Journal of Diabetes and Clinical Research

Nakhoul Farid

Faculty of Medicine

Bar-Ilan University

Israel

Academic Editor

Biography

Dr. Nakhoul is a Distinguished Professor in the School of Medicine, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel. Having received his MD degree from Padova University in 1979, Dr. Nakhoul undertook his postgraduate training at UCLA and USC Medical Center, Los Angeles, California during 1999-2003, and has been an Attending Physician in the Nephrology & Hypertension Division at Rambam Medical Center, Haifa, Israel from 1984 until 2002 and Deputy Director in 2003.  He became a lecturer of Medicine at the Technion Faculty of Medicine, Haifa in 2003. After 3 years, he was promoted to Associated Professor of Medicine at the Technion in 2005, and Associated professor of Medicine at the Technion faculty of Medicine in 2008.  His ongoing research interests are Haptoglobin genotype and diabetic vascular complications, Vit D and VDR-Klotho axis role in the pathogenesis of diabetic nephropathy. He is serving as Editor and Reviewer for several scientific journals. He has published more than 76 peer-reviewed articles in international journals. Dr. Nakhoul is serving as the Director of the Nephrology & Hypertension Division at Baruch Padeh Poriya Medical Center Lower galilee, Israel, since 2009.  Since 2005, he is also the Director of the Diabetes and Metabolic Lab at the Faculty of Medicine in Bar-Ilan.

Research Interest

Haptoglobin genotype and diabetic vascular complications, Vit D and VDR-Klotho axis role in the pathogenesis of diabetic nephropathy