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Curriculum Vitae CURRICULUM VITAE Richard J. Johnson, M.D. 1. GENERAL BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION A. PERSONAL Home Address: 15857 E Aberdeen Ave, Centennial CO 80016 Office: Richard Johnson, M.D., F.A.C.P. Professor of Medicine Tomas Berl Professor of Medicine University of Colorado Denver Box C281 12700 East 19th Avenue Research 2, Room 7015 Aurora, Colorado 80045 Phone: 303-724-4865 Fax: 303-724-4831 E-mail: [email protected] 2. EDUCATION Undergraduate: University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin; B.S. (with honors) (1971-1975). Anthropology Medical School: University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota (1975-1979) POSTGRADUATE TRAINING Internship: University of Washington, Seattle, WA. (Internal Medicine) (Internal Medicine 1979-1980) Residency: University of Washington, Seattle, WA. (Internal Medicine) (Internal Medicine 1980-1982) Dual Fellowship: Divisions of Nephrology and Infectious Diseases, (1982-1986) Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA. 3. ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS Acting Instructor/Senior Fellow - June, 1986 - October 1987, Division of Nephrology/Department of Medicine and the Division of Infectious Disease, University of Washington. Assistant Professor of Medicine - October, 1987 - June, 1991, Division of Nephrology/Department of Medicine, University of Washington. Associate Professor of Medicine - July 1, 1991 to July 1996, Division of Nephrology/ Department of Medicine, University of Washington. Adjunct Professor of Pathology, 1995 – July 2000, University of Washington. Professor of Medicine - July 1, 1996 to June, 2000, Division of Nephrology/Department of Medicine, University of Washington. Affiliate Professor of Medicine, University of Washington - July 2000 to present Professor of Pathology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX - November 2001 – August 2003 Professor of Medicine and Chief, Renal Section, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, July 2000 to August 2003 Director of Kidney/Pancreas Transplantation, Baylor-Methodist Program, July 2000- August 2003 Adjunct Professor of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Sep 2003 to 2006 Director, Hypertension Physiology Center, University of Florida September 2003-2004 J. Robert Cade Professor of Nephrology, and Professor of Medicine and Chief, Section of Nephrology, Hypertension, and Transplantation, University of Florida, Gainesville, September 2003- September 30, 2008 Professor, Physiology and Functional Genomics, University of Florida, March 2004 - September 30, 2008 Adjunct Professor of Medicine and Physiology, and Functional Genomics, University of Florida, Oct 2008- present Tomas Berl Professor of Medicine and Chief, Division of Renal Diseases and Hypertension , University of Colorado Denver Health Sciences, Denver CO Oct 1, 2008- Associate Director, Colorado Obesity Research Initiative July 2010-present 2 Professor of Medicine in the Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, July 2010- present Professor of Pharmacology, University of Colorado, Denver, 2012-present 4. HOSPITAL OR PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS 5. HONORS Honors Program/Honors Thesis in Anthropology, University of Wisconsin 1974 Phi Beta Kappa (Junior year), University of Minnesota 1978 Alpha Omega Alpha (Junior year), University of Minnesota, 1978 National Kidney Foundation American Society of Nephrology Hoffman La Roche Fellowship Award 1983-1984 Science in Medicine Lecture, University of Washington, June, 1990 Inaugural Priscilla Kincaid-Smith Visiting Professor, Melbourne, Australia, February, 1993 Research Career Development Awards, National Institute of Health, 1992-1997 Tokyo Forum, Speaker 1993 Young Investigator Award, American Society of Nephrology and American Heart Association, Orlando, Florida, 1994 American Society of Clinical Investigation, 1995 Keynote Speaker “Glomerular Response to Injury”, International Society of Pediatric Nephrology, Santiago, Chile, 1995 Robert Ecklund Visiting Professor, Case Western Reserve, 1997 Keynote Speaker, Japanese Society of Nephrology, 1999 Keynote Speaker, Australian Society of Nephrology, 1999 Guy’s Hospital Visiting Professor for the Year 2000, London British Medical Association Book Competition in Medicine, Highly Commended award for Comprehensive Clinical Nephrology, First edition Keynote Speaker, Egyptian Society of Nephrology, 2001, Cairo Arthur Gordon Visiting Professor, UCLA 2001 Outstanding Volunteer Award, National Kidney Foundation of Southeast Texas, 2002 Brenner Lecture, American Society of Nephrology meeting, San Diego, 2003 Elected to Thomas Reuters ISIhighlycited.com as highly cited in Clinical Medicine for period from 1992 to 2012 (>41,000 citations) Everett Anderson Visiting Professor, U of Arkansas, March 2004 “Honoris Causa” Sterling Professor of the Mexican Society of Hypertension, 2006 Thomas Ferris Lecture, U of Minnesota 2006 Herbert Chassis Lecture, NYU, 2006 Jaime Herrera Lecture, Mexican Society of Nephrology, 2006 Sir Stanley Davidson Lecturer, Royal College of Physicians of Scotland, Edinburgh Oct 2006 Faculty Achievement Recognition Award, U of Florida, 2007 3 Theodore Goodfriend Visiting Professor, Univ of Wisconsin, Madison 2007 Donald Seldin Lecture, AHA annual meeting, Orlando FL Nov 2007 Jaime Herrera Lecture, 17th Annual Meeting of the Instituto Mexicano Investigationes Nephrology, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico December 2007 Hugh DeWardener Lecture, British Society of Hypertensioin, Glasgow May 2008 University of Florida Dept of Medicine Honors for Excellence in Teaching to Residents 2008 Best Doctors in America 1996 to 2006 and 2009 to 2014 Theodore Woodward Award, American Clinical and Climatologic Association, 2009 Who’s Who in America (Marquis) Who’s Who in America (Madison) Honorary Member, Polish Society of Nephrology, 2010 Honorary Professorship, Beijing Anzhen Hospital, June 2011 University of Colorado Denver Medical Campus New Inventor of the Year 2011 Best Doctors of Denver 2014 6. MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES (Current) American Heart Association (Council on High Blood Pressure Research and Council on Kidney in Cardiovascular Disease) American Clinical and Climatological Society American Diabetes Association American Society of Clinical Investigation American Society of Nephrology American Society of Nutrition American Society of Hypertension American College of Physicians (Fellow, 1989) International Society of Nephrology Australian and New Zealand Society of Nephrology (Honorary Member) Association of Subspecialty Professors American Physiological Society National Kidney Foundation American Diabetes Association Polish Society of Nephrology (Honorary Member) 7. MAJOR COMMITTEE AND SERVICE RESPONSIBILITIES NATIONAL and INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEES / RESPONSIBILITIES Regional Representative for UNOS 6 (pancreas transplant) 1990-1994 National Kidney Foundation, Council on Glomerular Disease 1992-1993 Abstract Review - ASN (1989, 1991, Chair, Basic/Experimental Immunology 1993), National AFCR (1992) Grant Review - NIH O'Brien Center Grant 1991 4 Grant Review, NKF Fellowship 1992-1994 Co-organizer, Glomerulonephritis Section, International Society 1995 Nephrology, Madrid Reviewer, Louisiana Education Quality Support Fund 1994 Co-organizer, Glomerulonephritis Section, National Kidney Foundation 1996 Meeting CME course, American Society of Nephrology Board Review 1996-1997, 1999-2000 Organizing Committee, National Kidney Foundation 1996 Ad hoc Reviewer, NIH Med B Study Section 1996 ASN Awards Committee 1995-1998 ASN Career Enhancement Award Committee 1998-2000 ASN Carl Gottschalk Research Scholarship Committee 1998-2000 Ad hoc Reviewer and Chairman, NIH extramural Grant 1999 NKF Young Investigator Award Committee, Co-chairman 2000-2003 ISN COMGAN Research Committee – National / International 9/2001-2008 Chair, Basic Science Review Board, National Kidney Foundation 2002-04 Scientific Advisory Board, National Kidney Foundation 2003-04 ISN Scientific Program Committee, Singapore 2005 ASN Abstract Reviewer 2002, 2003 ISN Guidelines Committee 2004-2010 ISN, Member of the Council (North America Representative) 2004-2011 NIH Pathobiology of Kidney Disease Study Section, NIH NIDDK 2005-2006 Board Member, Gout and Hyperuricemia Society (nonprofit) 2005-2006 John Peters Award Committee, American Society of Nephrology 2006-2009 ASN Abstract Reviewer 2006, 2006 ASN Council Election Committee 2007-2008 NIH Ad Hoc Study Reviewer for PPG 2007 NIH Pathobiology of Kidney Disease Study Section 2007 NIH NIDDK George O’Brien Center Reviewer 3/2008 ISN Nexus Symposia Core Committee 2008 Program Committee, AHA Council on Kidney in Cardiovascular Disease 2008- Chairman, Scientific Committee, ISN, in Vancouver, British Columbia 2011 ISN, Executive Council 2009-2011 NIH Reviewer, NHLBI, Hypertension MIcrovascular section 2011 ASH Scientific Co-chairman, Pathophysiology Research Section 5/2012 Amway/Nutrilite Scientific Advisory Board 2011-present Gatorade Science Museum Board of Advisors 2011-2012 NIH Hypertension and Microcirculatory Study Section, NHLBI 2012-2018 NIDDK Study Section, ad hoc July 2013 Gout and Uric acid Education Society, Board Member 2008- External Advisory Board, Center of Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE grant) at University of Mississippi, PI John Hall 2013- Editorial Board, Kidney International 2009-2019 5 Editiorial Board, Am J Kidney Disease 2012-2014 External Reviewer, U MI NIH COBRE Center 2014 LOCAL RESPONSIBILITIES at University of Colorado Deans Advisory Committee, 2009-2012 Steering Committee, Health and Wellness Design, 2009 Research
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