Dr. Juha P. Kokko is the recipient of the 2005 Berliner/AbbottAward. In 1964, Dr. Kokko became the first student to graduatefrom Emorys combined M.D./Ph.D. program. After graduation,Dr. Kokko did his internship and residency at the Johns HopkinsHospitals and then became a Clinical Associate and Chief Residentat the National Heart Institute in Bethesda, Maryland. In 1969,Dr. Kokko moved to Southwestern Medical School in Dallas, wherehe established the technique of perfusing isolated kidney tubulesin vitro and rapidly rose through the academic ranks to be promotedto Professor of Medicine and Chief of Nephrology within just5 years. In Texas, he authored more than 100 original workswith the central theme of mechanisms of salt and water transportacross various nephron segments. The clinical significance ofthis work has been the understanding of salt, acid-base, andvolume homeostasis in health and disease. He also has authoreda number of books and book chapters including Fluid and Electrolytes,which he coedited with Richard Tannen, M.D., and has been oneof six principal editors of Cecils Textbook of Medicine.He has trained over 100 postdoctoral fellows, many of whom arenow directors of Divisions of Nephrology at other prestigiousuniversities. In 1984, he was elected as the president of theAmerican Society of Nephrology. Dr. Kokko was recruited in 1986to become the Asa G. Candler Professor and Chairman of Medicineof Emory School of Medicine and now is an Emeritus Professorof Medicine who still enjoys participating in various Emoryteaching missions.