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According to the US Department of Education, the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG) is "the authorized credential evaluation and guidance agency for non-U.S. physicians and graduates of non-U.S. medical schools who seek to practice in the United States or apply for a U.S. medical residency program.
Kamyar Kalantar-Zadeh (born October 1963) is a US American physician doing research in nephrology, kidney dialysis, nutrition, and epidemiology.He is best known as a specialist in kidney disease nutrition and chronic kidney disease and for his hypothesis about the longevity of individuals with chronic disease states, also known as reverse epidemiology including obesity paradox.
The National Resident Matching Program (NRMP), also called The Match, [1] is a United States–based private non-profit non-governmental organization created in 1952 to place U.S. medical school students into residency training programs located in United States teaching hospitals. Its mission has since expanded to include the placement of U.S ...
Loyola University Medical Center has [when?] 50 residency and fellowship training programs in the following medical and surgical specialties. Residency programs available are: anesthesia, combined medicine/pediatrics, dental medicine, dermatology, emergency medicine (starting in 2019), family medicine, general surgery, internal medicine, neurological surgery, neurology, nuclear medicine ...
Nephrology (from Ancient Greek nephros 'kidney' and -logy 'the study of') is a specialty for both adult internal medicine and pediatric medicine that concerns the study of the kidneys, specifically normal kidney function (renal physiology) and kidney disease (renal pathophysiology), the preservation of kidney health, and the treatment of kidney disease, from diet and medication to renal ...
The ASN holds annual meetings (Kidney Week) [7] and subsequent regional meetings (ASN Highlights) [8] to discuss new developments in the field of nephrology. The ASN also provides an Annual Board Review Course & Update [9] and other online learning opportunities for both established nephrologists and those in training. In 2012, nearly 1,200 ...
It also offers services for medical professionals, including residency and fellowship programs, continuing medical education, a nursing program, and the Rainbow Center for Pediatric Ethics. It treats children with cancer , heart disease , cystic fibrosis and pulmonary specialties, sickle cell disease , kidney disease , immunology and endocrine ...
Robert works with several professional societies and advisory boards. He is past-President of the Renal Physicians Association, [1] immediate past-Chair of the Board of Trustees for the National Kidney Foundation of Michigan, [2] and an active member of the American Society of Nephrology and the American Society of Transplantation, and a fellow of the American College of Physicians.