Medical License / North Carolina Physician License - 9600527
Certification / North Carolina Medical Board – 72419
American Board of Internal Medicine, 1986
American Board of Nephrology, 2010, 2020
Hospital Affiliations
Mission-St. Joseph's Health System
Pardee Memorial Hospital
Care Partners Rehabilitation Hospital
Blue Ridge Regional Hospital
McDowell Hospital
Transylvania Regional Hospital
Park Ridge Hospital
Highlands-Cashiers Regional Hospital
Angel Medical Center
Professional Affiliations / Committees
American Society of Nephrology
Renal Physicians Association
National Kidney Foundation
American Society of Hypertension
2010-Present / Adjunct Professor, Department of Medicine, UNC School of Medicine, Chapel Hill
2006-2015 / Board of Directors, Mission Health Care Systems
2007-2013 / Chair of Quality Committee of the Board, Mission Health, Care Systems
1999-2006 / Chief of Adult Medicine Service Line, Mission Hospital
Honors and Awards
Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society
Woodcock Society
Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society
Best House Officer by Emory School of Medicine, Class of 1988
Research / Grants
Principal Investigator
Veterans Administration Merit Review, Changes in Enzyme Activity and Gene Transcription in Acidosis and Uremia
Co-Investigator
National Institutes of Health - Modification of Diet in Renal Disease
Sub-Investigator
START-CKD: Strategies Using Darbepoetin alfa to Avoid Transfusions in Chronic Kidney Disease
Sub-Investigator
A Randomized, Double-Blinded, Placebo-Controlled, Crossover, Multicenter Phase III Safety Study of Soluble Ferric Pyrophosphate (SFP) in Dialysate in Chronic Kidney Disease Patients Receiving Chronic Hemodialysis
Sub-Investigator
Open Label Uncontrolled Extension Study of Soluble Ferric Pyrophosphate (SFP) in Dialysate in Chronic Kidney Disease Patients Receiving Chronic Hemodialysis
Sub-Investigator
Ferumoxytol for Anemia of CKD Trial (FACT): A Phase IV, Open-Label, Multicenter Trial, with MRI Substudy, of Repeated Doses of Ferumoxytol Compared with Iron Sucrose for the Treatment of Iron Deficiency Anemia (IDA) in Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) Patients on Hemodialysis