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2018 SciTech Lecture Series Jeff M. Sands, MD, Juha P. Kokko Professor of Medicine and

Physiology, Renal Division Director, Executive Vice-Chair of Med-
Physiological Insights into Novel Therapies for icine, Emory University School of Medicine discussed Physio-

Nephrogenic Diabetes Insipidus logical Insights into Novel Therapies for Nephrogenic Diabetes
Insipidus. This is a rare kidney disorder that causes chronic ex-

presented by cessive thirst with excessive urine production. If left untreated,
episodes of severe dehydration develop
Jeff M. Sands, M.D.

Emory University

Thursday, October 18
4:00 p.m.

Strickland Auditorium

Robert L. Strickland Center
Forsyth Tech Main Campus

2100 Silas Creek Parkway, Winston-Salem, N.C. 27103

Enter campus on Miller Street and go to the end of the street. Turn
left onto Oak Grove Road and then turn right into the first drive.

Lot
Lot CC3 CC4
Lot CC2 Geneva Road
Lot CC1
Strickland Center Lot
813
O1 Ebert Street
Bob Greene Hall A graduate of Harvard College and Boston University School of Medicine,
Lot CC Lot O Dr. Sands trained in Medicine at the University of Chicago and the
National Institute of Health’s National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
(NHLBI). Following fellowship training in the Laboratory of Kidney
and Electrolyte Metabolism at NHLBI (NIH), he proceeded to a clinical
Miller Street nephrology fellowship at Emory University. Joining the Emory faculty
as an Assistant Professor in 1989, Dr. Sands was promoted to Associate
Professor and then Professor. He accepted the Kokko Professorship
and Division Director position at Emory in 2002. He served as Executive
Vice-Chair of Medicine from 2009-2015, and as Associate Dean for Clinical
Silas Creek Parkway
To reserve a seat at this event: You Tube Link and Translational Research from 2006-2010. He is a co-founder of Nephro
Mary Flournoy: 336.757.3812, mflournoy@forsythtech.edu DI Therapeutics and is considered a Key Opinion Leader for nephrogenic
Russ Read: 336.734.7651, rread@forsythtech.edu diabetes insipidus by the National Organization of Rare Diseases.