Prabir Roy-Chaudhury, MD, PhD, FASN, to become president of ASN
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- Roy-Chaudhury was the founding American Society of Nephology co-chair of the Kidney Health Initiative.
- He will assume the role of president of ASN on Jan. 1, 2025.
SAN DIEGO — Prabir Roy-Chaudhury, MD, PhD, FASN, will become the next president of American Society of Nephrology, according to a press release.
“With ongoing progress in kidney-related care, including promising advances in transplantation in recent years, this is an exciting time to be leading ASN and the many clinicians and researchers who are dedicated to making a difference across the spectrum of kidney diseases,” Roy-Chaudhury said in a press release. “This is truly the greatest honor of my professional career, and I look forward to continuing to help affected patients and their families through ASN’s extensive research, policy and advocacy efforts.”
Roy-Chaudhury is the Drs. Ronald and Katherine Falk Eminent Professor and co-director of the University of North Carolina Kidney Center at Chapel Hill, North Carolina. He is also a staff nephrologist at the WG (Bill) Hefner VA Medical Center at Salisbury, North Carolina. Roy-Chaudhury is a transplant nephrologist with a primary research interest in uremic vascular biology, focusing on dialysis vascular access dysfunction and cardiovascular complications in patients with kidney disease.
Roy-Chaudhury was also the founding ASN co-chair of the Kidney Health Initiative and a steering committee member of the Kidney X Innovation accelerator. He is active in public policy and the administrative aspects of kidney care through roles in various ASN committees and task forces, as well as the American Society of Diagnostic and Interventional Nephrology, the Renal Network and the Vascular Access Society of the Americas. He formerly served as president of the American Nephrologists of Indian Origin.
Roy-Chaudhury will assume his new role on Jan. 1, 2025, succeeding Deidra C. Crews, MD, ScM, FASN.
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