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Anuja Java, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine at WashU Nephrology, will once again head the Thrombotic Microangiopathy (TMA) Workshop to be held during Kidney Week 2024, the American Society of Nephrology’s (ASN) annual meeting, in San Diego, CA. The workshop will feature talks and in-depth panel discussions on “Genetic and Functional Testing in TMA” as […]

WashU Nephrologist Patricia Kao, MD, MS, MHPE has been awarded the 2025 ASP Eric G. Neilson, MD, Leadership in Specialty Internal Medicine Award.  Dr. Kao is Professor of Medicine in the Divisions of Nephrology and General Medicine & Geriatrics, and is Director of the Washington University Teaching Physician Pathway (WUTPP).  The award is presented by […]

Congratulations to Associate Professor of Medicine, Ying Maggie Chen, MD, PhD, WashU Nephrology, who received a four-year, $1.15M VA Merit Award from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.  The funding will support her research on therapeutic targeting of mitochondria in uromodulin-associated chronic kidney disease (CKD).  The $1.15M grant award includes the $750,000 grant (direct costs) […]

Congratulations to Carmen Halabi, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Pediatrics, Nephrology, and collaborator Jeffrey Miner, PhD, FASN, Eduardo and Judith Slatopolsky Professor of Medicine in Nephrology, who were awarded an Alport Syndrome Foundation (ASF) grant to fund research into the presence of aortic aneurysms in Alport mice. Alport syndrome is a genetic kidney disease that occurs […]

Kathryn Riner, MS, RD, LD, a dietitian at our WashU Nephrology Chromalloy Kidney Center, was one of three speakers at a recent National Kidney Foundation (NKF) Renal Patient Symposium.  Her talk, titled “Promoting a Healthy Relationship with Food While Living with Chronic Kidney Disease,” was part of a virtual event aimed at uniting patients and […]

Kudos to everyone who helped make the 2nd Annual Glomerular Disease Symposium: An Update on Disease Mechanisms and Management, held September 6 – 7, 2024, a success.  The event was organized and chaired by WashU Nephrology’s Tingting Li, MD, MSCI, with the support of the planning committee members Michelle Bloom, BSN, RN, Reena Gurung, MD, […]

Taha Mohamed Djirdeh, MD, a recent graduate of our Nephrology Fellowship Program, joined our faculty as Assistant Professor on July 1, 2024. Dr. Djirdeh earned his medical degree from the International American University College of Medicine in Saint Lucia and completed his residency at Mercy Health GME Javon Bea Hospital Rockford, IL, before entering our […]

We are delighted to announce that Naoka Murakami, MD, PhD, has joined WashU Nephrology as an Assistant Professor, effective September 1, 2024.  She comes to us from the Division of Nephrology at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School. Dr. Murakami earned her MD and PhD from Tokyo University and completed her residency training […]

Ignacio Portales-Castillo, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, WashU Nephrology, will present “Molecular Insights Into PTH/PTHrP Receptor Function Lead to Novel Clinical Applications” at the Department of Medicine’s Medicine Grand Rounds on September 26, 2024, 8:00 – 9:00 a.m. in the Wohl Clinic Clopton Auditorium at 4950 Children’s Place. Breakfast will be available outside the auditorium […]

The popular Nephrology Business Leadership University (NBLU) recently concluded its 2024 session, with all six of our WashU Nephrology’s second-year fellows proudly attending the graduation. Now in its ninth year, the event brings together nephrology professionals to prepare senior fellows for the economics and business aspects of their future careers in nephrology.  The week-long session […]