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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 […]

Thanks to resident elves in the Division of Nephrology, the holiday season is made even more special for families of three local children on dialysis.  Coordinating with a team at the Children’s Hospital dialysis unit, our division “adopted” three families in need of a little help this Christmas. Principal organizer, Julie McNamara, a medical secretary […]

The opening of the new Kidney Transplant Clinic at the Veterans Affairs (VA) St. Louis Health Care System is a valuable resource – and a huge convenience – for local veterans. Headed by Anuja Java, MD, Division of Nephrology at Washington University School of Medicine, the clinic is for patients who have received a kidney […]

Congratulations to Ying “Maggie” Chen, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Nephrology, who was awarded a $1.8 million grant (total cost) from the U.S. Department of Defense for her study “Development of Novel Podocyte Endoplasmic Reticulum (ER) Calcium Stabilizers to Treat Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis (FSGS).” FSGS is the most common primary glomerulopathy leading to renal […]

The National Kidney Foundation (NKF) honored Tarek Alhamad, MD, assistant professor of medicine, Division of Nephrology, and Jason Wellen, MD, MBA, associate professor of surgery, with the local chapter’s highest honor, the Award of Excellence.  The awards were presented at the 33rd Annual 2019 NKF Gift of Life Gala, held November 16, 2019 at the […]

Renal Staff Microgrants Do you have a novel idea that would improve the atmosphere and lift spirits in the dialysis unit?   What clever teaching tool could you use to stress the importance of diet to a patient new to dialysis?   How would you improve patient care if you had the opportunity and money to do […]

Benjamin Humphreys, MD, PhD, the Joseph Friedman Professor of Renal Diseases in Medicine and Division of Nephrology chief, is part of a team of investigators that has received a three-year Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) grant to define the transcriptome and epigenome of the normal human kidney.  Data obtained from both developing and adult kidney (male […]