Margaret Johnson Bia MD
Professor of Medicine (Nephrology); Director Clinical Skills program; Senior Transplant nephrologist
Departments & Organizations
Biomedical EthicsYale Medical Group
Transplantation Center, Yale-New Haven
Medical Education Staff: Medical Student Education
Internal Medicine: Nephrology: Renal Transplant Care | Internal Medicine Clerkship
Palliative and End-of-Life Care Education
Clinical Interests
Evaluation for kidney donation; evaluation for renal transplant; pre- and post-transplant care; early management of chronic renal insufficiency; hematuria; proteinuria; electrolyte and metabolic disorders
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Education
- M.D., Cornell University , 1972
Selected Publication
- Richard N. Formica Jr. ,,Amy L. Friedman, MD, Marc I. Lorber, MD, Douglas Smith, MD, Tom Eisen, Margaret J. Bia, MD . A Randomized Trial Comparing Losartan to Amlodipine as Initial Therapy for Hypertension in the Early Post Transplant Period. Nephrol, Dial, Transplant 5:1389
Articles
Autumn 2010
Faculty and students bid farewell to someone who “does everything”
When it came time to bid farewell to Gisella Weissbach-Licht, no one could think of anything that she didn’t do during...
Winter 2010
Class of 2012 presents “Love in the Time of the Swine Flu”
The second-year class affectionately mocked faculty while carrying on a 61-year-old tradition.In a two-act play that...
Autumn 2009
Raising money for the hungry and homeless
Tarot card readings, a vintage Epiphone guitar, a chance to challenge the dean’s softball team, and an afternoon of...
Spring 2008
Actress-writer returns to New Haven with a drama about the resilience of the human body
About eight years ago, Asghar Rastegar, M.D., deputy chair of internal medicine and professor of internal medicine...
Winter 2004
Clinical-skills course prepares students for the wards and a new Step 2
Medicine became very personal for Jessica Kattan, a second-year student, shortly after she took a patient’s history. “I...
Spring 2003
With an eye on outcomes, doctors work on perfecting the art of the interview
Robert C. Smith, M.D., Sc.M., told the 45 physicians at a workshop on interviewing skills last fall that he was about...
Winter 2009
A master clinician takes on a new post
When Stephen J. Huot, M.D., professor of medicine, decided to organize a symposium in honor of Asghar Rastegar, M.D.,...
Winter 2010
A cardiologist’s last lesson in heart sounds
Lawrence S. Cohen, M.D., HS ’65, taught his last class on September 15 in “Learning Heart Sounds,” a module he has...
Spring 2006
Margaret J. Bia, M.D.
Margaret J. Bia, M.D., professor of medicine, received the George F. Thornton Award at the annual meeting of the...
Summer 2004
Margaret J. Bia, M.D., Marc I. Lorber, M.D., Bernard Lytton, M.B.B.S.
Three Yale faculty members were honored in April by the National Kidney Foundation (NKF) of Connecticut with the...
Spring 2006
Francis Gilman Blake Award
Each year the graduating class honors its teacher of the year with the Francis Gilman Blake Award, but this year the...
Spring 2008
Of gangstas, capos and accreditation inspectas
Following a tradition dating back to 1949, the Class of 2010 presented The Unaccreditables, its second-year show, in...
Autumn 2011
On selfishness in the service of others
Mother Nature provided the rain, but the proud teachers, family members, and friends supplied the lightning—in the form...
Spring 2010
Hunger and Homelessness Auction raises funds for local organizations
Tarot card readings, a vintage Epiphone guitar, a chance to challenge the dean’s softball team, and an afternoon of...
Winter 2009
Auction raises $32,000 for New Haven-area charities for the hungry and homeless
“Girls’ Night Out: Join Drs. Bia, Angoff, Vining and Hansson to enjoy a dinner and the sharing of gossip and wisdom. No...
Spring 2009
U.S. economy in free fall! Yale endowment down! Med school scrambles for $$$!
Carrying on a 60-year-old tradition, the second-year class mocked its teachers and mentors with irreverence and...
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