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With the challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic, the health and safety of our patients, faculty, staff and families are our primary concern.  By working together, the Division of Nephrology is tackling this crisis. “I am heartened that in the face of uncertainty we as a division are showing great resolve and resiliency,” says division […]

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 […]

Washington University transplant nephrologist Haris Murad, MD, joined FOX 2 NOW AM television program to discuss prevention and early detection of kidney disease in honor of World Kidney Day, March 12, 2020. The global kidney day campaign, a joint initiative of the International Society of Nephrology and the International Federation of Kidney Foundations, is celebrated the second Thursday […]

Anitha Vijayan, MD, FASN, professor of medicine in the Division of Nephrology at Washington University in St. Louis and medical director of Acute Dialysis Services at Barnes-Jewish Hospital, has been elected to the Alpha Omega Alpha (AΩA) Honor Medical Society. The only national medical honor society in the world, the AΩA was organized in 1902 […]

Ready, set, GO!  The annual St. Louis National Kidney Foundation (NKF) Kidney Walk will take place 12:30 – 4:00 pm, March 29, 2020, at Westport Plaza.  All WashU faculty, staff and patients are welcome to participate by walking, volunteering or donating. This year, the individual WashU Nephrology and BJC-WashU Transplant teams are joining forces to […]

The Division of Nephrology welcomes Reena Gurung, MD, who joins us as a first-year nephrology fellow.  Reena earned her medical degree from the School of Medical Sciences at Kathmandu University in Nepal and completed a residency in internal medicine at St. Luke’s Hospital in Chesterfield, MO.  In 2015, Reena came to Washington University School of […]

Steven Funk, PhD, has joined the Division of Nephrology faculty as an instructor of medicine. A native of New Orleans, Dr. Funk earned his bachelor’s degree in microbiology from the University of Louisiana, Lafayette, and his doctoral degree in cell biology and anatomy from Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Shreveport.  He came to Washington […]

The Division of Nephrology welcomes Sarah Wingate, BSN, MSN/FNP, our new transplant nurse practitioner. Sarah began her medical career in 2006 as a nursing assistant at Danville Care Center in Iowa, during which time she earned her bachelor’s degree in nursing at Iowa Wesleyan University.  In 2012, Sarah moved to St. Louis and worked as […]

The American Society of Nephrology (ASN) launched the Diabetic Kidney Disease Collaborative (DKD-C) in response to the recent development of new therapies for people with diabetic kidney disease (DKD).  Charbel Khoury, MD, assistant professor of medicine, Division of Nephrology, was invited to participate in the DKD-C Strategy Conference, held January 14, 2020, in Washington DC. […]

The Division of Nephrology is pleased to announce that Frank O’Brien, MD, assistant professor of medicine, Division of Nephrology, has joined our fellowship leadership program as associate program director for curriculum development. Dr. O’Brien will join Drs. Steven Cheng, Seth Goldberg, and Tingting Li, in providing mentorship and guidance to our renal fellows as part […]

Washington University Division of Nephrology welcomes Amie Burke, who joins us as our new research administrator.   Amie will be responsible for the division’s grant-related activities, nephrology staff payroll, financial services and visa applications. Amie received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Management from Webster University in 2009, and has been with WashU for nearly 13 […]

Congratulations to renal nurse practitioner Lisa Koester-Wiedemann, ANP, CNN-NP, Division of Nephrology, Washington University, who will be presented the Barbara Prowant Lifetime Achievement Award in Nephrology Nursing during the 40th Annual Dialysis Conference in Kansas City, MO, February 8 – 11, 2020. The award is given in honor of Barbara Prowant (1953-2009), who was one […]

Research physician Monica Chang-Panesso, MD, and a team of Washington University nephrology investigators have made significant progress in defining the cellular lineage and molecular mechanism of repair of the proximal tubule after acute kidney injury (AKI).  Their study, FOXM1 Drives Proximal Tubule Proliferation During Repair from Acute Ischemic Kidney Injury, five years in the making, […]

Rowena Delos Santos, MD, assistant professor of medicine, Division of Nephrology, and current co-chair of the American Society of Transplantation (AST) Conflicts of Interest (COI) Committee, will take over as chair of the committee in June 2020. “It is a great honor and responsibility to serve on this AST Committee,” says Dr. Delos Santos of […]

Congratulations to Frank O’Brien, MD, assistant professor of medicine, Division of Nephrology, who is the recipient of a Project Award from The Foundation for Barnes-Jewish Hospital.  Dr. O’Brien, received the two-year, $120,000/year award to integrate the care of WashU dialysis patients while admitted to BJH and devise a personalized transitional care protocol to prevent hospital […]