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Primary Location
725 Albany Street
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Boston, MA 02118
More About Me
Salant is Professor of Medicine and Vice-Chair for Research. He received his medical degree from University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa and completed his clinical training at the Johannesburg Hospital. He received his research training at Boston University with Dr. William G. Couser and joined BU’s nephrology faculty in 1979. Dr. Salant is an internationally renowned physician-scientist and an
... acclaimed educator. His research primarily explores the immune basis for glomerular diseases and the mechanisms of podocyte injury. He was among the first to identify podocytes as the primary target of injury in antibody-mediated glomerular diseases. In a landmark New England Journal of Medicine paper in 2009, Drs. Salant, Beck and colleagues described their discovery of the target antigen in membranous nephropathy and showed that a high proportion of MN patients have circulating autoantibodies to the antigen on human podocytes. Dr. Salant is a past chairman of the ABIM Nephrology Board.
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Administrative Title
Vice Chair for Research, Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine -
Education
University of Witwatersrand, South Africa, 1969 -
Residency
Johannesburg Hospital, 1970-1974 -
Fellowship
Boston University School of Medicine (Research) 1977-1979 -
Languages
Afrikaans
Affiliations
Boston University is a leading private research institution with two primary campuses in the heart of Boston and programs around the world.
As the principal teaching affiliate of Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston Medical Center is devoted to training future generations of healthcare professionals. Learn more about Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine.
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