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Barry S. Strauch, M.D., F.A.C.P.

Barry Strauch Barry S. Strauch, M.D., F.A.C.P.
Chief of Nephrology
Chairman, Department of Medicine
Inova Health System

Phone: 703-776-3582

Barry S. Strauch, M.D., F.A.C.P. has served as the Interim Chairman of the Department of Medicine at Inova Fairfax Hospital for the last three years.  He has been an active member of the medical staff at Inova Fairfax Hospital for over 30 years with 24 years as Chief of the Nephrology Section. Dr. Strauch has dedicated his career to the advancement of the clinical care of patients and the education of medical students, residents, and fellows.

Dr. Strauch attended the Johns Hopkins Medical School where he won the Borden Award for best research by a medical student. He completed his training in Internal Medicine and Metabolism at Yale and N.I.H.  Subsequently he joined the faculty of Yale Medical School as an Assistant Professor and Medical Director of Dialysis and Kidney transplantation.  In the metropolitan Washington, D.C. region he was a co-founder and Chairman of Washington Nephrology Associates, one of the two largest nephrology practices in the United States.  He also served as Chairman of a quasi-government agency (one of 32 in the United States) which regulates quality and need for dialysis and transplantation.

Dr. Strauch has been an active clinical teacher in both general Internal Medicine and Nephrology.  At Inova Fairfax Hospital, he has won the Vernon K. Vance, M.D. Memorial Award for long-standing teaching excellence.  He currently serves as Clinical Professor of Medicine at the Medical Schools of Georgetown, George Washington, and Virginia Commonwealth University, as well as on the Board of Advisors of Johns Hopkins Medicine, which encompasses Johns Hopkins Medical School and Hospital. 

Dr. Strauch has published a significant number of papers based on original research.   An early paper demonstrated the induction of increased Epstein - Barr virus secretion with the institution of immunosuppression and hypothesized that the stimulation was connected to the induction of lymphoma in transplant recipients.  In recent years, studies focused on how to predict thrombosis of dialysis grafts.  Over the last few years he has developed interests in conflict resolution and the health care system.   He holds a Virginia Certificate of Mediation and lectures actively on the U. S. Health Care System.

Specialty

  • Internal Medicine
  • Nephrology

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Medical Education & Training

  • Medical Education
    • Johns Hopkins University - 1965
  • Fellowship
    • National Institute of Health - 1969
    • Yale University - 1970
  • Certification
    • Internal Medicine - 1971

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