Expanded editorial board provides a wider lens on important issues in nephrology
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It is clear 2020 was a challenging year for everyone in health care, including those in nephrology.
From the arrival of COVID-19 at a long-term care facility in Washington – the first two U.S. deaths were patients on dialysis – it seems everything, from research to family life, stood still for months. Conferences were cancelled, postponed or changed to virtual mode.
But nephrology survived, as the risk posed to patients with kidney disease and COVID-19 gained more scrutiny. Proposed policies put on the shelf during the pandemic were dusted off and finalized to get the landmark Advancing American Kidney Health back on track, and new technology through HHS-funded KidneyX and private investment is underway. New COVID-19 vaccines hold promise.
More experts
Nephrology News & Issues and Healio Nephrology recognize the importance of staying current on topics and issues important to the kidney care community – and how that requires access to experts in nephrology. We start the new year with an expanded Editorial Advisory Board to help us achieve those goals. The changes include the addition of two new associate editors. Graham Abra, MD, and Anna Burgner, MD, MEHP, will assist Thomas A. Golper, MD, FACP, the Editorial Advisory Board chair, and Jay B. Wish, MD, the co-chair of the Editorial Advisory Board, and board members in creating high-interest coverage of issues of importance in nephrology as well as support our social media efforts.
Abra is a clinical assistant professor of medicine in the division of nephrology at Stanford University and is the senior director of medical clinical affairs at Satellite Healthcare.
Burgner is an assistant professor of medicine at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. She is the associate program director for the nephrology fellowship and serves as the director of the university’s inpatient dialysis clinic.
Nephrology News & Issues has also added to its Editorial Advisory Board members who represent the many aspects of nephrology and the communities served. Lilia Cervantes, MD, from the University of Colorado School of Medicine, who has studied access to dialysis care for illegal immigrants and historically underserved communities, has joined the board, along with Paul W. Crawford, MD, a nephrology and hypertension specialist with a private practice in Chicago who brings his experience on helping early- and late-stage chronic kidney disease patients in an urban environment to our publication.
Other new members include Nupur Gupta, MD, who has a strong interest in cardiovascular issues facing many patients with end-stage kidney disease. Lisa Koester Wiedemann, ANP, CNN-NP, is an advocate and specialist in home dialysis. Paul Komenda, MD, FRCPC, MHA, a professor of medicine and research director of the Chronic Disease Innovation Centre in Winnipeg, Manitoba, brings an understanding of socialized kidney medicine to the Editorial Advisory Board. Jose Morfin, MD, is a UC Davis nephrologist who can add his expertise on emergent dialysis. Lance Sloan, MD. FACE, FASN, of the Texas Institute for Kidney and Endocrine Disorders is board certified in endocrinology, nephrology and internal medicine, and brings an understanding of the crossroads of cardiorenal and diabetes care for the kidney disease patient. Eric Weinhandl, PhD, MS, an epidemiologist with the Chronic Kidney Disease Group that directs the statistical research for the U.S. Renal Data System, gives our readers an inside look at national data on treatment and survival.
We welcome our new editors and board members and look forward to working with them, as well as the 24 others who offer Nephrology News & Issues the expertise needed to develop cover stories, editorials and report the news of interest to the kidney community.
Whatever occurs in the year that lies ahead, change is almost certain. Nephrology News & Issues and Healio Nephrology will be there to cover the ever-evolving nature of health care.
We welcome your thoughts and ideas of important stories to cover. Thank you for your readership.
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- Mark E. Neumann is the editor-in-chief for Nephrology News & Issues and can be reached at mneumann@healio.com.