Dr. Tingting Li to Chair Inaugural WashU Nephrology Glomerular Diseases Symposium

WashU Nephrology is proud to announce that registration is now open for its inaugural Glomerular Diseases Symposium: An Update on Disease Mechanisms and Management, to be held on Saturday, September 9, 2023, at the Eric P. Newman Education Center, 7:30 AM – 5:00 PM.  Glomerular diseases are a well-recognized cause of chronic kidney disease and end-stage renal […]

Expanding the Pool of Transplantable Kidneys: WashU Research Suggests Kidneys from Hepatitis C- or COVID-19-Positive Donors are Safe to Use

According to the Organ Procurement & Transplantation Network (OPTN) transplant database, nearly 91,000 individuals are currently waiting for a kidney or kidney/pancreas transplant, with an average wait time in most clinics being 3-5 years.  In addition, the annual mortality rate of those waiting for a kidney is about 5% and increases greatly in the older […]

Clinician-Educator Nephrologist Position Open at WashU Nephrology

The Division of Nephrology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis is seeking to hire a full-time Clinician-Educator Nephrologist at the Assistant or Associate Professor level. The selected candidate will join a thriving Division under the leadership of the Director of Nephrology, Benjamin Humphreys, MD, PhD, Joseph Friedman Professor of Renal Diseases in […]

Maranda Watts, RN, Joins WashU Nephrology Outpatient Department as Clinical Nurse Coordinator. 

WashU Nephrology is pleased to announce that Maranda Watts, RN, has joined our Outpatient Department as the new Clinical Nurse Coordinator.  Maranda earned her nursing degree from St. Louis Community College – Forest Park in 2014 and worked at DaVita Dialysis before coming to WashU Nephrology in 2018, where she served as Clinical Nurse Coordinator […]

North County Dialysis Team Celebrates Birth of Baby Boy with Dialysis Patient

It was a happy homecoming for the North County Dialysis Center team in Florissant, MO, when they saw one of their patients, Christina Miles, come through the doors carrying her baby, Orlando Christopher Dean. “I can’t believe how beautiful he is!” said Gena Hubbard, CCHT, a certified clinical hemodialysis technician, as she cooed over the […]

Maternal Fetal Medicine Nephrology Clinic Debuts at WashU

To optimize the care of patients who are pregnant and have — or develop – kidney complications or diseases, the Division of Nephrology has opened a new Maternal Fetal Medicine Nephrology Clinic. The clinic is led by nephrologist Kelli King-Morris, MD. She will work in partnership with the patient’s primary care physician, obstetrician, maternal fetal […]

Drs. Seth Goldberg and Frank O’Brien Take on New Leadership Roles for WashU Fellowship Program

WashU Nephrology is proud to announce leadership changes in our Nephrology Fellowship Program with the promotions of Seth Goldberg, MD, to Director and Frank O’Brien, MD, FASN, to Senior Associate Program Director. Dr. Goldberg is a respected medical educator at WashU.  He earned his medical degree from the University of South Florida College of Medicine […]

Nephrologist Steven Cheng is the New Program Director for Internal Medicine’s Residency Program

WashU Nephrology congratulates Steven Cheng, MD, who has accepted the position of Program Director for the Internal Medicine Residency Program at Washington University School of Medicine/Barnes-Jewish Hospital. After receiving his medical degree and completing an internal medicine residency at Northwestern University in Chicago, Dr. Cheng entered the Nephrology Fellowship at WashU, and upon graduation in […]

2023 Annual National Kidney Foundation Walk a Success!

The National Kidney Foundation (NKF) annual St. Louis Kidney Walk, held last Sunday, March 26, 2023, at Westport Plaza, was a resounding success!  Our team, the #NephStrong WashU Walkers, met their fundraising goal of $2000 – and more – by raising $2,043.  More than 38 people from the division participated in the walk and/or raised […]

WashU Transplant Nephrology Fellowship Position Open

Washington University School of Medicine Division of Nephrology has an AST-accredited transplant nephrology fellowship for those who wish to specialize in transplant nephrology. This fellowship will train and prepare our fellows to become outstanding and qualified transplant nephrologists and/or medical directors of kidney and pancreas transplant programs.  The fellowship position is available for the 2023-2024 […]