Author: Cynthia Ritter

WUPD Celebrity Canines – Bear and Brookie – Visit Village Square Dialysis Unit

To the delight of patients and staff, local canine celebrities Bear and Brookie made their rounds at WashU Nephrology’s Village Square Dialysis Unit last week. Bear and Brookie, a pair of Labrador mix pups rescued from a rural Missouri dump in 2023, became official University employees last year when they joined the WashU Police Department […]

Keith Hruska Celebrates 50-Yr Milestone at WashU

Keith Hruska, MD, a world-renowned nephrologist and researcher, is celebrating 50 years as a faculty member at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.  His impressive career includes significant contributions to the understanding of bone and mineral metabolism in relation to chronic kidney diseases (CKD). Currently a Professor of Pediatrics and Director Emeritus of […]

Social Worker Brittany Barbour Joins Chromalloy Kidney Center

WashU Nephrology welcomes Brittany Barbour, MSW, LCSW, our new Social Worker at Chromalloy Kidney Center. Brittany, who is from Bloomington, Illinois, completed her undergraduate work at Northern Illinois University in 2009.  She was an Americorps volunteer in Olympia, Washington, for three years before she moved to St. Louis in 2012 to attend graduate school at […]

Renal Fellow Yasir Baloch Expands WashU Nephrology’s Social Media Platform with Instagram

Yasir Baloch, MBBS, currently in his second year of the WashU Nephrology Fellowship Program, is spearheading the expansion of our division’s social media presence by overseeing our newly launched Instagram account, @WashUNeph.  An image-centric social media platform, Instagram has experienced explosive growth since its inception in 2010.  The photo and video-sharing platform boasts over a […]

WashU Nephrology Celebrates Length of Service Milestones

WashU Nephrology celebrated our FY23-24 Length of Service awardees at a luncheon in the Chromalloy Conference Room on June 25, 2024.  Certificates were handed out to 21 individuals marking 5 to 40 years of service in our Division.  (Offsite locations – North County and Forest Park Kidney Center – will have length of service luncheons […]

Researcher Pierre Isnard Rock and Rolls with Benny and the Frogs

”I’ve always loved listening to music,” says Pierre Isnard, MD, PhD, a pathologist at Necker Hospital in Paris, France, now on leave to study molecular signatures in kidney disease pathologic samples here at WashU Nephrology.  “I started by learning the piano when I was in primary school, then became fascinated by drums and percussion when […]

Farewell and Best Wishes to Our 2024 Graduating Renal and Transplant Fellows

WashU Nephrology celebrated our graduating renal and transplant fellows at a dinner held at the Third Degree Glass Factory on Thursday, June 13, 2024. To all the graduates, please know you will be missed.  We wish you, the future of nephrology, all the best in your careers! Parting words: Pics of the graduation celebration at […]

It’s a Wrap!  2024 Fellow-Designed Training Program Video Drops

We are so proud to present our 2024 WashU Nephrology Fellowship Training Program video, highlighting the excellent clinical training, research, and teaching experiences we offer in our two-year fellowship program. But what makes this video even more special is that it was designed and produced by our very own fellows. Yasir Baloch, MBBS, now entering […]

WashU Nephrologists Patricia Kao and Vikas R. Dharnidharka Receive Dean’s Impact Awards

Congratulations to Patricia Kao, MD, MS, MHPE, Professor of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, and Vikas Dharnidharka, MD, MPH, Alexis F. Hartmann Sr., MD, Endowed Professor of Pediatrics, who are part of a select group of WashU faculty members to receive the 2024 Dean’s Impact Awards. Launched in 2023, the Dean’s Impact Awards honor individuals who […]