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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
The 11th edition of NephMadness officially starts today, March 1, 2023. The month-long event, hosted by AJKD Blog, is an online, interactive, educational activity modeled on March Madness, the annual US college basketball tournament, except with nephrology concepts. Social media tools are used to encourage a good-natured, robust discussion about the latest news and […]
WashU Nephrology is pleased to announce that Fabrienne (Fae) Harper, RN, BSN, has accepted the position of Nurse Manager for our Nephrology Outpatient Office. She will start on February 1, 2023. Harper has been working with hemodialysis patients for over 22 years. She joined the Chromalloy American Kidney Center in 2006, where she remained until joining […]
After a brief disruption due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the in-person St. Louis Kidney Walk is back! The National Kidney Foundation (NKF) sponsors the nation’s largest walking event that raises money and promote awareness of kidney disease and the need for organ donation. Lauren Begnel, RD, LD, a dietitian and nutritionist at Chromalloy American Kidney […]
WashU Nephrology congratulates Patrice Finnie, RN, and Thomas Gowen, Jr, RN, on their new positions at two of our community dialysis centers. Finnie, a dialysis nurse at North County Dialysis Center in Florissant, MO, has been promoted as the new Nurse Manager of the center. She has been a nurse for 25 years and has […]