Career Highlights
Academic Appointments:
1977-83
Assistant Professor of Pathology and Medicine. The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.
1983-87
Associate Professor of Pathology and Medicine. The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.
1987-92
Professor and Chairman, Department of Pathology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
1992-present
Professor, Director - Experimental Pathology, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Academic and Professional
1968
Obtained B.A. with Honors in Biology from Oberlin College, USA
1972
Obtained M.D. with Honor and with Distinction in Research from University of Rochester, USA
1972
Received Borden Award for Best Medical Research done by a member of the Graduating Class (Medical School)
1974
Received Francis S. Schwentker Award for Best Research done by a Johns Hopkins House Officer
1976-1977
Received the National Kidney Foundation Fellowship
1981-1986
Received NIH Research Career Development Award
1987-1990
Received AHFMR Independent Establishment Award, ($225,000)
1991-1994
Received Kidney Foundation of Canada Operating Grant, ($130,000)
2002
William Boyd Award from the Canadian Association of Pathologists
2005
Received the Researcher of the Year Award from the Capital Region Medical Staff Association
2009
Awarded
The International Distinguished Medal from the National Kidney Foundation, US.
Meeting-Conferences appointments
1982/1988
Director, International Acute Renal Failure Symposium, Baltimore and Edmonton.
June 20-23, 1993
President, International Advisory Committee, Satellite Symposium on Acute Renal Failure, Halkidiki, Greece.
July 9-11, 1995
President, International Advisory Committee, Symposium on Acute Renal Failure, Barcelona, Spain.
June 1-3, 1997
President, International Advisory Committee, Symposium on Acute Renal Failure, Cairns, Australia.
1991 - present
Organizer of Banff Conferences on Allograft Pathology, Banff, Alberta