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The American Society of Nephrology (ASN) recently announced that Prabir Roy Chaudhury, MD, PhD, FASN, will become the society’s next president. Dr. Roy Chaudhury, who succeeds Deidra C. Crews, will assume his new role on January 1, 2025.
A highly experienced physician, academic leader, and researcher, Dr. Roy Chaudhury is the Drs. Ronald and Katherine Falk Eminent Professor and Co-Director of the University of North Carolina, Kidney Center at Chapel Hill, NC. He is also a staff nephrologist at the WG (Bill) Hefner VA Medical Center in Salisbury, NC.
“With ongoing progress in kidney-related care, including promising advances in transplantation in recent years, this is an exciting time to be leading ASN and the many clinicians and researchers who are dedicated to making a difference across the spectrum of kidney diseases,” said Dr. Roy Chaudhury. “This is truly the greatest honor of my professional career, and I look forward to continuing to help affected patients and their families through ASN’s extensive research, policy, and advocacy efforts.”
In addition to being an active transplant nephrologist, Dr. Roy Chaudhury’s primary research interest is in uremic vascular biology, focusing on addressing dialysis vascular access dysfunction and cardiovascular complications in patients with kidney disease.
Dr. Roy Chaudhury has been very active in the public policy and administrative aspects of kidney care through leadership roles in multiple ASN committees and task forces, the American Society of Diagnostic and Interventional Nephrology, the Renal Network, and the Vascular Access Society of the Americas. He is also a Past President of the American Nephrologists of Indian Origin.
Dr. Roy Chaudhury was the founding ASN co-chair of the Kidney Health Initiative and also a member of the steering committee of the Kidney X Innovation accelerator. An established speaker who has published over 250 manuscripts and book chapters, he has received the Gerald Beathard Award from the American Society of Diagnostic and Interventional Nephrology, and the KS Chugh oration of the Indian Society of Nephrology.
After graduating from the Armed Forces Medical College in Pune, India, he trained in Internal Medicine and Nephrology at the University of Aberdeen, Scotland, and at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School in Boston, USA.
Since 1966, ASN has been leading the fight to prevent, treat, and cure kidney diseases throughout the world and has nearly 21,000 members representing 140 countries.
