About the Author

Richard J. Glassock, MD, FASN is Emeritus Professor of Medicine at the Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California at Los Angeles. He was President of the American Society of Nephrology (ASN) and the National Kidney Foundation (NKF) and Chairman of the American Board of Internal Medicine. He has received the NKF David Hume Memorial Award, the ASN Robert Narins Award, Distinguished Achievement Awards from UCLA and the Association of Professors of Medicine, the Torchbearer Award of the American Kidney Fund, and the Medal of Excellence Award from the American Association of Kidney Patients. He is Associate Editor of the American Journal of Nephrology.