Winfield Word-Sims, MD

Education

• 1988-1990 / University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Fellowship, Nephrology
• 1985-1988 / University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Residency, Internal Medicine
• 1981-1985 / Northwestern University, Doctor of Medicine
• 1977-1981 / Michigan State University, Bachelor of Science, Microbiology
• 1972-1976 / Yale College, Bachelor of Arts, Religious Studies

Work Experience

• 1991-Present / Clinical Nephrologist, Mountain Kidney and Hypertension Associates, PA
• 2010-Present / Associate Professor of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
• 1990-1991 / Assistant Professor of Medicine, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine
• 1977-1980 / Newspaper Reporter, Saginaw News (Michigan)
• 1976-1977 / Newspaper Reporter, Bryan Eagle (Texas)

Credentials

• Medical License / North Carolina Physician License - 30959
• Certification / North Carolina Medical Board - 120319
• American Board of Internal Medicine, 1988
• American Board of Nephrology, 1990, 2010, 2020

Hospital Affiliations

• Mission-St. Joseph's Health System
• CarePartners Rehabilitation Hospital
• McDowell Hospital
• Pardee Memorial Hospital

Professional Affiliations / Committees

• 2010-Present / Adjunct Professor, Department of Medicine, UNC School of Medicine, Chapel Hill
• American Society of Nephrology
• Renal Physicians Association
• National Kidney Foundation
• American Medical Association
• North Carolina Medical Society
• Western North Carolina Medical Society

Leadership

• President, Western Carolina Medical Society Foundation, 2011-2012
• President, Carolina Renal Care, 2006-2007
• President, Mountain Kidney and Hypertension Associates, 2006-2007