The American Society of Nephrology (ASN) announced that Prabir Roy-Chaudhury, MD, PhD, FASN, will serve as its next president. He will succeed current president Deidra C. Crews, MD, ScM, FASN, when her term ends on January 1, 2025.
Dr. Roy-Chaudhury is the Drs. Ronald and Katherine Falk Eminent Professor and codirector of the University of North Carolina Kidney Center at Chapel Hill, North Carolina. He serves as a staff nephrologist at the WG (Bill) Hefner VA Medical Center in Salisbury, North Carolina.
His main research interest is in uremic vascular biology, focused on addressing dialysis vascular access dysfunction and cardiovascular complications in patients with kidney disease. He leads a large multidisciplinary translational research program in this area funded through the National Institutes of Health, the Veterans Administration research program, and industry grants.
Dr. Roy-Chaudhury has been involved in public policy and administrative aspects of kidney care through leadership roles in various ASN committees and task forces, the American Society of Diagnostic and Interventional Nephrology, the Renal Network, the Vascular Access Society of the Americas, and other groups. He is a past president of the American Nephrologists of Indian Origin, the founding ASN co-chair of the Kidney Health Initiative, and a member of the steering committee of the Kidney X Innovation accelerator.
In addition, Dr. Roy-Chaudhury has published more than 250 manuscripts and book chapters and has received numerous awards and named orations, including the Gerald Beathard Award from the American Society of Diagnostic and Interventional Nephrology and the KS Chugh oration of the Indian Society of Nephrology.
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