Nephrology
Ranked Among the Best Hospitals by U.S. News & World Report
Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center is ranked among the nation's best kidney disorders hospitals by U.S. News & World Report.
The Nephrology Section of Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center is a world leader in cutting-edge research on inherited kidney diseases. Part of the Department of Internal Medicine, The Nephrology Section has a faculty with internationally renowned expertise and provides highly specialized care for patients with high blood pressure, chronic kidney failure, and end-stage renal disease. In addition to caring for the hundreds of patients who have transplant procedures each year, the Nephrology Section offers patients options in types of outpatient dialysis at free-standing centers conveniently located throughout the region.
The Nephrology Section staff, faculty and physicians pride themselves on a sincere focus on patient care. During office hours, Monday through Friday, patients and referring physicians speak directly with staff when they call. Messages for physicians are relayed by the nursing staff immediately, and patients and physicians receive return phone calls within the same day.
The section is a world leader in research on peritoneal dialysis, hemodialysis, hypertension, and on the genetics of kidney disease, and have a patient-centered approach to research topics and projects. Clinical problems and issues are prime foci for research, and this dedication to applied research has made the Section of Nephrology a leader in NIH sponsored clinical trials on dialysis, kidney failure, and has allowed the physicians to make significant contributions to advancements in the treatment of kidney disease.
Thomas D. DuBose Jr., M.D., the Tinsley R. Harrison Professor and Chair of Internal Medicine at WFUBMC has been elected to the Board of Regents of the American College of Physicians.
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Daeihagh Receives Promotion at Wake Forest BaptistWinston Salem,
N.C. Pirouz Daeihagh, M.D., a nephrologist at Wake Forest
University Baptist Medical Center, has been promoted from assistant
professor to associate professor of internal medicine (nephrology).
He is the medical director of
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Millions of Americans in the early stages of chronic kidney disease (CKD) are at an increased risk of having atrial fibrillation (AF) – a major risk factor for stroke – according to new research by investigators at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center.
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Kidney disease is a growing public health problem, with approximately half a million individuals in the United States requiring dialysis treatments to replace the function of their failed kidneys. The problem is particularly acute among African-Americans, whose rates of kidney disease are four times higher than those of European Americans.
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Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center is ranked in eight categories in U.S.News & World Report's 2010-11 Best Hospitals, online and featured in the August issue, available on newsstands Tuesday July, 27.
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