Shout-outs of “Congratulations, Betty!” and “30 years!” greet Betty Douglas as she walks into the Chromalloy American Kidney Center at Washington University on December 28, 2016. Pushing the small walker that holds the bright red blanket she uses to keep the chill away during dialysis, she makes her way to the scales, weighs herself, and […]
It didn’t take more than two minutes for the first shout of Bingo! to ring through the Chromalloy American Kidney Center at WashU. The yearly Bingo event was held at all three dialysis shifts, 7:45 am, 10:45 am, and 2 pm, on December 21 and 22, 2016. “This is a once-a-year event that the patients […]
Joseph Gaut, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, Pathology & Immunology, is a busy man. Being the only pathologist with specialized expertise in renal pathology here at WashU, Dr. Gaut signs out every kidney biopsy that comes through the division. This includes all medical biopsies, all transplant biopsies from Barnes-Jewish and Children’s Hospitals and biopsies sent in […]
Congratulations are in order for two young investigators in the Division of Nephrology who have been awarded AWRP Summer 2016 Scientist Development Grants from the American Heart Association (AHA). These grants are intended to help promising, beginning scientists bridge the gap from completion of their research training to becoming an independent investigator. Yong-Feng Gong, PhD, […]
The Division of Nephrology would like to wish Vicky Stringer, L.C.S. W., all the best in her retirement. Vicky has been both a dialysis center social worker and renal clinic social worker over the 24 years that she has been with the division. Vicky has served on the board of the National Kidney Foundation for […]
In an advance online publication in Nature Reviews Nephrology, Monica Chang-Panesso, MD, and Benjamin Humphreys, MD, PhD, Chief, Division of Nephrology, present an in-depth review of recent advances in the role of cellular plasticity in kidney regeneration and repair after injury. While it was once thought that mature, adult cells remained terminally differentiated, it is […]
An ambitious – and exciting – initiative that will challenge the dialysis community to rethink how infections are detected, reported, and managed is being launched by a collaboration between the ASN and the CDC. Anitha Vijayan, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, is co-chair of one of the work groups of the Nephrologists Transforming […]
A Little Time to Kill The talk at the Mayo Clinic in Scottsdale, AZ, had gone well. Back at the hotel, he answered some emails and finished preparing for another meeting the following day. The dinner with his cousins who live nearby was not for a few hours. Dan Brennan, MD, FACP, Alan A. and Edith […]
The second annual KIDNEYcon, an event that focuses on the latest advances in the diagnosis and treatment of kidney disease, will be held April 7-8, 2017, in Little Rock, AR. The mission of the two-day educational conference is to promote research collaboration between academic and private nephrologists, and to excite residents and fellows about careers […]
The Renal Fellow Network announced the winners of the NephJC Kidney Awards, Friday, November 18, 2016, at the #KidneyWk TweetUp at Benny’s Chop House in Chicago, IL. Congratulations to Timothy Yau, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Washington University, for winning the Nathan Hellman Social Media Innovation of the Year for his YouTube […]