John T. Milliken Department of Medicine
Yasir Baloch, MBBS, currently in his second year of the WashU Nephrology Fellowship Program, is spearheading the expansion of our division’s social media presence by overseeing our newly launched Instagram account, @WashUNeph. An image-centric social media platform, Instagram has experienced explosive growth since its inception in 2010. The photo and video-sharing platform boasts over a […]
WashU Nephrology celebrated our graduating renal and transplant fellows at a dinner held at the Third Degree Glass Factory on Thursday, June 13, 2024. To all the graduates, please know you will be missed. We wish you, the future of nephrology, all the best in your careers! Parting words: Pics of the graduation celebration at […]
Washington University Division of Nephrology is thrilled to announce the six physicians who will join our Fellowship Program in July 2023. Please help us welcome: Atlee Baker, MDOchsner Louisiana State University Health Science CenterHometown: Hagerstown, MDFun Fact: Atlee enjoys cooking favorites from where he grew up in Maryland but is always willing to try […]
Congratulations to our graduating renal and transplant fellows of 2022. Please know how much you will be missed. We wish you all the best in your future careers! Renal Fellows (2020-2022) “My journey at WashU Nephrology has been a total joy. For me, finding a family-oriented program was a top priority and I am glad […]
Eryn Dixon, PhD, is the recipient of a two-year Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Individual Postdoctoral Fellowship (Parent F32), which is awarded to support the research training of promising postdoctoral scholars to become productive, independent investigators. The title of her proposal was “The Role of Nonmuscle Myosin IIA in Sex-dependent Failed Repair […]
The Division of Nephrology is proud to announce that Barnes-Jewish Hospital/Washington University is #8 in Adult Nephrology Hospitals in the nation, according to the 2016-2017 U.S. News & World Report Best Hospital list. This is an advancement of two spots since last year, with an overall score of 82.2/100 and a safety score of 3/5. […]
Additive manufacturing, or 3D printing, of a kidney model was recently used to help save a patient’s real kidney during a complicated surgery to remove a tumor. Jay Bishoff, MD, director of Intermountain Medical Center Urological Institute, radiologist Talmage Shill, MD, and collaborators from the Intermountain Healthcare’s Transformation Laboratory in Murray, Utah, converted raw images […]
What do you call an elevator full of Nephrologists? A lot of fun! The high level of energy, enthusiasm and cameraderie of the teams that staff the general nephrology consults was captured in a selfie this week. According to Dr. Steven Cheng (the very enthusiastic physician in the back of the photo) all 3 consult […]