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A heartfelt THANK YOU to everyone who contributed to the success of the National Kidney Foundation (NKF) annual St. Louis Kidney Walk, held last Sunday, March 23, 2025.  Our WashU Nephrology team not only met their fundraising goal of $2500, but exceeded it by raising $3022!  “It was wet, and it was cold, but there was […]

Congratulations to Manasa Metireddy, MD, Assiociate Professor of Medicine, WashU Nephrology, for being one of the ten Department of Medicine’s faculty members recently honored with the 2025 Dean’s Impact Award.   The award recognizes individuals who demonstrate exceptional dedication to mentorship, sponsorship, and service.  Introduced in 2023 to honor faculty members for their resourcefulness and creativity […]

Laura Dember, MD, Professor of Medicine at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, will deliver the second annual Aubrey R. Morrison Lectureship on March 18, 2025, 12 – 1 pm, McDonnell Medical Sciences Building, room 264.  The title of her lecture is “The Evolving Landscape of Clinical Trials in Dialysis.” Dr. Laura Dember is […]

Monica Chang-Panesso, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, WashU Medicine Division of Nephrology, will be ceremonially installed as the inaugural recipient of the Roger M. Perlmutter Career Development Professorship. The event will take place on March 20th at 4:30 pm at the Eric P. Newman Education Center (EPNEC). This prestigious endowed professorship was made possible through […]

Yasir Baloch, MBBS, currently in his second year of the WashU Fellowship Program, describes his rewarding experience at last year’s Nephrology Business Leadership University (NBLU) in the video below. The popular NBLU brings together nephrology professionals to prepare senior fellows for the economics and business aspects of their future careers in nephrology.  All six senior fellows from our […]

WashU Nephrology Nurse Practitioner Lisa Koester-Wiedemann, CS, MSN, ANP, CNN-NP, and Clinical Nurse Coordinator of Home Modalities Cheryl Cress, RN, CNN, will participate in the Annual Dialysis Conference  (ADC) program being held March 13 – 16, 2025, in Las Vegas, NV. Celebrating its 45th anniversary, the ADC brings together a global community of kidney care experts for an in-depth […]

The 13th NephMadness competition, a celebration of “all things nephrology,” officially tipped off on March 1, 2025.   The month-long event hosted by AJKD Blog, is an online, interactive, educational activity modeled on March Madness, the annual US college basketball tournament, with the exception that nephrology topics fill in for basketball teams.  Social media tools are used to […]

WashU Nephrology T-shirts are now available to order for the upcoming 2025 NKF Kidney Walk on Sunday, March 23, 2025, 11:00 a.m. at Westport Plaza, St. Louis.  Every purchase includes a donation to our team! Payment is accepted through Venmo or cash.  The Venmo link will be provided after order is confirmed. T-shirt orders will […]

Benjamin Humphreys, MD, PhD, the Joseph Friedman Professor of Renal Disease and Chief of the Division of Nephrology at WashU Medicine, was honored with the 2024 National Kidney Foundation (NKF) Award of Excellence.   An internationally acclaimed physician-scientist, Humphreys’ research focuses on the cellular and molecular mechanisms of kidney regeneration, with the goal of identifying […]

Please join the WashU Nephrology team at the St. Louis National Kidney Foundation (NKF) Kidney Walk on March 23, 2025, at 11:00 am.  The event will be held at 111 West Port Plaza Dr., St. Louis, MO 63146.  Enjoy a fun day with our kidney community!  All WashU faculty, staff and patients are welcome to get involved.  Register to walk with […]