Obesity, described as a body mass index (BMI) greater or equal to 30 kg/m2, is global epidemic. More than a third of the adults in the United States are considered obese. Organs from obese individuals are often not accepted for transplantation due to concerns of suboptimal organ quality and inferior allograft survival. This greatly affects […]
Dan Brennan, MD, Alan A. and Edith L. Wolff Professor of Renal Diseases, has been appointed to the Advisory Committee on Blood and Tissue Safety and Availability (ACBTSA) by the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Sylvia M. Burwell. The ACBTSA is a federal advisory committee that advises the Secretary of HHS on a […]
Every month, an average of seven patients from the Chromalloy Kidney Center are admitted to the hospital for non-adherence type admissions, such as uncontrolled hypertension, fluid overload and hyperkalemia. Improving adherence will reduce the number of hospital admissions and in the process decrease the standardized re-admission ratio, which was 1.2 in 2015 (with a benchmark […]
Congratulations to the team of Connie Mayo RN, Michelle Bloom RN, Lois Seibel RN, Cheryl Land RN, Vicky Stringer LCSW, and Will Ross, M.D, who have been awarded a Renal Staff Microgrant to continue work originally funded in December 2015. The grant will ensure continued education and the availability of digital home blood pressure monitors […]
The development of new treatments, strategies or devices that improve patient care relies heavily on clinical research. A Renal Staff Microgrant has been award to a team who will use web-based communication to educate patients about clinical research and provide information on current clinical studies that are actively enrolling patients. Team members include Jean Audrain […]
The division is saying farewell to transplant nephrologist Thin Thin Maw, MBBS, MS. Thin Thin is joining the Division of Nephrology and Hypertension at the University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine where she will be performing both general and transplant nephrology services as an assistant professor. “It has been a wonderful two and […]
Assistant Professors of Medicine Moe Mahjoub, PhD and Seth Goldberg, MD, are recipients of the 2016 Translational Innovation Grant, awarded by Division of Nephrology in the sum of $50,000. The winning proposal, entitled Midbody Accumulation and Secretion in Polycystic Kidney Disease, aims to define how defects in components of the cell cytoskeleton contribute to the […]
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Tarek Alhamad, MD, MS, FACP, FASN, Transplant Nephrology, has been awarded a grant from Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals. The investigator-initiated project is entitled Efficacy of Acthar in Recurrent Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis after Kidney Transplantation. “Recurrence of primary focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) after kidney transplantation remains a frequent medical challenge,” says Dr. Alhamad. “Around […]
The division would like to wish all the best to Staff Scientist Piyush Tripathi as he leaves Washington University to take a position at Biomedical Systems here in St. Louis. Piyush was with the Chen Laboratory for five years as a postdoctoral fellow and four years as a Staff Scientist. Piyush says that he is […]
Meet Timothy Yau: Husband, Father, Nephrologist, Medicine Coursemaster, Teaching Award Winner, Musician, Videographer, and Social Media Mogul. Ok, that last one might be an exaggeration for now, but give him time. Dr. Yau, Assistant Professor of Medicine in Nephrology, has just been appointed Social Media Editor for the American Journal for Kidney Diseases blog site […]