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David BN Lee
is a graduate of the medical programme of the University of Hong
Kong. He began his nephrology training at the Centre for
Nephrology, Royal Free Medical School and the Hammersmith Hospital,
Royal Postgraduate Medical School, both in London, England.
Thereafter, he moved to UCLA, where he completed his nephrology
fellowship and successively held
the positions of the Director of the Dialysis Program and the
Director of the Renal Transplant Program, all at the UCLA Medical
Centre. From 1981-2005, he served as the Chief of the Nephrology
Program at the UCLA-San Fernando Valley Program. He is
currently a staff nephrologist at the VA Greater Los Angeles
Healthcare System and a Professor of Medicine at the David Geffen
School of Medicine at UCLA. His basic research interest focuses on
the epithelial junction complex, which links individual cells into
tissues and organs, while his clinical research involves the design
and the development of a peritoneal-based, automated wearable
artificial kidney (AWAK).
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