John T. Milliken Department of Medicine
Taha Mohamed Djirdeh, MD, a recent graduate of our Nephrology Fellowship Program, joined our faculty as Assistant Professor on July 1, 2024. Dr. Djirdeh earned his medical degree from the International American University College of Medicine in Saint Lucia and completed his residency at Mercy Health GME Javon Bea Hospital Rockford, IL, before entering our […]
We are delighted to announce that Naoka Murakami, MD, PhD, has joined WashU Nephrology as an Assistant Professor, effective September 1, 2024. She comes to us from the Division of Nephrology at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School. Dr. Murakami earned her MD and PhD from Tokyo University and completed her residency training […]
Morgan Schoer, MD, a recent graduate of the WashU Nephrology Fellowship Program, joined our faculty as Assistant Professor on August 21 , 2023. Dr. Schoer earned her medical degree here at Washington University. After completing her residency at Barnes Jewish Hospital/Washington University, she entered our Nephrology Fellowship Program in 2021. As a first-year renal fellow, Dr. Schoer was […]
The Division of Nephrology welcomes Karen Marie G. Flores, MD, who joined our faculty as Assistant Professor of Medicine on September 1, 2022. She is a 2022 graduate of our Transplant Training Program. Dr. Flores came to WashU from the nephrology fellowship program at Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center Columbus. She earned a bachelor’s […]
The Division of Nephrology is excited to welcome new faculty member Leslie S. Gewin, MD, who will join us as Associate Professor of Medicine on Oct 4, 2021. Dr. Gewin comes to us from the Division of Nephrology at Vanderbilt University Medical Center where she was an Associate Professor, in addition to serving as a […]
The Division of Nephrology welcomes Kelli King-Morris, MD, who joined our faculty as Associate Professor of Medicine on July 26, 2021. Dr. King-Morris earned her medical degree from the University of South Florida College of Medicine and completed her residency in internal medicine at Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN. She then completed a clinical and research […]
Gonzalo Matzumura Umemoto, MD, a recent graduate of our Nephrology Fellowship Program, joined our faculty as Assistant Professor on July 1, 2021. Dr. Matzumura earned his medical degree from Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia in Lima, Peru. He then spent two years as Assistant to the Dean of Medical Education at Facultad de Medicina Alberto Hurtado […]
Welcome to former renal fellow Andy Chuu, MD, who has joined the faculty of WashU Nephrology and the Veterans Affairs (VA) St. Louis Health Care System. Currently a clinical instructor, he will be promoted to assistant professor of medicine on October 1, 2020. Born in St. Louis, MO, Dr. Chuu completed his undergraduate studies in […]
Steven Funk, PhD, has joined the Division of Nephrology faculty as an instructor of medicine. A native of New Orleans, Dr. Funk earned his bachelor’s degree in microbiology from the University of Louisiana, Lafayette, and his doctoral degree in cell biology and anatomy from Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Shreveport. He came to Washington […]