Kidney transplant rejection rates and renal graft outcomes have dramatically improved over the past 15 years due to the use of antibody induction therapy and calcineurin inhibitors (CNIs). Unfortunately, the potent immunosuppression induced by these drugs increases the risk of malignancies, infections and nephrotoxicity. While current clinical protocols try to reduce CNI exposure, little is […]
The Division of Nephrology bids a fond farewell to Joseph B. Miller, who will be entering the University of California Riverside School of Medicine (UCR SOM), class of 2021. Joseph, an RN, has worked as a research technician in the laboratory of Professor of Medicine Jeffrey Miner, PhD, FASN, for the past year and a […]
Second-year nephrology fellow Pooja Koolwal, MD, is one of seven Washington University fellows to receive the 2017 Knowlton Incentive for Excellence Award. The Division of Medical Education at Washington University School of Medicine and the Foundation for Barnes-Jewish Hospital present the annual award to fellows who have completed internal medicine residency programs and who plan […]
Sanjay Jain, MD, PhD, Division of Nephrology, has accepted an invitation to serve as chairperson of the Kidney Molecular Biology and Genitourinary Organ Development (KMBD) Study Section, Center for Scientific Review, at the NIH. Dr. Jain will serve for two years on the study section beginning July 01, 2017, and will be one of 16 […]
Second year nephrology fellow Usman Younus is passionate about medicine. “All we are trying to do is help people,” he says. “Even when you are working hard, sometimes with inhumane hours, it’s gratifying. At the end of the day, because of something that you did, somebody is better. I think that is the best part […]
Pancreas transplantation is an effective, long-term treatment for patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus. For patients with diabetes mellitus and end stage renal disease (ESRD), simultaneous pancreas-kidney (SPK) transplantation improves patient and allograft survival compared to deceased donor kidney transplant alone. A recent study in Transplantation headed by Assistant Professor of Medicine Tarek Alhamad, MD, […]
Garland Patton, a dialysis patient in the Chromalloy Kidney Center at Washington University, and a group of more than 50 family and friends, turned out for the annual St. Louis National Kidney Foundation (NKF)-sponsored Kidney Walk held April 29, 2017. This was the fifth year in a row that the Patton group took part in the […]
Congratulations to Dr. Patricia Kao, Associate Professor in the Division of Nephrology, who has been chosen to receive the prestigious Carol B. and Jerome T. Loeb Teaching Fellow for 2017-2019. Established in 2004 with a generous gift by Mr. and Mrs. Loeb and supported by the BJH Foundation, the Loeb Teaching Fellows program promotes the […]
The Division of Nephrology and Benjamin Humphreys, MD, PhD, Joseph P. Friedman Associate Professor and Chief, has been awarded a two-year grant from the Barnes Jewish Hospital (BJH) Foundation for a proposal to reduce 30-day hospital readmissions for ESRD patients. The grant was developed in close collaboration with Division of Nephrology Faculty members and Jodean […]
Assistant Professor of Medicine Ying (Maggie) Chen, MD, PhD, was an invited speaker at the Experimental Biology (EB) 2017 meeting, which attracts 14,000 scientists each year. This year’s meeting was held in Chicago, Ill, April 22-27. Dr. Chen presented her talk Podocyte ER stress and Podocytopathies in the “Diseases of the Endoplasmic Reticulum” session. This session included six […]