Ronald J. Falk

Ronald Jonathan Falk is a clinical nephrologist working at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine as Nan and Hugh Cullman Eminent Professor and Chair of the Department of Medicine since July 2015. An internationally recognized expert in anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic autoantibody (ANCA)-induced vasculitis and autoimmune kidney disease, his career as a translational physician-scientist spans more than three decades. His clinical practice and translational research focus on characterizing the cell, tissue and physiologic changes in the development of specific autoimmune kidney diseases and developing new approaches for studying autoimmunity, inflammation and basic neutrophil/monocyte biology. He was Chief of the UNC Division of Nephrology and Hypertension from 1993 to 2015. He co-founded the UNC Kidney Center in 2005 and continues to serve as Co-Director. Falk is a Past President of the American Society of Nephrology.