Floyd Rector Explained

Fields:	Nephrology
Workplaces:	UCSF Parnassus National Institutes of Health
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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]

See also

• Acid–base homeostasis

Notes and References

1. Web site: An introduction to acid-base balance in health and disease,by Chris Higgins June 2004 on Acutecaretesting.org.
2. Web site: Donald Seldin – An Interview Neil Kurtzman. medicine-opera.com.
3. Web site: UCSF Division of Nephrology Floyd Rector, MD. nephrology.ucsf.edu. en.