Okusa to deliver two Bower Lectures
Dr. Mark D. Okusa, John C. Buchanan Distinguished Professor of Medicine, chief of nephrology and director of the Center for Immunity, Inflammation and Regenerative Medicine in the University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, will give two 2012 John D. Bower Lectures on Thursday, Sept. 13, in room CW-106 of the Classroom Wing.
Okusa will present "Immune Mechanisms of AKI: Cues from the Microenvironment" from 8-9 a.m., and "The Nexus of Acute Kidney Injury, Chronic Kidney Disease and ESRD" from noon-12:50 p.m.
Lunch will be provided to the first 80 in attendance at the noon lecture. For more information, call Diana Carpenter at 4-5687.