Please Join us in Welcoming Dr. Karl L. Womer Dr. Karl L. Womer has been named Program Director of Renal Transplantation in the Division of Nephrology, Hypertension, and Renal Transplantation at the University of Florida Department of Medicine. Dr. Womer was previously at Johns Hopkins University…
The Department of Medicine 2013 Celebration of Research The Division of Nephrology proudly had 10 Research Faculty and Lab Assistants present posters in the Department of Medicine’s Celebration of Research. We had two winners from the Division. Winners for the Division of Nephrology, Hypertension, & Renal…
The Division of Nephrology, Hypertension and Renal Transplantation would like to Congratulate Dr. Mark Segal on his honor of receiving the inaugural Master Clinician Award. Dr. Segal was one of ten physicians in UF Health to be awarded the inaugural Master Clinician Award.
Dr. Wingo and Dr. Gumz recently had a paper published in Hypertension. This study shows that mice lacking the circadian clock protein Per1 have significantly lower blood pressure than wild type mice and that Per1 represses the expression of ET-1, a known regulator of renal sodium reabsorption and blood pressure.
Jacob Richards (current Nephrology T32 pre-doctoral fellow) and Megan Greenlee (former Nephrology T32 pre-doctoral fellow) both received Young Investigator Awards from the Epithelial Transport Group of the American Physiological Society on April 24, 2012. Mr. Jacobs and Ms. Greenlee (center of photo) were presented with their awards after giving invited…
Overview of Free Parking UF Health provides complimentary parking for patients and their visitors. Parking for patients or patient visitors is complimentary with a voucher. Patients and visitors must ask for a parking voucher at the check-out area, nurses’ station or other designated area when leaving…
U.S. News surveyed nearly 10,000 specialists and sifted through data for almost 5,000 hospitals to rank the best in 16 adult specialties, from cancer to urology. Death rates, patient safety, and hospital reputation were a few of the factors considered. Only 140 hospitals were nationally ranked in one or more…
Dr. Michelle Gumz was recently appointed as an Associate Editor for the Journal Frontiers in Renal and Epithelial Physiology. Frontiers is a 21st century approach to academic publishing. Frontiers has been designed by scientists for scientists. Frontiers is about us taking charge of how we want our research…
In his Program Project Grant, Dr. Conrad has brought together UF faculty from a variety of departments and colleges, including members of the Division of Nephrology faculty, with collaborators from Stanford University, to study the role of early hormonal changes in pregnancy on pregnancy physiology and outcome. This project…
MyUFHealth (formerly MyChart) provides a secure and convenient way to access portions of your medical record and communicate with your clinic. Using MyUFHealth you can review your health summary, immunizations, allergies, and released test results. You can also request prescription refills and request…
