Anil K. Agarwal, MD, FACP, FASN, FNKF, FISN, FASDIN, is a Professor of Clinical Medicine at The University of California San Francisco and Academy Professor at Ohio State University, Columbus Ohio. He is also the Deputy Chief of Staff at San Francisco Veterans Affairs Health Care System at Fresno, California. Dr Agarwal is a passionate clinician and educator and is an internationally recognized expert in hypertension, dialysis, anemia, mineral bone disorders, and vascular access. He has conducted over 50 clinical trials, developed protocols, and published results of studies. He is a frequently sought speaker nationally and internationally.

Dr Agarwal is Past President of the American Society of Diagnostic and Interventional Nephrology and Past Chair of the Interventional Nephrology Workgroup of the International Society of Nephrology (ISN). He has been an ISN ambassador to many countries. He is an advisor to the South Asia Board and a member of the North America and Caribbean Board of the ISN and is a member of the Fellowship Committee of the ISN. He has authored and edited the first textbook of Interventional Nephrology, as well as both editions of NephSAP on Interventional Nephrology published by the American Society of Nephrology, among over 500 publications and presentations.

Dr Agarwal serves as editor and reviewer for several medical journals. He chaired many committees and boards, including the Medical Advisory Board of the National Kidney Foundation (NKF) of Ohio and Island Peer Review Organization (Renal Network of Ohio, Kentucky, and Indiana). He was the inaugural Chair of Clinical Scholarship for FAME at Wexner Medical Center from 2014 to 2020.