Dr. MacIver is an Instructor in Medicine at Harvard Medical School and a member of the Nephrology Division at BIDMC. He earned his PhD at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland studying developmental biology using the Drosophila fruit fly model under the supervision of Prof. Mary Bownes. He continued using the Drosophila model system while a postdoc at The Pennsylvania State University working with Professors Claire Thomas and Pamela Mitchell. In 2004 he moved to the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and began working with Dr. Mark Zeidel on channels that allow the movement of water or urea which are vital for proper kidney function. More recently his focus has shifted towards benign urology and he led projects involving functional MRI in mice undergoing cystometry and loss of normal bladder function in mice that have received traumatic brain injuries. In addition to his research activities he plays a key role as both participant and organizer of several week long teaching courses held at the Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory in Bar Harbor, Maine. These courses focus on teaching renal physiology to medical students and Renal Fellows and more general comparative physiology to medical Residents and Hospitalists.

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