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All lectures are free and open to the public


                                             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.
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