Recognition & Awards
David M. Hume Memorial Award
The David M. Hume Award was created in memory of one of the National Kidney Foundation's most distinguished members. The Hume Award is the highest honor
given to a distinguished scientist-clinician in the field of kidney and urologic diseases. It is bestowed upon an individual who exemplifies the high
ideals of scholarship and humanitarianism in an outstanding manner. The 2013 award recipient is Tomas Berl, MD.
Tomas Berl, MD, is Professor of Medicine in the Division of Renal Diseases and Hypertension at the University of Colorado School of Medicine and formerly was Head of the Division of Renal Diseases and Hypertension at the University of Colorado Health Science Center.
Dr. Berl earned his medical degree at New York University School of Medicine. He completed his internship at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx Municipal Hospital, in the Bronx, New York, and his residencies at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx Municipal Hospital and the University of California School of Medicine, in San Francisco. He went on to complete research fellowships in the Renal Division at the University of California School of Medicine and Cardiovascular Research Institute, in San Francisco, and the Division of Renal Diseases, University of Colorado School of Medicine.
Board certified in internal medicine and nephrology, Dr. Berl is a fellow of the American College of Physicians and a member of the American Society of Nephrology (ASN), American Society for Clinical Investigation, American Association of Physicians, and the American Clinical and Climatological Association, among other professional societies. A past President of the ASN, he has served on many committees for both the ASN and the Association of Subspecialty Professors. He had continuous funding for his research from the NIH for over 30 years. Dr. Berl has made numerous professional presentations on many topics including issues in the treatment of diabetic nephropathy and cardiac renal interactions and disorders of water balance, having authored or coauthored more than 110 original peer reviewed articles and 80 book chapters in addition to more than 50 reviews and editorials.
Past David M. Hume award recipients:
2012 Andrew S. Levey, MD, FNKF
2011 Jeremy Chapman, MD
2010 John Sedor, MD
2009 Brian J.G. Pereira, MD, MBA
2008 Lawrence Hunsicker, MD
2007 William G. Couser, MD
2006 Frank L. Delmonico, MD
2005 Charles B. Carpenter, MD
2004 John Stewart Cameron, MD
2003 Franklin H. Epstein, MD
2002 Barry M. Brenner, MD
2001 William E. Mitch, MD
2000 [No Award]
1999 Neil A. Kurtzman, MD
1998 Jared J. Grantham, MD
1997 Thomas E. Andreoli, MD
1996 Edmund G. Lowrie, MD
1995 Joseph W. Eschbach, MD
1994 Wadi N. Suki, MD
1993 Joel D. Kopple, MD
1992 Saulo Klahr, MD
1991 Prof. August Heidland
1990 Richard J. Glassock, MD
1989 Prof. Priscilla Kincaid-Smith
1988 Shaul G. Massry, MD
1987 Robert W. Schrier, MD
1986 Robert Heptinstall, MD
1985 Willem J. Jolff, MD
1984 Charles R. Kleeman, MD
1983 Robert W. Berliner, MD
1982 Prof. Hugh E. de Wardener
1981 Donald W. Seldin, MD
1980 George E. Schreiner, MD
1979 John P. Merrill, MD
1978 Thomas E. Starzl, MD
1977 Henry L. Barnett, MD
1976 Carl. W. Gottschalk, MD
1975 Belding Scribner, MD
1974 Robert M. Kark, MD
1973 Jean Hamburger, MD