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Author:
Maha Al-Azar,
Media Relations Officer,
Office of Information and Public Relations,
ma110@aub.edu.lb
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AUB professor of medicine recognized by prestigious American medical association
 | Dr. Fuad Ziyadeh
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The associate dean for academic affairs at the Faculty of Medicine, Dr. Fuad Nehmetallah Ziyadeh, who is also a professor of medicine and biochemistry, has been elected to the prestigious 122-year-old Association of American Physicians (AAP), for his highly influential research findings on diabetic kidney disease.
"It is with tremendous pride that I announce that Dr. Fuad N. Ziyadeh has been elected to the Association of American Physicians (AAP)," said Dr. Nadim Cortas, vice president for medical affairs and the Raja N. Khuri dean of the Faculty of Medicine and Medical Center.
The AAP, a non-profit professional membership-based organization, was founded in 1885 by seven physicians for "the advancement of scientific and practical medicine. It continues to serve as a repository of the best medical minds, to create and disseminate knowledge, and to provide role models for upcoming generations of physicians and medical scientists, according to the AAP website.
Election to AAP membership honors physicians who have done outstanding work in the conduct of basic and clinical research. Its 1000 active members represent " all the glitterati of American academic medicine," who regularly gather together at the annual meeting (co-sponsored by the American Society for Clinical Investigation --ASCI) to present the latest advances in medical sciences.
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| Dr. Ziyadeh was elected to the association for his research on diabetic kidney disease, which he conducted while still at the University of Pennsylvania (1982-2005) where he did his postdoctoral work, later achieving tenure as a professor of medicine.
He is one of 55 who are elected each year in recognition of having achieved excellence in medical research.
"His journal publications on diabetic kidney disease are highly influential in the field, garnering, to date, more than 6700 citations (according to Scopus.com)," said Dr Cortas.
"It is very gratifying to be rewarded and recognized by my peers for my work," said Dr. Ziyadeh. "I am in particular flattered for having been chosen while I am at AUB."
Dr. Ziyadeh, who graduated from the AUB Medical Center's Department of Internal Medicine in 1982, re-joined the University in October 2005 as professor of medicine and biochemistry, and in December 2005 he was appointed associate dean for academic affairs at the Faculty of Medicine. Before that, he assumed a number of high-level positions at the University of Pennsylvania (UPenn), including co-director of the National Institute of Health-sponsored Fellowship Training Program in Nephrology at the UPenn. He has also trained more than 20 postdoctoral fellows (with MDs and PhDs) in his laboratory at UPenn.
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Dr. Ziyadeh was elected to the American Society for Clinical Investigation (ASCI) as a junior faculty in 1994. The society is one of the most respected medical honor societies in the United States. It recognizes physician-scientists who have conducted outstanding scholarly work in biomedical research before the age of 45.
"To be a member of ASCI and AAP, the most prestigious associations of junior and senior academic physicians, respectively, is indeed a great honor," said Dr. Cortas.
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