Author: Cynthia Ritter

Tobias Huber, MD, to Speak at Eduardo Slatopolsky Lecture at Medicine Grand Rounds Oct 31

Clinician-scientist Tobias B. Huber, MD, Chairman of the Center for Internal Medicine at Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf, is the invited speaker at the Eduardo Slatopolsky Lecture in Renal and Electrolyte Disorders at the Department of Medicine’s Medicine Grand Rounds, Thursday, October 31, 2024, 8:00-9:00 am, Clopton Auditorium.  Dr Huber will present Podocytopathies: Journey from Research to Real-World […]

ASN Kidney Week 2024 Calendar

Early Program Tuesday, October 22, 2024 Annual Meeting Thursday, October 24, 2024 Friday, October 25, 2024 Saturday, October 26, 2024 Sunday, October 27, 2024

Nephrologist Will Ross Honored by Association of American Medical Colleges

Will Ross, MD, MPH, the Associate Dean for Diversity and the Alumni Endowed Professor of Medicine at WashU, has been honored with the 2024 Louis W. Sullivan, MD, Award from the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC). This prestigious award recognizes medical leaders dedicated to diversifying the health-care workforce.  For nearly three decades, Dr. Ross, […]

Anuja Java to Lead 2nd USTMA Nephrology Workshop at ASN Kidney Week 2024

Anuja Java, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine at WashU Nephrology, will once again head the Thrombotic Microangiopathy (TMA) Workshop to be held during Kidney Week 2024, the American Society of Nephrology’s (ASN) annual meeting, in San Diego, CA. The workshop will feature talks and in-depth panel discussions on “Genetic and Functional Testing in TMA” as […]

Nephrologist Patricia Kao Receives ASP Eric G. Neilson Award

WashU Nephrologist Patricia Kao, MD, MS, MHPE has been awarded the 2025 ASP Eric G. Neilson, MD, Leadership in Specialty Internal Medicine Award.  Dr. Kao is Professor of Medicine in the Divisions of Nephrology and General Medicine & Geriatrics, and is Director of the Washington University Teaching Physician Pathway (WUTPP).  The award is presented by […]

Physician-Scientist Ying Maggie Chen Receives VA Merit Award

Congratulations to Associate Professor of Medicine, Ying Maggie Chen, MD, PhD, WashU Nephrology, who received a four-year, $1.15M VA Merit Award from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.  The funding will support her research on therapeutic targeting of mitochondria in uromodulin-associated chronic kidney disease (CKD).  The $1.15M grant award includes the $750,000 grant (direct costs) […]

Are patients with Alport Syndrome at Increased Risk of Aortic Aneurysms?  ASF Funds Dr. Carmen Halabi and Jeffrey Miner to Find Out

Congratulations to Carmen Halabi, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Pediatrics, Nephrology, and collaborator Jeffrey Miner, PhD, FASN, Eduardo and Judith Slatopolsky Professor of Medicine in Nephrology, who were awarded an Alport Syndrome Foundation (ASF) grant to fund research into the presence of aortic aneurysms in Alport mice. Alport syndrome is a genetic kidney disease that occurs […]

WashU Nephrology Dietitian Kathryn Riner Speaks at NKF Symposium on Healthy Living

Kathryn Riner, MS, RD, LD, a dietitian at our WashU Nephrology Chromalloy Kidney Center, was one of three speakers at a recent National Kidney Foundation (NKF) Renal Patient Symposium.  Her talk, titled “Promoting a Healthy Relationship with Food While Living with Chronic Kidney Disease,” was part of a virtual event aimed at uniting patients and […]

Second Annual Washington University Glomerular Disease Symposium: An Update on Disease Mechanisms and Management a Success

Kudos to everyone who helped make the 2nd Annual Glomerular Disease Symposium: An Update on Disease Mechanisms and Management, held September 6 – 7, 2024, a success.  The event was organized and chaired by WashU Nephrology’s Tingting Li, MD, MSCI, with the support of the planning committee members Michelle Bloom, BSN, RN, Reena Gurung, MD, […]

WashU Nephrology Fellowship Graduate Taha Mohamed Djirdeh Joins Faculty

Taha Mohamed Djirdeh, MD, a recent graduate of our Nephrology Fellowship Program, joined our faculty as Assistant Professor on July 1, 2024. Dr. Djirdeh earned his medical degree from the International American University College of Medicine in Saint Lucia and completed his residency at Mercy Health GME Javon Bea Hospital Rockford, IL, before entering our […]