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Dr. Kamal Badr has been Professor of Medicine and Chairman of the Department of Internal Medicine at the American University of Beirut from July 2000 to late 2006. He then was recruited to become Founding Dean of the Lebanese American University’s new medical school, a position he held until September 1, 2010. He later on returned to the American University of Beirut. ==Life== Dr. Badr received his MD with distinction from the American University of Beirut (AUB) in 1980 and completed Residency training at the AUB-Medical Center in 1982 followed by a 4-year fellowship in nephrology at the Brigham and Women’s and Children’s Hospitals, Harvard Medical School. He joined the faculty at Vanderbilt University as Assistant and then Associate Professor (1986 to 1992), and then at Emory University as Professor of Medicine, nephrology section Chief at the Atlanta VA Hospital, and Director of the Center for Glomerulonephritis (1992 to 2000). Dr. Badr has a superb record of scientific achievements and a high visibility and international recognition for his scientific contributions. His research on glomerulonephritis and the regulation of inflammation has resulted in over 130 high quality 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. He is member of Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society, the American Society for Clinical Investigation, the Association of American Physicians, and the Lebanese Academy of Sciences. Dr. Badr has trained and mentored scores of students, post-graduate trainees, and junior faculty members. He has lectured widely around the world and received numerous awards and honors, including an Honorary Professorship at University College, London and Adjunct Professorship at Johns Hopkins University. Dr Badr received NIH and other grant support from 1986 to 2000 and holds three US patents. His main interests are in renal microcirculatory physiology, glomerular inflammation, and renal vascular disease. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kamal Badr」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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