Gerald B. Appel
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Gerald B. Appel is an American physician and kidney
researcher known both for his celebrity patients and for his scholarly work on the renal manifestations of systemic lupus erythematosis. He is also the world's foremost authority on diseases of the glomerulus
, having published more than one hundred academic papers on the subject. Appel is currently Professor of Medicine and Director of Clinical Nephrology at Columbia University Medical Center
in New York City, where he also runs the Center for Glomerular Diseases, the nation's largest institute for research into the treatment of intrinsic diseases of the kidney. The National Kidney Foundation
awarded Appel its lifetime achievement award in 2005, naming him "the foremost academic nephrologist of the past twenty-five years."
Appel gained widespread recognition during the early 2000s for his role in securing a kidney transplant for professional basketball player Alonzo Mourning
and for enabling Mourning to return to the court for an NBA championship. However, Appel had previously treated numerous other celebrities, including a dying Charles Lindbergh
in the mid-1970s, and Chicago White Sox co-owner Eddie Einhorn
at the time of that team's World Series victory in 2005. He has attempted to capitalize on this celebrity by writing about kidney disease for the lay public, most notably in Positive Approaches to Living with End Stage Renal Disease (1986) with celebrity transplant surgeon Mark A. Hardy.
Kidney
The kidneys, organs with several functions, serve essential regulatory roles in most animals, including vertebrates and some invertebrates. They are essential in the urinary system and also serve homeostatic functions such as the regulation of electrolytes, maintenance of acid–base balance, and...
researcher known both for his celebrity patients and for his scholarly work on the renal manifestations of systemic lupus erythematosis. He is also the world's foremost authority on diseases of the glomerulus
Glomerulus
A glomerulus is a capillary tuft that is involved in the first step of filtering blood to form urine.A glomerulus is surrounded by Bowman's capsule, the beginning component of nephrons in the vertebrate kidney. A glomerulus receives its blood supply from an afferent arteriole of the renal...
, having published more than one hundred academic papers on the subject. Appel is currently Professor of Medicine and Director of Clinical Nephrology at Columbia University Medical Center
Columbia University Medical Center
Columbia University Medical Center is an academic medical center that includes Columbia University's College of Physicians and Surgeons, College of Dental Medicine, School of Nursing and Mailman School of Public Health...
in New York City, where he also runs the Center for Glomerular Diseases, the nation's largest institute for research into the treatment of intrinsic diseases of the kidney. The National Kidney Foundation
National Kidney Foundation
The National Kidney Foundation, Inc. is a major voluntary health organization in the United States, headquartered in New York City...
awarded Appel its lifetime achievement award in 2005, naming him "the foremost academic nephrologist of the past twenty-five years."
Appel gained widespread recognition during the early 2000s for his role in securing a kidney transplant for professional basketball player Alonzo Mourning
Alonzo Mourning
Alonzo Harding Mourning, Jr. is a former American professional basketball player, who played most of his 15-year NBA career for the Miami Heat....
and for enabling Mourning to return to the court for an NBA championship. However, Appel had previously treated numerous other celebrities, including a dying Charles Lindbergh
Charles Lindbergh
Charles Augustus Lindbergh was an American aviator, author, inventor, explorer, and social activist.Lindbergh, a 25-year-old U.S...
in the mid-1970s, and Chicago White Sox co-owner Eddie Einhorn
Eddie Einhorn
Eddie Einhorn is minority owner and Vice Chairman of the Chicago White Sox.Einhorn produced the nationally syndicated radio broadcast of the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship in 1958...
at the time of that team's World Series victory in 2005. He has attempted to capitalize on this celebrity by writing about kidney disease for the lay public, most notably in Positive Approaches to Living with End Stage Renal Disease (1986) with celebrity transplant surgeon Mark A. Hardy.