| 词条 | Kamal Badr |
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Dr. Kamal Badr is a Lebanese-American physician and scientist who has been Professor of Medicine and Chair of the Department of Internal Medicine at the American University of Beirut from July 2000 to late 2006. He then was named Founding Dean of the Lebanese American University’s new medical school,[1] a position he held until September 1, 2010. He returned to the American University of Beirut in October 2010, where he is Associate Dean for Medical Education. LifeDr. Badr received his MD from the American University of Beirut in 1980 and completed residency training at the AUB-Medical Center followed by a 4-year fellowship in nephrology at the Brigham and Women’s and Children’s Hospitals, Harvard Medical School. CareerHe joined the faculty at Vanderbilt University as Assistant and then Associate Professor (1986 to 1992), and then Emory University as Professor of Medicine, nephrology section chief at the Atlanta VA Hospital, and Director of the Center for Glomerulonephritis (1992 to 2000). He chaired the Department of Internal Medicine at the American University of Beirut (AUB) from July 2000 until December 2006, when he was named Founding Dean of the new medical school at Lebanese American University. In 2010, he returned to AUB as Professor of Medicine, Associate Dean for Medical Education, and Director of the Vascular Medicine Program. Honors and AwardsHe was elected to the American Society for Clinical Investigation in 1991, the Association of American Physicians in 2001, and the Lebanese Academy of Sciences in 2009. He is also a member of Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society. Dr. Badr received NIH and other grant support from 1986 to 2000. His main interests are in renal microcirculatory physiology, the biology of inflammation, hypertension, and vascular disease. His research on glomerulonephritis and the regulation of inflammation has resulted in over 140 original publications in leading international journals, several discovery patents, and more than 30 chapters in Nephrology textbooks and several editions of Harrison’s Principles of Internal Medicine. Dr. Badr has trained and mentored students, post-graduate trainees, and junior faculty members. He has lectured around the world and received awards and honors, including an Honorary Professorship at University College, London and Adjunct Professorship at Johns Hopkins University. References1. ^{{cite news |date=May–June 2007 |title=New medical school will bring American-style education to Lebanon |work=Harvard Medical International |url=http://hmiworld.org/hmi/issues/May_June_2007/feature_lau.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070514150418/http://hmiworld.org/hmi/issues/May_June_2007/feature_lau.html |archive-date=May 14, 2007}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Badr, Kamal}}{{Lebanon-bio-stub}} 7 : Lebanese academics|American University of Beirut alumni|Harvard Medical School alumni|American University of Beirut faculty|Lebanese American University faculty|Living people|Year of birth missing (living people) |
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