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Jerry Yee, MD, to receive Donald W. Seldin Award
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Jerry Yee, MD, division head of nephrology and hypertension at the Henry Ford Hospital and chief medical officer of Greenfield Health Systems, will receive the Donald W. Seldin Award at the 2019 Spring Clinical Meetings in Boston.
“It is an honor to bestow this award on such an accomplished mentor and educator as Dr. Yee,” Holly Kramer, MD, president of the National Kidney Foundation, said in a press release. “Dr. Yee is following in the tradition of award winners before him and is an important figure in training the next generation of nephrology professionals.”
Yee is a clinical professor at the Wayne State University School of Medicine in Detroit. He has published more than 200 peer-reviewed papers and book chapters and has held multiple leadership positions regionally, nationally and internationally. In addition, Yee has lectured nationally and internationally on the topics of chronic kidney disease, diabetic kidney disease, hypertension and acid-base/electrolyte disturbances, according to the release.
“I am greatly honored to receive the Donald W. Seldin Award,” Yee said. “His vision and excellence in medicine and nephrology were unparalleled. The award is special because it represents equally those entities that inspire exemplary care of kidney patients: teaching, to entrust one’s knowledge to future generations of nephrology health care providers and research, the genesis of that knowledge. Simply, it’s not one or the other that drives excellence; it’s both. Dr. Seldin knew that.”
Awards will be presented at the 2019 Spring Clinical Meetings, which take place May 8-12.
Reference:
www.kidney.org/news/detroit%E2%80%99s-dr-jerry-yee-honored-clinical-excellence-national-kidney-foundation