John T. Milliken Department of Medicine
WashU Nephrologist Patricia Kao, MD, MS, MHPE has been awarded the 2025 ASP Eric G. Neilson, MD, Leadership in Specialty Internal Medicine Award. Dr. Kao is Professor of Medicine in the Divisions of Nephrology and General Medicine & Geriatrics, and is Director of the Washington University Teaching Physician Pathway (WUTPP). The award is presented by […]
WashU Nephrology is proud to have six of our outstanding physicians selected for the 2024 Castle Connolly Top Doctors® list for excellence in medicine. Daniel W. Coyne, MD, Patricia F. Kao, MD, MS, Tingting Li, MD, MSCI, Marcos Rothstein, MD, Paul Scheel Jr., MD, MBA, and Anitha Vijayan, MD, FASN (now at Intermountain Health in […]
WashU Nephrology is proud to announce that Jeffrey Miner, PhD, Eduardo and Judith Slatopolsky Endowed Professor of Medicine in Nephrology, was recently elected as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Founded in 1848, the AAAS is the world’s largest multi-disciplinary science society. Its global mission is to advance […]
Congratulations to the research group headed by Jeffrey Miner, PhD, on their recent publication that landed the cover of Kidney International. The colorful cover photograph, illustrating paraffin immunofluorescence of different collagen IV chains, is a figure from their article “Quantitative assessment of glomerular basement membrane (GBM) collagen IV α chains in paraffin sections from patients […]
WashU Nephrology physician-scientist Ignacio Portales-Castillo, MD, has been selected to present his research at the Rising Stars Power Talks competition (formerly known as the Knockout Rounds) during the upcoming June 2024 ENDO conference in Boston, Massachusetts. The Rising Stars Power Talks provides a dynamic and fast-paced setting platform for early career and in-training members to […]
Andrew Wasson, BSN, RN, CDN, Clinical Nurse Coordinator, WashU Nephrology Home Modalities, was among 38 nephrology American Nephrology Nurses Association (ANNA) leaders who visited Capitol Hill last month as part of their Health Policy Workshop in Washington, DC. The group met with congressional leaders to educate members of Congress about the impact of kidney disease […]
The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) is dedicated to providing quality health care services to Veterans with kidney disease. To spread the word of recent innovative kidney medicine services, research, and resources, they recently published the inaugural edition of their VHA Kidney Medicine Newsletter. WashU Nephrology is proud that our very own Anuja Java, MD, who […]
The distinguished career of Willie Ray Ross, MD, MPH, Alumni Endowed Professor of Medicine, Department of Nephrology, and Associate Dean for Diversity at Washington University School of Medicine, will be celebrated with the unveiling of Ross’ portrait at the upcoming Eduardo Slatopolsky Lecture in Renal and Electrolyte Disorders, held at the Department of Medicine’s Medical Grand […]
Patricia Kao, MD, MS, MHPE, Associate Professor in the Division of Nephrology, is one of three recipients of the inaugural Academy of Educators Exemplary Educator Award. The award recognizes faculty members with at least six years of service who are making a name for themselves as educators through their contributions to education and mentorship here […]
WashU Nephrology congratulates Anuja Java, MD, who has been appointed to the Veterans Affairs Kidney Medicine Field Advisory Board (FAB). She will head a newly launched kidney transplant subcommittee that is tasked with improving coordination of care and reporting quality of care for Veterans receiving maintenance dialysis in the community with a particular focus on […]