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Inaugural Eduardo Slatopolsky, MD Lectureship-Kidney Disease in African Americans

8:00 a.m.-9:00 a.m.
Clopton Auditorium, Wohl Hospital, LL, 4960 Children's Place, St. Louis, Missouri 63110
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Martin Pollak, MD
Professor of Medicine, Chief
Harvard Medical School
Division of Nephrology
Beth Israel Deaconness Hospital

Division of Nephrology

 

Dr. Martin Pollak, MD, Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Chief, Division of Nephrology. He will be the inaugural speaker for the Eduardo Slatopolsky MD Lectureship, Division of Nephrology.

Dr. Pollak’s laboratory studies the molecular and genetic basis of kidney disease in humans. His group uses genetic methods to identify and study the mechanisms of kidney disease genes. His laboratory is experienced in human genetic methods, as well as cell-based studies of podocyte biology and the development and analysis of animal models of kidney disease. Dr. Pollak’s laboratory has a particular interest in the biological mechanisms of APOL1, ACTN4, and INF2-mediated disease.

Dr. Pollak will speak on Kidney Disease in African Americans. This talk is hosted by the Division of Nephrology.