Analyn Scott swipes through the pictures on her phone, finds the one she is searching for and proudly holds it up for all to see. The picture is of a man and woman in full Dancing with the Stars costumes, frozen mid-step in what appears to be a very energetic dance. “Tell me if that […]
Division of Nephrology Assistant Professor of Medicine Tarek Alhamad has been elected to serve a two-year term as a Committee Member-at-Large on the Kidney Pancreas Community of Practice (KPCOP) Executive Committee. Members of the KPCOP Executive Committee advise the American Society of Transplantation (AST) Board of Directors on its goal of promoting research, education, advocacy, […]
Professor of Medicine Jeff Miner, PhD, FASN, Division of Nephrology, is co-author of a recent study in Nature Medicine that proves that certain variants of the APOL1 gene cause kidney disease. For years, it has been known that African Americans have a 3-5-fold increased risk of developing chronic kidney disease (CKD) and end-stage renal disease […]
Congratulations to Teana Allen, Secretary II in the Chromalloy Kidney Center, who recently graduated from Ashford University with a Master of Arts in Organizational Management with a specialization in Business Leadership. Teana attributes part of her academic drive to her grandmother. “Before my grandmother passed, she always told me, no matter what, she wanted me […]
It has been a long road to recovery for Dr. Dan Brennan after his accident on Camelback Mountain in October 2016. When asked how his leg is healing, he slips off his shoe, lifts his pant leg, and pulls off his compression socks to reveal the long purple scar that runs from his right calf […]
Dr. Andrew Malone, Washington University nephrologist, was interviewed by news anchor Lisa Hart of Fox 2 NOW AM to discuss prevention and early detection of kidney disease in honor of World Kidney Day on March 9, 2017. World Kidney Day, a joint initiative of the International Society of Nephrology and the International Federation of Kidney Foundations, […]
Hit the bench, US college basketball! Nephrology has its own March Madness – NephMadness 2017 – courtesy of the crew at AJKD Blog, the official blog of the American Journal of Kidney Diseases. Since 2013, this month-long educational tournament plays out across all social media outlets, providing good-natured competition while highlighting the latest advances and […]
We are proud to announce that the top three awards of the 2017 Midwest Nephrology Fellows’ Research Day conference went to Eoghainin ÓhAinmhire PhD, Farid Kadyrov, BS, and Pooja Koolwal, MD, of the Division of Nephrology at Washington University. Nephrology fellows from institutions across the region met in Kansas City on February 17 for the […]
The National Kidney Foundation (NKF)-sponsored Kidney Walk is the nation’s largest walking event to raise funds and promote awareness of kidney disease. Walks have been held in over 100 communities, with more than 85,000 participants. This year’s local Kidney Walk will be held April 29, 2017, at Saint Louis University. The Kidney Walk is not […]
The National Kidney Foundation’s (NKF) KEEP Healthy program will provide free kidney check-ups March 3, at the 2017 Laborers’ Local 42 – International Institute Community Health Fair. KEEP Healthy is a community-based initiative to raise awareness of how to reduce the risk of kidney disease. The free event is open to the public and is […]