Author: Benjamin

David Windus, MD spent a week in February at Mekelle University in Ethiopia teaching nephrology to internal medicine residents. Topics included a range of electrolyte and acid-base disorders, glomerular diseases and acute kidney injury. Other activities included bedside teaching rounds covered with a range of interesting nephrology cases. Several of the Mekelle internal medicine residents […]

The Washington Manual of Nephrology Subspecialty Consult has been thoroughly updated and covers inpatient and outpatient management of nephrology with the same clinical practicality as the widely-popular Washington Manual™ of Medical Therapeutics. It has been written by the residents, fellows, and attending physicians of the distinguished Washington University School of Medicine and is tailored for residents performing inpatient […]

On February 25, 2016, the Washington University Division of Nephrology and the St. Louis University Renal Division will co-host our second city-wide renal grand rounds and dinner. The event features case presentations and discussion in a CPC-like format including audience participation. All area nephrologists are invited (RSVP required as seating is limited).

The Division of Nephrology is pleased to announce a CME-accredited course, “Nephrology Update for the Primary Care Provider.” The course will take place on April 2, 2016, please register here. This live activity is designed for health care professionals including physicians in training, internists, pharmacists, nephrologists, nurses, and nurse practitioners who are involved in the […]

Dr. Barry Freedman, Section Chief of the Division of Nephrology at Wake Forest University visited Washington University in St. Louis and delivered Renal Grand Rounds on ApoL1 Nephropathy. A leader in this field, he described his patient-based approach that has helped to uncover this critical genetic susceptibility that underlies a substantial portion of CKD and […]

Gladys Fisher was first exposed to dialysis when her mother developed acute kidney failure. At the time, the dialysis unit at Roosevelt Hospital, Guatemala’s largest public hospital, relied on outdated dialysis machines from the early 1970’s and cleanliness and sterile procedures were not optimal. As a result, she became a dialysis technician in order to […]

The Center of Regenerative Medicine, in partnership with the Division of Nephrology, is now accepting applications that advance investigation of human pluripotent stem cell (hPSC) differentiation toward kidney. Over the last two years, kidney has become a model for the directed differentiation of hPSC to complex structures (Xia 2013, Taguchi 2014, Takasato 2014, Takasato 2015). […]

Tim Yau, MD, Assistant Professor in the Division of Nephrology, has rolled out a second teaching video aimed at presenting renal pathology concepts to nephrology trainees in a web-friendly way. The first episode illustrated a case of nephrotic syndrome and features discussant and second-year fellow Rajesh Rajan, MD, and Joseph Gaut, MD, PhD, section head of […]

I am delighted to annnouce  that Jeff Miner, PhD, has agreed to assume the role of Director of Basic Research in the Division of Nephrology. Jeff has established himself as an international leader in basement membrane biology particularly as it relates to the glomerulus. He has received numerous recognitions for his creative work including the […]