News & Events
News & Announcements
Screening for Primary Aldosteronism Is Rare
In a leading academic center, only about 2% of patients with resistant hypertension were screened.
- – Medscape
CMS Expands Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring Coverage
Medicare agreed to an AMA-AHA request to cover ABPM for suspected cases of masked hypertension. It also lowered the hypertension threshold for this coverage from 140/90 mm Hg to 130/80 mm Hg
- – Department of Medicine
Hypertension Center is featured in the 2019 Department of Medicine Annual Report
The theme of our 2019 annual report is caring: we care for our patients, each other, and our community.
- – New 2019 KDIGO Executive Committee – KDIGO
New 2019 KDIGO Executive Committee – KDIGO
(Brussels, Belgium) – – – – Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) announces its new Executive Committee members for 2019. The Executive Committee is KDIGO’s governing body and sets policy and direction for the organization.
- – Making the Rounds
Nizar receives ASCI award
Jonathan Nizar, MD, assistant professor in Nephrology, received the American Society for Clinical Investigation (ASCI) 2019 Young Physician-Scientist Award. Nizar, who joined Internal Medicine at I…
Upcoming Hypertension Conference
Date: Monday, September 28, 2020
Time: 12:00 - 1:00 (PST)
Location: Zoom
RSVP: hypertension@stanford.edu
Lifestyle Education Workshop
For infomation on future education workshops, please contact:
Rebecca Boyle, PA-C