Professor of Pathology
Director NKF cyberNephrology
Director, Experimental Pathology
The International Distinguished Medal was established in 1990 to honor the achievement of individuals who have made significant contributions to the field of kidney disease and extended the goals of the National Kidney Foundation. The Foundation President presents medals each year to recognize the accomplishments of individuals through their clinical work, roles in academia, scientific discoveries or volunteer work in organizations similar to the Foundation.
Past International Distinguished Medal Recipients:
2008
Bernard Charra, M.D., Tassin, France
Wendy Hoy, MD, Queensland, Australia
Michel Jadoul, MD, Brussels, Belgium
Yves Vanrenterghem, MD, PhD, Leuven, Belgium
2007
Mona Al-Rukhaimi, MD, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Dick de Zeeuw, MD, PhD, Groningen, The Netherlands
Sayyid Ali Jaffer Naqvi, MD, Karachi, Pakistan
Susumu Takahashi, MD, PhD, Tokyo, Japan
Christoph Wanner, MD, Wurzburg, Germany
2006
Jorge Cannata-Andia, MD, Oviedo, Spain
Prakesh Keshaviah, MD, Dehradun, Uttaranchal, India
Gabriel Mircescu, MD, Bucharest, Romania
Yusuke Tsukamoto, MD, Tokyo, Japan
Haiyan Wang, MD, Beijing, China
2005
John Dirks, MD, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Saraladevi Naicker, MD, Johannesburg, South Africa
Luis Revert, MD, Barcelona, Spain
Wu Chang Yang, MD, Taiwan, China
2004
Peter G. Blake, MB, FRCP, Toronto, Canada
Kai-Uwe Eckardt, MD, Berlin, Germany
S. Adibul Hasan Rizvi, MBBS, FRCS, FRCSE, FCPS, FRCP, Karachi, Pakistan
Bernardo Rodriguez-Iturbe, MD, Maracaibo, Venezuela
Claudio Ronco, MD, Vicenza, Italy
2003
Georgi Abraham, MD, Chennai, India
Shanyan Lin, MD, Shanghai, China
Nester Schor, MD, PhD, Sao Paolo, Brazil
Carmine Zoccali, MD, Reggio, Italy
2002
Gavin Becker, MD, Victoria, Australia
Francesco Locatelli, MD, Lecco, Italy
Sergio Mezzano, MD, Valdivia, Chile
Giuseppe Piccoli, MD, Torino, Italy
Wladyslaw Sulowica, MD, PhD, Kracow, Poland
2001
Elvira Emilia Arrizurieta, MD, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Hans-Henrick Parving, MD, DMSC, Copenhagen, Denmark
Yahya Sagliker, MD, Adana, Turkey
Fernando Valderrababo, MD, PhD, Madrid, Spain
2000
Vittorio Andreucci, MD, PhD, Naples, Italy
Norbert Lameire, MD, PhD, Gent, Belgium
Florian Lang, MD, PhD, Tubingen, Germany
1999
Jonas Bergstrom, MD, PhD, Huddinge, Sweden
Walter H. Hörl, MD, PhD, Vienna, Austria
Vincenzo Savica, MD, Messina, Italy
Gianfranco Guarnieri, MD, Trieste, Italy
1998
Professor Rosario Maiorca, Brescia, Italy
John Walls, MD, Leicester, England
Shaul M. Shasha, MD, Nahariya, Israel
Professor Jean-Pierre Grunfeld, Paris, France
1997
Professor Guido Bellinghieri, Sicily, Italy
Professor Hirotoshi Morii, Osaka, Japan
Professor Momir H. Polenakovic, Skopje, Macedonia
Professor Boleslaw Rutkowski, Gdansk, Poland
1996
Professor Judit Nagy, Pecs, Hungry
Professor Karel Opatrny, Pizen, Czech Republic
Miguel C. Riella, MD, Curitba, Brazil
1995
Maurice Slapak, MD, Hampshire, England
Guy Laurent, MD, Tassin, France
David N. Kerr, MD, London, England
Alexander P. Disney, MD, Adelaide, South Australia
Andrzej Ksiazek, MD, Lublin, Poland
1994
Stefan Angielsi, MD, Gdansk, Poland
Natale G. De Santo, MD, Naples, Italy
Professor Miroslaw Mydilk, Kosice, Slovac Republic
1993
Jamie Herrera-Acosta, MD, Mexico City, Mexico
Jose L. Rodicio, MD, Madrid, Spain
Professor Sandor, Sonkodi, Hungary
Visith Sitprija, MD, Bangkok, Thailand
1992
Professor Albert Valek, Czechoslovakia
Professor Mary G. McGeown, Ireland
Professor Ori Better, Haifa, Israel
Professor Rashad Bersoum, Egypt
Professor Karl M. Koch, Hannover, Germany
M. Derome Tremblay, France
1991
Professor Nobuhiro Sugino, Tokyo, Japan
Professor K.S. Chugh, Mumbai, India
Professor Renee Habib, Paris, France
Professor Franciszek Kokot, Poland
Professor Sevrin Ringoir, Ghent, Belgium
1990
Professor Kazimierz Baczyk, Poznan, Poland
Professor Vittorio Bonomini, Bologna, Italy
Professor J. Stewart Cameron, London, England
T.T. Durai, MD, Singapore
Professor Henri Jahn, Strasbourgh-Cedex, France
Professor Eberhard Ritz, Heidelberg, Germany
The Banff 97 Working Classification of Renal Allograft Pathology. (Kidney International 1999)
Hooking-Up, Physical Forces, Optimism and Dark Energy: Imagery, Hope, and Health.