He is the associate program director of the fellowship program and director of medical student research in the department of medicine. He received his medical degree, completed residency, and was chief resident at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. He completed his nephrology fellowship at Duke. He is a longtime contributor and past deputy editor of RFN. His research interest is in hypertension pathogenesis and the intersection of CKD with pulmonary hypertension. He is also interested in ways to enhance medical education using social media. He is involved in numerous projects including NephMadness, NephJC, NSMC internship, AJKD blog, and KIDNEYcon. He is a member of the ASN Media and Communications Committee and the AHA Kidney and Cardiovascular Diseases Leadership, and Media and Communications Committee. @Nephro_Sparks