Neil R. Powe | |
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| Nationality | American |
| Education | |
| Occupation | Professor of medicine |
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| Field | Medicine |
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Neil R. Powe is an American professor of medicine at the University of California, San Francisco and the chief of medicine at the Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center. Previously he was professor of medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. His research has mainly related to kidney disease, cardiovascular disease and health disparities.[1][2][3][4]
Biography
Neil R. Powe attended Central High School and is an alumnus in the school's Hall of Fame.[5] He earned a bachelor's degree in biochemistry from Princeton University, a medical degree at Harvard Medical School and a master’s in public health at Harvard School of Public Health.[5] He completed residency in internal medicine, was a Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholar and completed a master’s in business administration at the University of Pennsylvania.[5]
In 1986 Powe joined the faculty of Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and the Bloomberg School of Public Health,[6] where he became the James F. Fries University distinguished professor.[2]
In 2020, he co-authored a paper on the implications of removing race adjustment in kidney function calculations.[7]
Awards and honors
- Fellow in the American Association for the Advancement of Science[3]
- Diversity Award - Association of Professors of Medicine[2]
- John M. Eisenberg Award for Career Achievement in Research - Society of General Internal Medicine[1]
- Distinguished Educator Award - Association for Clinical Research Training[1]
- Belding Scribner Award - American Society of Nephrology[2]
Selected publications
- Gross, Cary P.; Anderson, Gerard F.; Powe, Neil R. (17 June 1999). "The relation between funding by the National Institutes of Health and the burden of disease". The New England Journal of Medicine. 340 (24): 1881–1887. doi:10.1056/NEJM199906173402406. ISSN 0028-4793. PMID 10369852. (Co-author)
- Garg, Pushkal P.; Frick, Kevin D.; Diener-West, Marie; Powe, Neil R. (25 November 1999). "Effect of the ownership of dialysis facilities on patients' survival and referral for transplantation". The New England Journal of Medicine. 341 (22): 1653–1660. doi:10.1056/NEJM199911253412205. ISSN 0028-4793. PMID 10572154. (Co-author)
- Thiemann, David R.; Coresh, Josef; Oetgen, William J.; Powe, Neil R. (27 May 1999). "The association between hospital volume and survival after acute myocardial infarction in elderly patients". The New England Journal of Medicine. 340 (21): 1640–1648. doi:10.1056/NEJM199905273402106. ISSN 0028-4793. PMID 10341277. (Co-author)
- Diao, J. A.; Wu, G. J.; Taylor, H. A.; Tucker, J. K.; Powe, N. R.; Kohane, I. S.; Manrai, A. K. (12 January 2021). "Clinical Implications of Removing Race From Estimates of Kidney Function". JAMA. 325 (2): 184–186. doi:10.1001/jama.2020.22124. ISSN 1538-3598. PMC 7711563. PMID 33263721. (Co-author)
References
- 1 2 3 "GIM Bids Farewell to Dr. Neil Powe". Archived from the original on 14 October 2020.
- 1 2 3 4 "Neil R. Powe, M.D., M.P.H., M.B.A. | Office of Research". www.vumc.org. Archived from the original on 20 April 2021. Retrieved 20 April 2021.
- 1 2 "Neil Powe | UCSF Profiles". profiles.ucsf.edu. Archived from the original on 20 April 2021. Retrieved 20 April 2021.
- ↑ Vilson, Fernandino L.; Schmidt, Bogdana; White, Lee; Soerensen, Simon John Christoph; Ganesan, Calyani; Pao, Alan C.; Enemchukwu, Ekene; Chertow, Glenn M.; Leppert, John T. (29 March 2021). "Removing Race from eGFR calculations: Implications for Urologic Care". Urology. 162: 42–48. doi:10.1016/j.urology.2021.03.018. ISSN 0090-4295. PMID 33798557. S2CID 232771329.
- 1 2 3 "Newest Hall of Fame Inductees Represent the Arts, Medicine, Science and More". AACHS. 30 October 2015. Archived from the original on 20 April 2021. Retrieved 20 April 2021.
- ↑ "Dr. Neil Powe Elected to Institute of Medicine". Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Archived from the original on 22 January 2021. Retrieved 20 April 2021.
- ↑ "Leave Race Out of Kidney Function Estimates?". www.medpagetoday.com. 2 December 2020. Archived from the original on 20 April 2021. Retrieved 20 April 2021.