Floyd Rector

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Floyd Rector
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    Scientific career
    Fields Nephrology
    Institutions

    Floyd Rector is a nephrologist and emeritus professor of medicine.

    Rector was recruited to UT Southwestern as a medical student by Donald Seldin. He did a fellowship at the NIH studying acid-base metabolism [1] for two years before returning to the faculty at UTSW. [2]

    Rector was chief of the division of nephrology at UCSF Parnassus from 1973 to 1989, where he became chair of the department of medicine until 1995. [3]

    Rector was elected president of the American Society of Nephrology in 1976. [3]

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    References

    1. "An introduction to acid-base balance in health and disease,by Chris Higgins June 2004 on Acutecaretesting.org".
    2. "Donald Seldin – An Interview | Neil Kurtzman". medicine-opera.com.
    3. 1 2 "UCSF Division of Nephrology | Floyd Rector, MD". nephrology.ucsf.edu. Archived from the original on 2018-06-06. Retrieved 2018-05-04.