Pregnant women with kidney problems face high risks for complications affecting both themselves and their unborn child. In 2022, Kelli King-Morris, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine, founded the Maternal Fetal Medicine Nephrology Clinic at WashU Nephrology to optimize the care of these patients.
The clinic, which incorporates aggressive monitoring and more frequent dialysis, has successfully helped women with chronic kidney disease (CKD) carry pregnancies to term. Building on this success, Dr. King-Morris is now expanding the program to further support women with kidney diseases who are planning to conceive.
“Now we need to start even earlier with preconception care so that patients with conditions such as CKD, end-stage renal disease, Alport syndrome and lupus can have the best chance possible of having a baby,” says King-Morris, who believes that initiating care and regular monitoring before conception provides the best opportunity for a safe, full-term pregnancy for both mother and baby.
Read more about the expansion of the Maternal Fetal Medicine Nephrology Clinic in our 2024 Fall Nephrology Update Alumni Newsletter.
(page 5, Program Highlight, by Stephanie Stemmler)
King-Morris, who joined WashU Nephrology in 2021, is a recent inductee into Washington University’s Academy of Educators. Please follow on X: @TammiHorsfall.
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