Healio | Nephrology News & Issues appoints new editorial advisory board leadership
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Healio | Nephrology News & Issues announced changes to its editorial advisory board leadership, including a new chair and three associate editors, according to a press release.
Jay B. Wish, MD, professor of clinical medicine at Indiana University School of Medicine and chief medical officer for outpatient dialysis at Indiana University Health, has stepped into the role of chair after serving as co-chair for 19 years.
“Healio | Nephrology News & Issues provides the kidney care community with a unique platform for commentary and review of important legislative, economic, regulatory and clinical issues,” Wish said in the release. “I am looking forward to leading the editorial board in expanding that approach to rapidly provide our readers with information that spans the spectrum of kidney disease and its treatment.”
Thomas A. Golper, MD, FACP, FASN, retired professor of medicine at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, is now chair emeritus of the editorial advisory board.
“My involvement with leading the editorial advisory board has been predicated on the Healio | Nephrology News & Issues staff delivering relevant news and information to the kidney community,” Golper said in the release. “I am confident that Jay, our new associate editors and the editorial advisory board will continue to help lead that effort.
In addition to these changes, the following associate editors have also joined the board:
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Beatrice Concepcion, MD, associate editor: associate professor of medicine at the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine and medical director of the Vanderbilt Adult Kidney and Pancreas Transplant Program;
Beatrice Concepcion
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Jane Schell, MD, FNKF, associate editor: associate professor in the section of palliative care and medical ethics in the division of renal-electrolyte at the University of Pittsburgh; and
Jane Schell
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Lance Sloan, MD, MSE, FACE, FASN, FACP, FEAA, associate editor: medical director of the Texas Institute for Kidney and Endocrine Disorders.
Lance Sloan
The newly structured board assisted in content selection and will continue to act as ambassadors for Healio | Nephrology News & Issues as upcoming issues are released.
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