A nightmare scenario for any hemodialysis center – the loss of electricity – turned into an exercise of quick-thinking and cooperation between two of our dialysis teams. Severe thunderstorms swept through the greater St. Louis area the weekend of July 9, 2021, and knocked out power to over 40,000 people. WashU Nephrology’s DaVita West Dialysis […]
Jeffrey Miner, PhD, FASN, Eduardo and Judith Slatopolsky Professor of Medicine in Nephrology at Washington University, is pleased to announce that the biennial meeting of the American Society for Matrix Biology (ASMB) will be held in person from September 12-15, 2021, at the Hyatt Regency St. Louis at the Arch. The meeting was postponed last […]
Congratulates to Will Ross, MD, MPH, Professor of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, and Associate Dean for Diversity for Washington University School of Medicine, who was recently named Alumni Endowed Professor of Medicine. Dr. Ross was honored for an excellence in patient care, teaching, research and commitment to health equity. The Alumni Endowed Professor of Medicine […]
The Division of Nephrology at Washington University School of Medicine and San Carlos University/Guatemalan Social Security Institute (IGSS) – an official “Sister Renal Centers” pair under the sponsorship of the International Society of Nephrology (ISN) – is now in its sixth year of collaboration. The World Congress of Nephrology ’21 is featuring the partnership’s success […]
Jeffry Miner, PhD, was recently named the inaugural Eduardo and Judith Slatopolsky Endowed Professor of Medicine in Nephrology. A virtual celebration was held April 2, 2021. Dr. Victoria Fraser, Chair, Department of Medicine, and Dr. Benjamin Humphreys, Chief, Division of Nephrology at Washington University, hosted the event with many family, friends and colleagues in attendance. […]
March is National Kidney Month, a time to highlight kidney health and encourage people to support kidney disease research and take steps to keep their own kidneys safe and healthy. Great Day St Louis, KMOV TV Channel 4, interviewed WashU Nephrology faculty member James Davis, MD, FACP, FASN, to discuss the focus of this year’s […]
WashU Nephrology will sponsor a Virtual Food Drive this holiday season to help those in need. Julie McNamara, medical secretary III in our Renal Outpatient Office, is the principal organizer of the event. “Since the ‘Adopt-a-Family’ program last Christmas went so well, I thought we could give back again this year with a virtual food […]
While choosing home dialysis is becoming more attractive and feasible for patients who begin dialysis each year to treat end-stage renal disease (ESRD), only 10% of the 726,000 Americans suffering from the disease are currently on peritoneal or home hemodialysis. This is far below the goal of the Advancing American Kidney Health Initiative (AAKH), an […]
WashU Nephrology congratulates Paul Roberson, Chromalloy Kidney Center’s new manager of technical services for dialysis operation, as we also wish a happy retirement to Patrick (Rick) Hasamear. Roberson has worked at Chromalloy for 37 years and is taking the helm from Hasamear, who is a 35-year Chromalloy veteran. Paul Roberson has an associate in applied […]
The 8th annual NephMadness begins today, March 13, 2020. The initiative is the brain-child of the team at AJKD Blog, the official blog of the American Journal of Kidney Diseases, and was initially launched to celebrate World Kidney Day, an international campaign to increase awareness of kidney disease. The month-long educational tournament plays out across […]