The faculty in the Division of Nephrology at Washington University School of Medicine is committed to high quality patient care and to the advancement of nephrology research.
Tarek Alhamad, MD, MS, FACP, FASN
Professor of Medicine, Medical Director of Transplant Nephrology, Division of Nephrology
- Phone: 314-362-8351
- Fax: 314-362-5470
- Email: talhamad@wustl.edu
Interests: Antibody mediated rejection, high risk kidney transplantation, recurrent glomerulonephritis, donation after cardiac death, immunosuppression minimization, kidney and pancreas transplant outcomes.
Jeannine Basta, PhD
Assistant Professor of Research, Division of Nephrology
- Phone: 314-362-8267
- Fax: 314-362-8237
- Email: jbasta@wustl.edu
Research interests: renal progenitor cell regulation during embryonic kidney development, chromatin remodeling complexes and their role in kidney development and disease, congenital renal birth defects, acute kidney injury and repair, and therapies to ameliorate kidney fibrosis after injury.
Hannah Brewer, MSN, APRN, FNP-C, CCRN
Nurse Practitioner – Transplant Nephrology
- Phone: 314-398-9291
- Email: brewerh@wustl.edu
Clinical interests: Passionate about enhancing patient communication, fostering trust, and ensuring patients are well-informed and supported throughout their transplant journey.
Monica Chang-Panesso, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Nephrology
- Phone: 314-362-9096
Research interests include the molecular mechanisms that impair the regenerative response after acute kidney injury, particularly in aging.
Feng Chen, PhD
Professor of Medicine, Division of Nephrology
- Phone: 314-362-3162
- Email: fchen@wustl.edu
Interests: Molecular genetic studies of urogenital diseases, urogenital development, Calcineurin-NFAT, molecular genetics, diabetes insipidus, collecting duct, prostate cancer.
Ying (Maggie) Chen, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Nephrology
- Phone: 314-362-7603
- Fax: 314-747-5213
- Email: ychen32@wustl.edu
Primary nephrotic syndromes including focal segmental glomerulosclerosis, membranous nephropathy and minimal change disease; renal thrombotic microangiopathy; acid-base and electrolyte disorders
Steven Cheng, MD
Professor of Medicine, Nephrology/Internal Medicine
- Phone: 314-362-7603
- Fax: 314-747-5213
Interests: General nephrology, diabetic nephropathy, chronic kidney disease, disorders of fluids and electrolytes, hematuria/proteinuria, medical education, nephrogenic systemic fibrosis, mineral/bone disease.
Daniel W. Coyne, MD
Professor of Medicine, Nephrology/Internal Medicine
- Phone: 314-362-7603
Interests: Providing comprehensive care to patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD), hypertension, proteinuria, glomerular diseases, inherited kidney diseases, fluid and electrolyte disorders and care for patients requiring chronic dialysis.
Rowena Delos Santos, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine, Transplant Nephrology, Division of Nephrology
- Phone: 314-362-5365
- Fax: 314-362-5470
- Email: delossantos@wustl.edu
Interests: Pancreas and kidney transplant and ABO incompatible transplants, immunosuppression management, infectious complications in transplantation, treatment and prevention of transplant rejection, recurrence of primary renal diseases in the transplanted kidney, transplant outcomes.
Karen Marie Flores, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Nephrology
- Phone: 314-362-5365
- Fax: Fax 314-362-5470
- Email: Flores@wustl.edu
Interests: Prevention and treatment of kidney transplant rejection, Infectious Complications in Transplantation
Leslie Gewin, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Nephrology
- Email: gewin@wustl.edu
Dr. Gewin sees patients for chronic kidney disease, acute kidney injury, and general nephrology. Research interests include mechanisms of chronic kidney disease progression, treatment options to halt kidney disease progression.
Seth Goldberg, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Nephrology
- Phone: 314-362-7603
- Fax: 314-747-5213
Interests: Polycystic kidney disease (PKD), transplantation donor evaluation, calcium-phosphorus metabolism and bone-mineral disease, kidney stones, high blood pressure, dialysis.
Reena Gurung, MBBS
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Nephrology
- Phone: 314-362-9096
- Fax: 314-747-5213
Dr. Gurung’s clinical and research interests include glomerular disease and chronic kidney disease.
Andreas Herrlich, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Nephrology
- Phone: 314-362-7603
- Email: aherrlich@wustl.edu
Dr. Herrlich specializes in the care of patients with acute kidney injury and chronic kidney disease. In his research lab, Dr. Herrlich and his team focus on acute kidney injury and its connection to the development and progression of chronic kidney disease.
Benjamin D. Humphreys, MD, PhD
Joseph Friedman Professor of Renal Diseases in Medicine and Chief, Division of Nephrology
- Email: humphreysbd@wustl.edu
Interests: Mechanisms of acute and chronic kidney injury, stem cells, regeneration, fibrosis.
Sanjay Jain, MD, PhD
Professor of Medicine, Division of Nephrology
- Phone: 314-454-8728
- Email: sanjayjain@wustl.edu
Interests: Kidney development, ureter development, congenital anomalies of the kidney and urinary tract (CAKUT), acute kidney injury, genomics, neurodevelopment, GDNF, RET, branching morphogenesis, genetics, biobanking, translational research, biomarkers, regeneration, stem cells, bladder regeneration, bladder pain.
See Sanjay Jain Lab here.
Anuja Java, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Nephrology
- Phone: 314-362-5365
- Fax: 314-362-5470
- Email: ajava@wustl.edu
Interests: Kidney transplantation, recurrent glomerulonephritis, chronic kidney disease and fluid and electrolyte disorders.
Her research focuses on investigating the role of complement receptors and regulators in the pathogenesis of immune and inflammatory processes in the kidney.
Patricia F. Kao, MD, MS
Professor of Medicine, Division of Nephrology
- Phone: 314-362-7603
- Fax: 314-747-5213
- Email: kaop@wustl.edu
Dr. Kao specializes in the care of acute kidney injury, renal disease in pregnancy, electrolyte disorders, and chronic kidney disease.
Charbel C. Khoury, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Nephrology
- Phone: 314-362-7603
Dr. Khoury brings a combined expertise as a nephrologist, clinical nutrition physician, and obesity medicine physician. He is uniquely positioned to collaborate on the care of kidney disease patients with diabetes, obesity, as well as patients who have undergone bariatric surgery or endobariatric procedures. Additionally, he appreciates the challenges of managing nephrology patients with protein energy wasting and other metabolic disorders.
Kelli King-Morris, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Nephrology
Dr. King-Morris is an accomplished clinical educator and mentor. Her interests in clinical research include pregnancy related kidney diseases and diabetic nephropathy.
Lisa Koester-Wiedemann, ANP, CNN-NP
Renal Nurse Practitioner
- Phone: 314-286-0801
- Email: lkoester@wustl.edu
Interests: Clinical coverage of in-center hemodialysis, home dialysis (hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis), Rehabilitation Institute of St. Louis and chronic kidney disease (CKD) population, quality assurance, dialysis modality options, clinical education.
Tingting Li, MD, MSCI
Professor of Medicine, Nephrology/Internal Medicine
- Phone: 314-362-7603
- Fax: 314-747-5213
- Email: tingli@wustl.edu
Interests: Glomerular diseases, glomerulonephritis, nephrotic syndrome, lupus nephritis, ANCA-associated vasculitis, amyloidosis, proteinuria, hematuria, chronic kidney disease, acute kidney injury, hypertension, electrolyte disorders, hemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis
Dennis P. Littleton, ANP
Nurse Practitioner
- Phone: 314-747-5575
- Email: dlittleton@wustl.edu
Dennis Littleton worked at the Surgical Intensive Care Unit at BJC Hospital for nine years before coming to the Division of Nephrology.
Moe R. Mahjoub, PhD
Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Nephrology
- Phone: 314-362-5681
- Email: mmahjoub@wustl.edu
Interests: Cilia, centrosome, microtubule cytoskeleton, ciliopathies, cystic kidney disease, primary cilia dyskinesia, cancer.
Gonzalo Matzumura Umemoto, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Nephrology
- Phone: 314-362-7603
- Fax: 314-747-5213
Clinical interests: General nephrology, home dialysis, kidney biopsy, point of care ultrasound.
Research interests: Functional renal imaging, point of care ultrasound and home dialysis.
Massini A Merzkani, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
- Phone: 314-362-5365
- Fax: 314-362-5470
- Email: massini@wustl.edu
Interests: Long term renal allograft survival, Recurrent glomerulonephritis after transplantation, complications related to kidney transplantation.
Manasa Metireddy, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
- Phone: 314-362-9096
- Fax: 314-747-5213
Dr. Metireddy’s areas of clinical interest are Acute kidney injury, chronic kidney disease, proteinuria, hematuria, hemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis, hypertension. Dr. Metireddy comes to Washington University from private practice. She is initiating a new inpatient service at Christian Hospital and also provides care in our new dialysis unit in North County. She has deep clinical experience as both a private practice nephrologist and a hospitalist. WU Nephrology believes the community-based practice model will allow us to better provide our superior care to patients in their communities.
Jeffrey H. Miner, PhD, FASN
Eduardo and Judith Slatopolsky Endowed Professor of Medicine in Nephrology
- Phone: 314-362-8235
- Email: minerj@wustl.edu
Interests: Glomerular basement membrane (GBM), extracellular matrix, Alport syndrome, Pierson syndrome, congenital anomalies of the kidney and urinary tract (CAKUT), laminin, collagen, nephrotic syndrome, proteinuria.
Taha Mohamed Djirdeh, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Nephrology
- Phone: 314-362-7603
- Email: mtaha@wustl.edu
Interests: Chronic Kidney Disease, Hemodialysis, Peritoneal Dialysis, Cardiovascular conditions that overlap with Renal conditions, Hypertension
Aubrey R Morrison, MBBS, MACP, FASN
Emeritus Professor of Medicine, Nephrology/Internal Medicine
- Phone: 314-454-8495
- Fax: 314-747-3743
- Email: amorriso@dom.wustl.edu
Interests: Reno-vascular disease, hypertension and genetic and acquired disorders of sodium, potassium and magnesium handling by the kidney.