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The National Kidney Foundation (NKF) 2025 Spring Clinical Meetings (SCM) are currently underway, featuring several WashU Nephrology faculty members presenting their work. Taking place from April 9-13, 2025, at the John B. Hynes Veterans Memorial Convention Center in Boston, MA, this annual gathering serves as NKF’s premier educational event that focuses on translating science into […]

Congratulations to Ignacio Portales-Castillo, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, WashU Nephrology, for receiving an award from the 18th annual Clinical and Translational Research Funding Program (CTRFP). Sponsored by the WashU Institute of Clinical and Translational Sciences (ICTS) and The Foundation for Barnes-Jewish Hospital, and ICTS partner institutions Saint Louis University and the University of Missouri-Columbia, the CTRFP supports projects […]

A heartfelt THANK YOU to everyone who contributed to the success of the National Kidney Foundation (NKF) annual St. Louis Kidney Walk, held last Sunday, March 23, 2025.  Our WashU Nephrology team not only met their fundraising goal of $2500, but exceeded it by raising $3022!  “It was wet, and it was cold, but there was […]

Congratulations to Manasa Metireddy, MD, Assiociate Professor of Medicine, WashU Nephrology, for being one of the ten Department of Medicine’s faculty members recently honored with the 2025 Dean’s Impact Award.   The award recognizes individuals who demonstrate exceptional dedication to mentorship, sponsorship, and service.  Introduced in 2023 to honor faculty members for their resourcefulness and creativity […]

Laura Dember, MD, Professor of Medicine at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, will deliver the second annual Aubrey R. Morrison Lectureship on March 18, 2025, 12 – 1 pm, McDonnell Medical Sciences Building, room 264.  The title of her lecture is “The Evolving Landscape of Clinical Trials in Dialysis.” Dr. Laura Dember is […]

Monica Chang-Panesso, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, WashU Medicine Division of Nephrology, will be ceremonially installed as the inaugural recipient of the Roger M. Perlmutter Career Development Professorship. The event will take place on March 20th at 4:30 pm at the Eric P. Newman Education Center (EPNEC). This prestigious endowed professorship was made possible through […]

Yasir Baloch, MBBS, currently in his second year of the WashU Fellowship Program, describes his rewarding experience at last year’s Nephrology Business Leadership University (NBLU) in the video below. The popular NBLU brings together nephrology professionals to prepare senior fellows for the economics and business aspects of their future careers in nephrology.  All six senior fellows from our […]

WashU Nephrology Nurse Practitioner Lisa Koester-Wiedemann, CS, MSN, ANP, CNN-NP, and Clinical Nurse Coordinator of Home Modalities Cheryl Cress, RN, CNN, will participate in the Annual Dialysis Conference  (ADC) program being held March 13 – 16, 2025, in Las Vegas, NV. Celebrating its 45th anniversary, the ADC brings together a global community of kidney care experts for an in-depth […]

The 13th NephMadness competition, a celebration of “all things nephrology,” officially tipped off on March 1, 2025.   The month-long event hosted by AJKD Blog, is an online, interactive, educational activity modeled on March Madness, the annual US college basketball tournament, with the exception that nephrology topics fill in for basketball teams.  Social media tools are used to […]

WashU Nephrology T-shirts are now available to order for the upcoming 2025 NKF Kidney Walk on Sunday, March 23, 2025, 11:00 a.m. at Westport Plaza, St. Louis.  Every purchase includes a donation to our team! Payment is accepted through Venmo or cash.  The Venmo link will be provided after order is confirmed. T-shirt orders will […]