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Expert has been working as an academic nephrologist since finishing his residency in 2005. The clinical part of his work involves all aspects of care for patients with kidney diseases (including transplant, kidney stones, hypertension, and dialysis) both in an inpatient (at all 3 hospitals in the Iowa City area) and outpatient setting; Expert also continues to have a general internal medicine inpatient exposure. The teaching aspect of his job involves both formal/class as well as bedside/clinical education for trainees at different levels (students, residents of different specialties and nephrology fellows as well as peers - outreach, division, and departmental lectures).

From an administrative perspective, Expert has been the medical director for dialysis at the University of Iowa since 2015; in this role, He is responsible for the quality and safety, staff education and other aspects of the 7 dialysis units owned by the University; leadership skills in this job involve communication, negotiations across departments and with senior leadership.

Expert is also a quality officer in the department of medicine and solid organ transplant. In preparing for the fundamental changes in healthcare, he completed a Masters in Healthcare Delivery Science through Dartmouth College. In the area of research, Expert is a PI or subI for 6 Pharma sponsored trials. Editorial work includes publications, posters, and abstracts in the area of transplantation and general nephrology.