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Anuja Java, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine at WashU Nephrology, is the organizer and co-moderator of the Thrombotic Microangiopathy (TMA) Workshop, to be held during Kidney Week 2023, the American Society of Nephrology’s (ASN) annual meeting, in Philadelphia, PA. The inaugural workshop is sponsored by the US Thrombotic Microangiopathy Consortium (USTMA), a nonprofit organization that […]

WashU Nephrology nurse practitioner Lisa Koester-Wiedemann, ANP, CS, CNN-NP, MSN, is the recipient of the 2024 Carol Mattix Award from the National Kidney Foundation (NKF). The annual award, established in 2019 by NKF’s Council of Nephrology Nurses and Technicians, honors nurses who dedicate their careers to improving patients’ lives, not just their health.   The award […]

Andrew Wasson, BSN, RN, CDN, Clinical Nurse Coordinator, WashU Nephrology Home Modalities, was among 38 nephrology American Nephrology Nurses Association (ANNA) leaders who visited Capitol Hill last month as part of their Health Policy Workshop in Washington, DC. The group met with congressional leaders to educate members of Congress about the impact of kidney disease […]

The inaugural Glomerular Diseases Symposium: An Update on Disease Mechanisms and Management, held on September 9, 2023, was a rousing success.  The event, organized and chaired by WashU nephrologist Tingting Li, MD, MSCI, boasted case presentations, panel discussions, and lectures from experts here at WashU and across the United States.  With the landscape of glomerular […]

WashU Nephrology gives a heartfelt thank you to Paul Roberson for his 40 years of service to the Division. Roberson, with an associate degree in applied sciences degree in electronic engineering technology, began his career at Chromalloy Kidney Center working as a Special Procedures Attendant in reuse and supply management and then an equipment maintenance technician.  […]

Do you need help identifying your career passions?  If so, there is still time to sign up for the interactive discussion, Fellows’ Corner – Should I Subspecialize, an opportunity to connect with women faculty who will share their experiences about specializing and becoming experts in their medical fields. The inaugural online event, to be held […]

It is truly a bittersweet moment as we say farewell to Anitha Vijayan, MD, FASN, a valued member of WashU Nephrology for over 25 years, who is retiring from the Division. Dr. Vijayan earned her medical degree from the University of the West Indies and completed a residency in internal medicine at St. Luke’s hospital […]

WashU Nephrology is proud to announce Professor of Medicine Tingting Li, MD, MSCI, as the recipient of the 2023 Nathan Hellman Memorial Teacher of the Year Award. The annual award is given to a faculty member selected by our Division’s fellows.  The recipient receives an inscribed plaque and a cash award to support professional development. The teaching award […]

The Midwest Transplant & Nephrology Symposium, chaired by Tarek Alhamad, MD, MS, Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, and Medical Director of Transplant Nephrology at WashU, will be held October 13-15, 2023, at the Institute of Public Health, St. Louis, MO.   The event provides an opportunity for health care professionals to learn more […]

Morgan Schoer, MD, a recent graduate of the WashU Nephrology Fellowship Program, joined our faculty as Assistant Professor on August 21 , 2023. Dr. Schoer earned her medical degree here at Washington University.  After completing her residency at Barnes Jewish Hospital/Washington University, she entered our Nephrology Fellowship Program in 2021.  As a first-year renal fellow, Dr. Schoer was […]

“We will see what springtime brings,” says Thomas Gowen, Jr, RN, as he contemplates what to plant next year in the raised-bed area in front of WashU Nephrology’s newest dialysis facility. Gowen, the Nurse Manager of the Village Square Dialysis Center in Hazelwood, MO, planted sunflowers this past spring and the results were spectacular.  “This […]

WashU Nephrology congratulates Vikas Dharnidharka, MD, MPH, who was installed as the Alexis F. Hartmann Sr, MD, Professor of Pediatrics at a ceremony on August 3, 2023, at the Eric P. Newman Education Center.  He presented the talk “Infections and cancers after transplant: what they have taught us about immunology, virology, genomics and oncology,” prefaced […]

After two and a half long years of hard work, the WashU Epic Dialysis Project is finally live!  On August 1, 2023, our dialysis centers switched over to the Epic electronic medical records (EMR) system.  The EPIC system replaces the clinical and billing systems Cyberren and Medical Manager, which had been in place for the […]

Andreas Herrlich, MD, PhD, Division of Nephrology, Washington University in St. Louis, and Gerard Karsenty, MD, PhD, Department of Genetics and Development, Columbia University, are co-hosts of the symposium “Molecular Mechanisms of Organismal Physiology in Health and Disease” to be held September 7, 2023 in St Louis.  The day-long event is free, but registration is […]

WashU Nephrology is excited to welcome our 2023 renal transplant fellows.  The comprehensive, one-year Transplant Nephrology Program allows trainees to be part of one of the largest and most experienced kidney transplant centers in the United States.