Professional Activities:

Honors/Teaching Awards

• Scholarship - Hospital General Souza Aguiar Internal Medicine, 1967
• Faculty Electee, Alpha Omega Alpha - University of Illinois, 1980
• Award for Outstanding Service and Teaching, University of Arkansas, 1983
• Golden Apple Award - Clinical Teaching, University of Arkansas, 1983
• Award for Outstanding Service and Teaching, University of Arkansas House Staff, 1984
• Clifford G. Pilz Award for Best Attending of the Year - University of Illinois, 1987
• University Scholars Award, University of Illinois at Chicago, 1987
• Clifford G. Pilz Award for Best Attending of the Year - University of Illinois, 1997
• Service Award, Department of Veterans Affairs, 1998
• Keeton Professorship - Unviversity of Illinois, 2001
• Certificiate of Excellence in Teaching, Awarded by the University of Illinois at Chicago, Interal Medicine Residency Program, 2003-2004
• Castle Connolly Medical Ltd.’s “America’s Top Doctors”, 2005
• Fellow of the American Society of Nephrology, 2005
• Certificate of Excellence in Teaching, Awarded by the University of Illinois at Chicago, Interal Medicine Residents, 2004-2005
• Certificiate of Excellence in Teaching, Awarded by the University of Illinois at Chicago, Interal Medicine Residency Program, 2005-2006
• Castle Connolly Medical Ltd.’s “Regional Top Doctors”, 2007
• Award for Excellence in Teaching, University of Illinis at Chicago, Awarded by the Office of the Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, 2005-2006
• Inclusion in Who's Who in America, 2007
• Castle Connolly Medical Ltd.’s “Regional Top Doctors”, 2011
• Inclusion in Who's Who in America, 2012
• Castle Connolly Medical Ltd.’s “RegionalTop Doctors”, 2013
• International Society of Nephrology Educational Ambassador, 2013
• Consumers Research Council of America, America’s Top Physicians, 2014

Invited Professorships, Grand Rounds And/or Lectures

• Cornell University, Department of Physiogy, New York, NY, 1980
• University of Kentucky, Department of Medincine, Lexington, KY, 1980
• Harbor General Hospital (UCLA Affiliate), Department of Medine, Torrance, CA, 1980
• University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Department of Medicine, Little Rock, AR, 1981
• Roger Williams Hospital (Brown University Affiliate), Department of Medicine, Providence, RI, 1982
• Medical College of Virginia, Department of Medicine, Richmond, VA, 1983
• Kidney Foundationof Illinois, Chicago, IL, 1985
• UIC College of Medicine - Rockford, Department of Medicine, Rockford, IL, 1986
• Lecturer, International Society of Nephrology Course, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 1988
• Lecturer, Centennial Meeting of the Hospital Beneficiencia Portuguesa, Rio de Janeiro,Brazil,1990
• Lecturer, Brazilian Congress of Neprology, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1991

Invited Professorships, Grand Rounds and/or Lectures
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• University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Department of Medicine, Little Rock, AR, 1989
• Lecturer, 2nd Latin American Congress on Acute Renal Failure, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2000
• American Society of Nephrology Annual Board Review Course & Update, 2001-2003
• Lecturer, American Society of Nephrology Renal Week, 2003
• Society of Nephrology and Hypertension of Puerto Rico Annual Meeting, Rio Grande, PR, 2004
• Loyola University, Section of Nephrology, Maywood, IL, 2007
• Lutheran General Hospital, Deparment of Medicine, Park Ridge IL, 2005, 2007, 2009
• University of Southern California, Section of Nephrology, Los Angeles, CA, 2007
• Loyola University, Department of Medicine, Maywood, IL, 2008
• St. John Medical Center, Section of Nephrology, Detroit, MI, 2009
• Stony Brook University, Section of Nephrology, Long Island, NY, 1985 and 2010
• Washington University, Section of Nephrology, St. Louis, MO, 2010
• Tulane University, Department of Medicine, New Orleans, LA, 2010
• Ochsner Clinic, Section of Neprology, New Orleans, LA, 2010
• Kidney Foundation of Lousiana, New Orleans, LA, 2010
• Scott and White Clinic, Department of Medicine, Texas AM University, Temple, TX, December 2010
• Henry Ford Foundation, Department of Medicine, Detroit, MI, December 2010
• Medical College of Wisconsin, Section of Nephrology, Milwaukee, WI, 1985, 2010
• Roger Williams Hospital (Boston University Affiliate), Department of Medicine, Providence, RI, 2011
• Oklahoma State University, Department of Medicine, Tulsa, OK, January 2011
• Mercy Hospital, Department of Medicine, Bufalo, NY, March 2011
• Queens Hospital, Department of Medicine, New York, NY, 2011
• Wycoff Medical Center, Department of Medicine, New York, NY, 2011
• La Grange Memorial Hospital, Dapartment of Family Practice, LaGrange, IL, 2011
• St. Mary Medical Center, Hobart, IN, June 2011
• Brookdale University Hospital, Brooklyn, NY, 2012
• Kishwaukee Community Hospital, DeKalb, IL, March 2012
• Stillwater Medical Center, Stillwater,OK, April 2012
• Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center, Las Vegas, NV, May 2012
• Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, June 2012
• Advoate Illinois Masonic Medical Center, Department of Internal Medicine, Chicago, IL, February 2013
• Mercy Medical Center, Sioux City, IA October 2013
• UC Irvine Medical Center, Orange, CA, November 2013
• Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, November 2013
• University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, November 2013
• Drexel University College of Medicine, Division of Nephrology & Hypertension, Philadelphia, PA, December  2013
• Oakwood Hospital & Medical Center, Dearborn, MI, December 2013
• Easter Virginia Medical School, Dept. of Internal Medicine, Norfolk, VA, January 2014