Friedrich Port, MD, MS
President

Dr. Port is president of University Renal Research and Education Association (URREA) and professor emeritus of Medicine (nephrology) and Epidemiology at the University of Michigan Schools of Medicine and Public Health where he taught for 27 years. He was the director of the Michigan Kidney Registry from 1984 to 1994, deputy director of the USRDS Coordinating Center from 1988 to 1999, and co-director of the University of Michigan Kidney Epidemiology and Cost Center from 1993 to 2002. Dr. Port is a prominent member of the renal research community and has a national and international reputation for medical outcomes research. His specialties include clinical epidemiology, transplantation, and dialysis.