Medicine Grand Rounds: Neil Powe, MD, & Esteban Burchard, MD

The Fuss, Fuzziness, and Factuality about Race and Kidney Function; Making Precision Medicine Socially Precise

Thursday, April 15 at 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Neil R. Powe, MD, MPH, MBA is the Chief of Medicine at the Priscilla Chan and Mark Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and the Constance B. Wofsy Distinguished Professor and Vice-Chair of Medicine at the University of California San Francisco where he serves as administrative leader of the Department of Medicine.

Dr. Powe’s major interests are in improving discovery, education and clinical practice in medicine, propelling Neil Powe, MD academic organizations to function effectively and efficiently, enhancing scholarship and multidisciplinary collaboration, and developing future talent and leadership in the health professions. Dr. Powe’s work unites Medicine and Public Health with the goals of saving and improving quality of human lives. His landmark investigations of outcomes in chronic kidney disease, particularly on health disparities, have influenced clinical practice and policy. He led the Choices for Healthy Outcomes in Caring for ESRD (CHOICE) study, one of the first national cohort studies of patient outcomes dialysis. He is a principal investigator of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention National CKD Surveillance System. In over 490 publications, he has studied early referral of CKD patients, patient-physician contact in dialysis care, cost-effectiveness of screening for proteinuria, race differences in cardiovascular procedure use among CKD patients, effect of treatment modalities on survival, outcomes of emergent vs standard hemodialysis for immigrants, outcomes of dialysis care by type of ownership and access to transplantation.

Dr. Powe is a member of the Institute of Medicine, the American Society of Clinical Investigation, the Association of American Physicians, the American Society of Epidemiology, Master of the American College of Physicians and Fellow in the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Among his honors are the Diversity Award from the Association of Professors of Medicine, the John M. Eisenberg Award for Career Achievement in Research from the Society of General Internal Medicine, the Distinguished Educator Award from the Association for Clinical Research Training, the Belding Scribner Award from the American Society of Nephrology, the David Hume Memorial Award from the National Kidney Foundation and the John Phillips Memorial Award for Distinguished Contributions in Clinical Medicine. Dr. Powe earned his medical degree at Harvard Medical School and his master’s in public health at Harvard School of Public Health. He completed residency, was a Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholar and completed his master’s in business administration at the University of Pennsylvania.

Prior to his role at UCSF, Dr. Powe was the James F. Fries University Distinguished Professor at the Johns Hopkins University where he directed the Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology and Clinical Research and the Training, Education and Career Development Programs for the Clinical and Translational Science Institute.

Esteban G. Burchard, MD, MPH is a physician-scientist at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). He is a Professor in the Departments of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences and Medicine. Dr. Burchard is the Director and founder of the UCSF Asthma Collaboratory, a large interdisciplinary research program focusing on minority children and gene-environment interactions for asthma. He is also the Director of the Center for Genes, Environments & Health. Dr. Burchard is well known for his genetic research and the use of genetic ancestry to improve the diagnosis of lung disease among racially/ethnically populations. Dr. Burchard’s research has focused on understanding the complex issues surrounding race, genetic ancestry, and health disparities.

Dr. Burchard earned his M.D. from Stanford University School of Medicine. He completed an internship and Esteban Burchard, MD internal medicine residency at Harvard’s Brigham and Women's Hospital. He then completed a sub-specialty fellowship in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco. He earned a Master’s in Public Health in Epidemiology at the University of California, Berkeley. Dr. Burchard has formal training and expertise in internal medicine, pulmonary and critical care medicine, epidemiology, molecular genetics, genetic and clinical research. He initiated and now directs the largest gene-environment study of asthma in minority children in the U.S.

Dr. Burchard’s team was the first to leverage genetic ancestry to identify novel genetic and environmental risk factors for lung disease and poor drug response among minority children with asthma. He is the Principal Investigator of the Asthma Translational Genomics Collaborative (ATGC), the largest whole-genome sequencing study of asthma in the world. Dr. Burchard is also the Principal Investigator of PRIMERO: Puerto Rican Infant Metagenomic and Epidemiologic study of Respiratory Outcomes. PRIMERO is Puerto Rico’s first birth cohort study. The goal of PRIMERO is to identify the early life origins of severe respiratory disease and asthma.

In 2016 Dr. Burchard served as an advisor on President Obama’s Precision Medicine Initiative. In May of 2016 Dr. Burchard was presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Thoracic Society. In 2018 Dr. Burchard received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Medical Association (NMA), Allergy and Immunology Section. He was also inducted in the Alumni Hall of Fame at San Francisco State University. Dr. Burchard delivered the Keynote Address to the Society for Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS) National Conference in 2019.

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Add to Calendar 2021-04-15 12:00:00 2021-04-15 13:00:00 Medicine Grand Rounds: Neil Powe, MD, & Esteban Burchard, MD Neil R. Powe, MD, MPH, MBA is the Chief of Medicine at the Priscilla Chan and Mark Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and the Constance B. Wofsy Distinguished Professor and Vice-Chair of Medicine at the University of California San Francisco where he serves as administrative leader of the Department of Medicine. Dr. Powe’s major interests are in improving discovery, education and clinical practice in medicine, propelling academic organizations to function effectively and efficiently, enhancing scholarship and multidisciplinary collaboration, and developing future talent and leadership in the health professions. Dr. Powe’s work unites Medicine and Public Health with the goals of saving and improving quality of human lives. His landmark investigations of outcomes in chronic kidney disease, particularly on health disparities, have influenced clinical practice and policy. He led the Choices for Healthy Outcomes in Caring for ESRD (CHOICE) study, one of the first national cohort studies of patient outcomes dialysis. He is a principal investigator of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention National CKD Surveillance System. In over 490 publications, he has studied early referral of CKD patients, patient-physician contact in dialysis care, cost-effectiveness of screening for proteinuria, race differences in cardiovascular procedure use among CKD patients, effect of treatment modalities on survival, outcomes of emergent vs standard hemodialysis for immigrants, outcomes of dialysis care by type of ownership and access to transplantation. Dr. Powe is a member of the Institute of Medicine, the American Society of Clinical Investigation, the Association of American Physicians, the American Society of Epidemiology, Master of the American College of Physicians and Fellow in the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Among his honors are the Diversity Award from the Association of Professors of Medicine, the John M. Eisenberg Award for Career Achievement in Research from the Society of General Internal Medicine, the Distinguished Educator Award from the Association for Clinical Research Training, the Belding Scribner Award from the American Society of Nephrology, the David Hume Memorial Award from the National Kidney Foundation and the John Phillips Memorial Award for Distinguished Contributions in Clinical Medicine. Dr. Powe earned his medical degree at Harvard Medical School and his master’s in public health at Harvard School of Public Health. He completed residency, was a Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholar and completed his master’s in business administration at the University of Pennsylvania. Prior to his role at UCSF, Dr. Powe was the James F. Fries University Distinguished Professor at the Johns Hopkins University where he directed the Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology and Clinical Research and the Training, Education and Career Development Programs for the Clinical and Translational Science Institute. Esteban G. Burchard, MD, MPH is a physician-scientist at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). He is a Professor in the Departments of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences and Medicine. Dr. Burchard is the Director and founder of the UCSF Asthma Collaboratory, a large interdisciplinary research program focusing on minority children and gene-environment interactions for asthma. He is also the Director of the Center for Genes, Environments & Health. Dr. Burchard is well known for his genetic research and the use of genetic ancestry to improve the diagnosis of lung disease among racially/ethnically populations. Dr. Burchard’s research has focused on understanding the complex issues surrounding race, genetic ancestry, and health disparities. Dr. Burchard earned his M.D. from Stanford University School of Medicine. He completed an internship and internal medicine residency at Harvard’s Brigham and Women's Hospital. He then completed a sub-specialty fellowship in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco. He earned a Master’s in Public Health in Epidemiology at the University of California, Berkeley. Dr. Burchard has formal training and expertise in internal medicine, pulmonary and critical care medicine, epidemiology, molecular genetics, genetic and clinical research. He initiated and now directs the largest gene-environment study of asthma in minority children in the U.S. Dr. Burchard’s team was the first to leverage genetic ancestry to identify novel genetic and environmental risk factors for lung disease and poor drug response among minority children with asthma. He is the Principal Investigator of the Asthma Translational Genomics Collaborative (ATGC), the largest whole-genome sequencing study of asthma in the world. Dr. Burchard is also the Principal Investigator of PRIMERO: Puerto Rican Infant Metagenomic and Epidemiologic study of Respiratory Outcomes. PRIMERO is Puerto Rico’s first birth cohort study. The goal of PRIMERO is to identify the early life origins of severe respiratory disease and asthma. In 2016 Dr. Burchard served as an advisor on President Obama’s Precision Medicine Initiative. In May of 2016 Dr. Burchard was presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Thoracic Society. In 2018 Dr. Burchard received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Medical Association (NMA), Allergy and Immunology Section. He was also inducted in the Alumni Hall of Fame at San Francisco State University. Dr. Burchard delivered the Keynote Address to the Society for Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS) National Conference in 2019. Please click the link below to join the webinar:https://ucsf.zoom.us/j/95020584487?pwd=WkRpRnlPY2c2dDUyRElGUmV6eUdhdz09 Webinar ID: 950 2058 4487 Passcode: 081989 Or join by phone by dialing (for higher quality, dial a number based on your current location): US: +1 669 900 6833 or +1 213 338 8477 or +1 669 219 2599 International numbers available: https://ucsf.zoom.us/u/abh5BG9VS [email protected]; [email protected] Department of Medicine America/Los_Angeles public