I am pleased to announce that Benjamin D. Humphreys, MD, PhD, Associate Professor at Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women’s Hospital has accepted the position of Chief of the Renal Diseases Division in the Department of Medicine here at Washington University School of Medicine. Dr. Humphreys will assume this position in July, 2015.
Dr. Humphreys is a distinguished physician-scientist who currently serves as the Director of the Laboratory of Translational Research in Kidney Repair and the Harvard Stem Cell Institute’s Kidney Group. He is also a gifted clinician, mentor and teacher.
I would like to thank the members of the search committee, led by Dr. Clay Semenkovich, for their exemplary efforts which identified a number of excellent candidates. The search committee’s hard work facilitated our ability to recruit an outstanding nephrologist to lead the Renal Division in the future. I am also thankful to all who assisted in this process by meeting with Dr. Humphreys, as well as meeting with the other candidates during their visits with us.
I would particularly like to thank Dr. Marc Hammerman for his leadership of the Renal Division. He has directed the Renal Division for the past two decades and built the Renal Division into one of the most premier programs in the country. I am very grateful to Marc, and to Ms. Jodean Baldauf, the Renal Division’s business manager, for their careful stewardship and management of the Renal Division. The Division is made up of outstanding faculty who are exceptional scientists, clinicians and educators. The Renal staff are also hardworking and dedicated individuals who ensure the success of the faculty and the Division and provide wonderful care to patients. This exceptionally strong and vital Division is a testament to the efforts of the leadership, faculty and staff.
More information will be forthcoming about Dr. Humphreys in the future. In the meantime, I hope you will all join me in welcoming him and his family to Washington University and to St Louis.
With warm regards,
Victoria Fraser, MD
Adolphus Busch Professor of Medicine
Chairman of Medicine
Washington University School of Medicine
Campus Box 8066
660 South Euclid Avenue
St Louis, MO 63110