Author: Benjamin

We are very pleased to welcome five new nephrology fellows in the 2016 class: Deepa Amberker, MD, Abington Memorial Hospital Owais Iqbal Bhatti, MD, University of Oklahoma Sreelatha Katari, MD, Abington Memorial Hospital Pooja Koolwal, MD, Washington University Gerry Macutay, MD, Case Western Reserve/St. Vincent’s Medical Center The Division of Nephrology looks forward to seeing […]

Washington University ranks fifth among the nation’s 125 medical schools in terms of the size of its clinical practice. The faculty see more than a million patients per year. Faculty also provide ambulatory services at several suburban sites throughout the metropolitan area and operate rural outreach clinics. The Faculty Practice Plan (FPP) is responsible for […]

Managing blood pressure is critically important to slow the loss of kidney function in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). A team from the Renal Clinic has been awarded a microgrant to provide low income patients with a portable home blood pressure cuff. This facilitates achieving blood pressure control because patients can simply call their […]

Bloodstream infections can be deadly in dialysis patients. Three times per week, patients on hemodialysis have their blood accessed in order to undergo dialysis, either through a fistula or through a catheter. The latter are especially susceptible to infection. A team consisting of Patty Anderson RN, Nurse Administrator and Lori Gawat-Abuelo RN, Staff Nurse II […]

A team from the Forest Park Kidney Center was awarded a microgrant for their application, “Educational Videos Discussing Home Hemodialysis and Peritoneal Dialysis.” Team Members include Marlow Williams, RN, CNM, Kathy Ehrhard, RN, BSN, Shawna McMichael, RN, Cheryl Cress, RN, Lisa Koester, ANP, CNN-NP and Brent Miller, MD. There are a large number of patients […]

A talented team from the Center for Advanced Medicine outpatient clinic was awarded a Renal Staff Microgrant for their proposal, “Improving Patient Education in the Renal Clinic.” Team members include: Michelle Bloom, RN, Connie Mayo, RN, Bridget Blaes, RN, Lois Seibel RN, Cheryl Land RN, Vicky Stringer, MSW and Dave Windus, MD. Education is a […]

Ying (Maggie) Chen MD, PhD and Andrew Malone MD are recipients of the inaugural Translational Innovation Grant. Their proposal entitled, “Targeting Podocyte Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress in Alport Syndrome,” aims to identify pathogenic mutations in collagen genes that lead to Alport’s syndrome. They will utilize whole-exome sequencing to identify patients with mutations, in collaboration with the […]

Released on November 23, 2015, Basement Membranes is now available. Edited by Division of Nephrology faculty member and Professor of Medicine Jeffrey Miner, PhD, this text contains a collection of outstanding and diverse reviews of basement membranes that is focused on both invertebrates and vertebrates, all authored by leaders in the basement membrane field. Dr. […]

Tim Yau, MD, Assistant Professor in the Division of Nephrology, has rolled out a new video series aimed at teaching clinical nephrology to trainees in a web-friendly way.

Kamalana K. Sambandam, MD, WU renal fellow class of 2008, was one of three winners of the inaugural 2015 ASN Innovations in Kidney Education Contest. Kamal developed an interactive simulator of continuous renal replacement therapy which teaches users the concepts of initiation and prescription of CRRT. This case based-approach simulates multiple clinical cases and allows […]