Dr Balogun is a nephrologist with advanced expertise in extracorporeal therapies, the use of highly specialized techniques for blood detoxification or medical purification. His clinical and research interests include providing care for patients focusing on prevention and treatment of acute and chronic kidney disease and using extracorporeal therapies like therapeutic apheresis to treat renal, neurological and hematological disorders.

He is a fellow of the American College of Physicians, the National Postgraduate Medical College of Nigeria, American Society of Nephrology and the National Kidney Foundation (USA). He created and directs the Therapeutic Apheresis Academy, an annual multidisciplinary national conference. He served on the executive committee of the UVa faculty senate and was the foundation student affairs dean of the Walter Reed College at UVa. Beyond UVa, he serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Clinical Apheresis and previously the ASAIOJournal. He served as a member of the board of directors of the American Society for Apheresis and a member of the committee that writes “Guidelines on the Use of Therapeutic Apheresis in Clinical Practice”. He serves on the Diversity and Inclusion committee of the American Society of Nephrology, chairs the Nephrology subsection, and is past chair of the Internal Medicine Section of the National Medical Association (USA).

Rasheed Abiodun Balogun

MBBS, FACP, FASN, HP(ASCP), FMCP

PRESENTATION