.D.
Clinical Care and Research Propel Nephrology Division
When Jochen Reiser, M.D., Ph.D., the Peggy and Harold Katz Professor of Medicine and vice chair for research in the Department of Medicine, joined the Miller School four years ago as chief of the Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, the division boasted an excellent clinical program with a strong focus on kidney transplantation.
Transplant nephrologists managed patient care at Jackson Memorial Hospital, one of the nation’s busiest kidney transplant centers. Renal specialists directed four dialysis clinics and one of the state’s largest peritoneal dialysis programs. The fellowship program trained the next generation of nephrologists, including six faculty members, and the pioneering interventional nephrology program, the first at an academic center, was attracting international observers.
