Join WashU Nephrology Virtual Food Drive for the St. Louis Area Foodbank The Holiday Season is a time for giving, and together we can make a difference. WashU Nephrology is once again proud to support the St. Louis Area Foodbank, helping nourish our neighbors in need. Thanks to the dedication of Julie McNamara, Administrative Coordinator […]
Samir Parikh, MD, Professor of Medicine and Pharmacology and Chief of Nephrology at UT Southwestern, will deliver the Eduardo Slatopolsky Lecture in Renal and Electrolyte Disorders at Medicine Grand Rounds, Thursday, October 9, 2025, 8:00-9:00 a.m., in Clopton Auditorium, Wohl Clinic. His talk is titled Metabolic Frailty in the Kidney. Dr. Parikh holds the Robert Tucker […]
Joseph V. Bonventre, MD, PhD, the Samuel A. Levine Distinguished Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Chief Emeritus of the Division of Renal Medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, will deliver the annual Aubrey R. Morrison Lectureship. His talk, “KIM-1: A Translational Journey Through Non-Malignant and Malignant Kidney Disease,” will take place on Friday, […]
WashU Nephrology was proudly represented at the 2025 Nephrology Business Leadership University (NBLU) session, recently held in Plano, Texas. Current 2nd-year fellows, Ramayee Nadarajan,MBBS, and AbdulMoid Shehzad, MBBS, graduated from the course. Yasir Baloch, MD, a former WashU Nephrology fellow who recently joined our faculty, returned to NBLU as a facilitator. Now in its tenth year, […]
WashU Nephrology Clinical Nurse Coordinator of Home Modalities Cheryl Cress, RN, CNN, and Nurse Practitioner Lisa Koester-Wiedemann, CS, MSN, ANP, CNN-NP, will offer their expertise at the 2025 VASA Practicum on Hemodialysis Access at the Eric P. Newman Education Center (EPNEC) on the WashU Medical campus, May 16-17, 2025. This hands-on, day-and-a-half course is designed for vascular access […]
Join us for the 3rd Annual Glomerular Disease Symposium: An Update on Disease Mechanisms and Management, on Friday and Saturday, September 5–6, 2025, at the Eric P. Newman Education Center on the WashU Medical Campus. Connect with top glomerular disease experts at this comprehensive two-day event, where you will gain the latest insights into advancements […]
A heartfelt THANK YOU to everyone who contributed to the success of the National Kidney Foundation (NKF) annual St. Louis Kidney Walk, held last Sunday, March 23, 2025. Our WashU Nephrology team not only met their fundraising goal of $2500, but exceeded it by raising $3022! “It was wet, and it was cold, but there was […]
The 13th NephMadness competition, a celebration of “all things nephrology,” officially tipped off on March 1, 2025. The month-long event hosted by AJKD Blog, is an online, interactive, educational activity modeled on March Madness, the annual US college basketball tournament, with the exception that nephrology topics fill in for basketball teams. Social media tools are used to […]
WashU Nephrology T-shirts are now available to order for the upcoming 2025 NKF Kidney Walk on Sunday, March 23, 2025, 11:00 a.m. at Westport Plaza, St. Louis. Every purchase includes a donation to our team! Payment is accepted through Venmo or cash. The Venmo link will be provided after order is confirmed. T-shirt orders will […]
Please join the WashU Nephrology team at the St. Louis National Kidney Foundation (NKF) Kidney Walk on March 23, 2025, at 11:00 am. The event will be held at 111 West Port Plaza Dr., St. Louis, MO 63146. Enjoy a fun day with our kidney community! All WashU faculty, staff and patients are welcome to get involved. Register to walk with […]