work_institution birth_place field birth_date residence article_title citizenship alma_mater
harbor-ucla medical centerucla chicago nephrology , internal medicine , nutrition , public health 1938 los angeles joel d. kopple
 usa ucla
joel d. kopple

joel d. kopple , md , is an american professor , physician , clinician scientist , educator , practitioner , consultant and investigator in medicine , nephrology , nutrition , and public health .
he is currently professor emeritus at david geffen ucla school of medicine and ucla school of public health .
he served from 1981 to 2007 as the chief of the division of nephrology at harbor-ucla medical center .
he is also known as the father of the field of renal nutrition
