Awards, Honors, & Scientific Contributions

2019 Narins Award Recipient Dr Mitchell Rosner
2019 Distinguished Educator Award recipient Dr Kambiz Kalantari
Congratulations to Joe Leeds (Swaminathan lab) who won 3rd place and Raj Venkatardi (Sharma lab) who won 4th place at the MidAtlantic Young Investigator forum.

Awards and Honors

Emaad M. Abdel-Rahman, MBBS

American Registry, America’s Most Honored Professionals (Top 5%), 2019
Top Doctors, Castle Connolly Medical, 2019
Member Steering Committee of American Society of Nephrology (ASN) “Kidney Health Initiative: Prioritizing Symptoms of ESRD Patients for Developing Therapeutic Interventions”
UVA Department of Medicine Clinical Excellence Award, 2011
UVA Department of Medicine Clinical Excellence Award, 2008

Rasheed A. Balogun, MD

Castle Connolly Top Doctors in America, 2013
Board member, American Society for Apheresis, 2013
Councilmember, International Society for Blood Purification, 2013
Member, Academy of Distinguished Educators, 2005

Brendan T. Bowman, MD

Best Bedside Manner Awards, Our Health Charlottesville and Shenandoah Valley Magazine; Second Place, Nephrology, 2018
Department of Medicine Faculty Teaching Award, 2017
Our Health Magazine Bedside Manner Award; 3rd Place, 2016
Bedside Manner Award, Our Health Magazine; First place, 2015
Department of Medicine Faculty Clinical Excellence Award, 2015
Department of Medicine Fellow of the Year, 2011
Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society Inductee, 2008

Tushar Chopra, MD

William and Sandra Bennett Clinical Scholars Grant, ASN Foundation, 2019
UVA Recognition of Outstanding Patient Experience, 2019
UVA Department of Medicine, Excellence in Clinical Care, 2017

Alden M. Doyle, MD, MS, MPH

Best Doctors in America 2017-18
Best Doctors in America 2018-19
Teaching Excellence Award, University of Virginia, Division of Nephrology 2018
Award for Excellence in Clinical Care, University of Virginia, Department of Medicine 2018

Uta Erdbruegger, MD

Treasurer, International Society of Extracellular Vesicles, 2018
Department of Medicine Excellence in Research Award, 2017

Shu-Man Fu, MD, PhD

Distinguished Basic Investigator Award from American College of Rheumatology, 2013
American College of Rheumatology Distinguished Basic Investigator Award, 2012
American Association for the Advancement of Science Elected Fellow, 2008
Department of Medicine Excellence in Faculty Mentoring Award, 2007
American College of Rheumatology Master Award, 2007

Kambiz Kalantari, MD

Robert Bennett Bean Award, given by the graduating Medical Class in Recognition of Excellence in Teaching Basic Medical Sciences, 2020
American Society of Nephrology, Mid-career Award for Teaching Excellence, 2019
Jefferson Scholar Foundation, Top UVA Faculty Award, 2018.
Mulholland Award for Teaching Excellence in Foundation of Medicine, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020
Best Doctors in America, 2012-Present
Anne Brody and SOM scholarship to attend Harvard Macy Institute Program for Educators in Health Professions, 2016
Dean’s Award for Excellence in Teaching, University of Virginia, School of Medicine, 2014
Member of the Academy of Distinguished Educators, UVA School of Medicine, 2012
UVA Department of Medicine Outstanding Educator Award, 2012
UVA Department of Medicine Clinical Excellence Award, 2007

Sana Khan, MD

UVA Department of Medicine Excellence in Clinical Care, 2019
UVA Division of Nephrology, Teaching Excellence Award, 2019

Sho Morioka, PhD

Department of Medicine Excellence in Research Award 2020

Angie Nishio-Lucar, MD

UVA Department of Medicine Clinical Care Excellence Award, 2018

Mark D. Okusa, MD

Tokyo College Public Lecture at the University of Tokyo, September 19, 2019
C. Greg Tischer Visiting Professor University of Florida, February 19-22, 2019
Elected membership, Association of American Physicians, 2018
President, American Society of Nephrology, 2018
Robert Berliner Lecturer, Yale School of Medicine, March 8, 2018
Melvin C. Gluck Lecture, Department of Medicine, New York University, NYU-Langone Medical Center, September 3, 2014
Castle Connolly Top Doctors in America, 2001-2015
Elected Councilor, American Society of Nephrology, 2012
Best Doctors in America, 2005-2020
Elected membership, American Clinical, and Climatological Association, 2011
Charles D. Swartz, MD, Memorial Lecture, Department of Medicine, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA. May 3, 2011
Elected Alpha Omega Alpha, Medical College of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 2009
Alpha Omega Alpha Visiting Professor, Medical College of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, May 2009
UVA Department of Medicine Excellence in Mentorship, 2007

Negiin Pourafshar, MD

Fellow of the American Society of Nephrology, 2018
Travel Award Recipient, Annual Dialysis Conference, 2016
Second Place Oral Presentation, Florida Society of Nephrology Annual Meeting, 2015
Honorable Poster Presentation, Florida Chapter of the American College of Physicians, 2012

Mitchell H. Rosner, MD

Robert G. Narins Award of the American Society of Nephrology, 2019
Elected member, American Clinical and Climatological Association, 2018
Elected as Master of the American College of Physicians, 2016
Best Doctors in America, 2006-Present
UVA Medical Center Master Educator Award, 2009
Evergreen Award, American College of Physicians, 2008
UVA School of Medicine Dean’s Clinical Excellence Award, 2008
UVA Department of Medicine, Teaching Excellence Award, 2007, 2008
UVA Department of Medicine Attending of the Year, 2006, 2008
UVA All-University Teaching Award, 2006
Membership, Academy of Distinguished Educators, 2006
UVA School of Medicine Dean’s Award for Excellence in Teaching, 2005

Rahul Sharma, PhD

National Technology Award, Technology Board, Dept. of Science and Technology, Govt. of India, 2006

Karen Warburton, MD

University of Virginia School of Medicine, Academy of Distinguished Educators, 2018
University of Virginia Department of Medicine, Award for Excellence in Mentorship, 2018
Fellow of the American College of Physicians, 2018
Alliance for Academic Internal Medicine Executive Leadership Program, 2017
University of Virginia Division of Nephrology, Nephrology Teaching Excellence Award, 2017
Francis Sterling Award for Teaching Excellence, 2011
University of Pennsylvania, Catherine E. Reynolds Award for Excellence in Mentoring, 2010

Editorial Boards National Contributions

Emaad Abdel-Rahman, MBBS
Member, Advisory Board Geriatric Nephrology, American Society of Nephrology
Geriatric Nephrology advisory group and organizing committee
Advances in Geriatric Nephrology scientific committee and course

Brendan Bowen, MD
Department of Medicine Teaching Excellence Award, 2017
Department of Medicine Clinical Excellence Award, 2015
Best Bedside Manner Award, Our Health Charlottesville and Shenandoah Valley Magazine; 2015, 2016, 2018

Michael G. Brown, PhD
Regular Member, Immunity and Host Defense Study Section, NIH

Shu Man Fu, MD, PhD
NIH Arthritis, Connective Tissue, and Skin Study Section;
Department of Defense CDMPP review panels on Lupus and on Immunology

Kambiz Kalantari, MD
Member of the Renal Ultrasound Credentialing Committee of the American Society of Diagnostic and Interventional Nephrology (ASDIN)
Member of the American Society and Nephrology Career Advancement Committee, 2018 – 2019
Chair of the American Society and Nephrology Career Advancement Committee, 2019 – 2020
Member of the American Society and Nephrology In-Training Exam Item Writing Committee, 2016 – Present
Member of the Renal Ultrasound Credentialing Committee of the American Society of Diagnostic and Interventional Nephrology (ASDIN), 2009 – 2015

Peter Lobo, MD
Member, International Transplant Society, 1978-present
Member, Southern Society Clinical Investigation, 1979-present
Ad hoc Member, Study Section Natural IgM, NIAID, 2011-present

Mark D Okusa, MD
Councilor, American Society of Nephrology
Member, Acute Kidney Injury Network
Member, NIH/NIDDK-F subcommittee on F-Awards, 2013
Member, Education Committee, American Society of Nephrology, 2009 – Present
Chairman, Program Committee, ASN Annual Meeting, 2011, Philadelphia, PA, 2011
Chairman, American Society of Nephrology Acute Kidney Injury Advisory Group, 2008 – 2010
Member, Board of Advisors, American Society of Nephrology 2008 – 2010
Member, Program Committee, ASN Annual Meeting, 2007, San Diego, CA
Chairman, Pathobiology Kidney Disease Study Section: ZRG1 DKUS-A (Aug 22, 2011)
Adhoc, NIH/NHLBI Program Project, December 14, 2011
Expert Panel, NIDDK AKI Outcomes: Overcoming the Barriers in Acute Kidney Injury 2015

Didier Portilla, MD
Member, Pathobiology Idney Disease Study Section 2008-2012
Member of the NIH/NIDDL DDK-D Study Section Committee 2013-2017

Mitchell H. Rosner, MD
NIH Special Emphasis Panel ZDK1 GRB-J O2
Co-Director, American Society of Nephrology Board Review Course
Member, Education Executive Committee, American Society of Nephrology
Member, Program Committee, Association of Professors of Medicine
Co-Chair, Annual Meeting Renal Physicians Association
Member, Board of Directors, Renal Physicians Association
Co-director, American Society of Nephrology (ASN) board review course (San Francisco, August 2012)
Member, Education Executive Committee, ASN
Member, Board of Advisors, Renal Physicians Association
Member, Program Committee, Association of Professors of Medicine
Co-organizer (with Mark Okusa) of the 2014 Acute Dialysis Quality Initiative (to be held at UVA)