INSIGHTS
The Weekly Update of the Kidney & Urology Foundation of America, Inc.
Volume 1, No. 4
Ira Greifer, MD, President
March 14, 2003
www.kidneyurology.org
Shirley Baer, Executive Director
KUF SUPPORTS CLINICAL FELLOWSHIP IN UROLOGY AT DUKE UNIVERSITY
The Kidney & Urology Foundation of America, Inc has awarded a $30,000 fellowship for clinical
research to Dr. Jennifer A. Tash at Duke University’s Department of Urology to study the outcome in
men and women of surgical treatment of urethral injury. The goal of the study is to determine methods of
improving surgical treatments of pelvic injuries in men and women, to reduce the risk of nerve damage,
and/or loss of sensation or post surgical pain. The study is in keeping with the mission of the Foundation
in supporting research that will improve the care and treatment of patients.
FOUNDATION ENGAGES UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA STUDY OF KIDNEY PROTEIN
Dr. John Kyongwon Lee of the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics at the University of
California, San Francisco, has been awarded a $30,000 research fellowship by the Kidney & Urology
Foundation of America, Inc. Dr. Lee will study the role of a group of specialized proteins, called
aquaporins. In certain kidney diseases, grouped under the name Nephrogenic Diabetes Insipidis, the
aquaporins, which allow the passage of water through cell membranes, do not function normally,
resulting in excessive urine formation and dehydration. Dr. Lee will study the atomic structure and
regulation of different aquaporins, including mutated forms found in kidney patients, in hopes of
developing new drug therapies for treatment of this condition. The Foundation is hopeful the study will
foster mew treatments to improve patients’ lives.
REGISTRATION STILL OPEN FOR MID ATLANTIC RENAL ROUNDUP AT PRINCETON
A limited number of seats are still available for the Mid-Atlantic Renal Roundup on March 21st at
Princeton University. The daylong conference, “Pulling Together for Better Patient Care” is hosted by
the Kidney & Urology Foundation of America, Inc., and is open to dieticians, nurses, technicians, social
workers and administrators in dialysis and transplantation. Presentations will include New Developments
in Transplantation, Long Term Care of the Renal Transplant Recipient, and Best Practices in Health Care
Administration. For a copy of the full program or to register call Carol Brower at the Kidney & Urology
Foundation’s New Jersey Office at (732) 866-4444.
FOUNDATION’S ANNUAL NEW JERSEY AWARDS BANQUET SET FOR JUNE 19TH
The annual New Jersey Awards Banquet – this year titled “Circle of Life” -will be celebrated at The
Manor in West Orange, New Jersey on June 19th. This year’s dinner honors a family who became
intimately involved in kidney transplantation and the physicians who assisted them. The honorees are Dr.
Martin Jacobs, Senior Attending Physician, Nephrology and Transplantation at St. Barnabas Medical
Center, Dr.Dae Un Kim, Renal Pathologist, at St. Barnabas Medical Center, and The Baris Family. For
more information on the annual banquet, contact Murray Brower, Associate Executive Director at 1-800633-6628.
Special thanks to Dr. Norman Bank for his significant contributions to this edition of INSIGHTS
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