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We are proud to announce that the top three awards of the 2017 Midwest Nephrology Fellows’ Research Day conference went to Eoghainin ÓhAinmhire PhD, Farid Kadyrov, BS, and Pooja Koolwal, MD, of the Division of Nephrology at Washington University. Nephrology fellows from institutions across the region met in Kansas City on February 17 for the […]

The National Kidney Foundation (NKF)-sponsored Kidney Walk is the nation’s largest walking event to raise funds and promote awareness of kidney disease. Walks have been held in over 100 communities, with more than 85,000 participants. This year’s local Kidney Walk will be held April 29, 2017, at Saint Louis University. The Kidney Walk is not […]

The National Kidney Foundation’s (NKF) KEEP Healthy program will provide free kidney check-ups March 3, at the 2017 Laborers’ Local 42 – International Institute Community Health Fair. KEEP Healthy is a community-based initiative to raise awareness of how to reduce the risk of kidney disease. The free event is open to the public and is […]

Cheryl Cress, RN, a Washington University home dialysis modalities nurse, is a finalist in the St. Louis Magazine Excellence in Nursing Awards program. This is the eighth straight year that the magazine will acknowledge and recognize the “selfless care, compassion, and service” of local nurses in schools, hospitals, nurseries, colleges and clinics. St. Louis Magazine […]

Timothy Yau, MD and Assistant Professor of Medicine, will once again chair the Nephrology Update for Primary Care Providers Course to be held March 25, 2017, at the Eric P Newman Education Center (EPNEC). The Division of Nephrology at Washington University and the National Kidney Foundation (NKF) are co-sponsoring the event, which provides an in-depth […]

A case report by a team of Washington University nephrologists and pathologists from Arkana Laboratories may prove valuable in directing future treatment of Castleman’s Disease (CD) with renal involvement. The report, published in the journal BMC Nephrology, describes a patient presenting with a very rare, aggressive form of multicentric CD with renal thrombotic microangiopathy (TMA). […]

Hani Suleiman, MD, PhD, has been awarded a Nephrotic Syndrome Study Network (NEPTUNE) Career Development Fellowship for his grant “Sarcomere-Like Structures” as an Indicator for Podocyte Injury in Nephrotic Syndrome. The NEPTUNE program uses a multidisciplinary approach that brings together academic medical centers, patient advocacy groups (NephCure Foundation and the Halpin Foundation), and clinical research […]

When it was pointed out to retiring James (Jay) Delmez, MD, Professor of Medicine, that he had been here for 39 years, he countered by saying it was much longer than that. “I was born here,” he said. In his paced, quiet manner of speaking, Jay told the story of how his parents came to […]

Congratulations are in order for Dan Brennan, MD, and co-authors of the manuscript “Long-Term Follow-Up of the Edmonton Protocol of Islet Transplantation in the United States”, published in the American Journal of Transplantation (AJT) in February 2016. The publication was chosen as one of AJT’s top ten best articles of 2016. According to AJT, the list […]

Marcos Rothstein, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, will be the guest speaker of Evening Grand Rounds on Tuesday, February 7, 2016. The topic of discussion will be alternative treatments for hypertension. “Worldwide, uncontrolled hypertension is reaching epidemic proportions, with dire implications for cardiovascular morbidity and mortality,” says Dr. Rothstein. “For a large population […]

PhD postdoctoral fellow Ewelina Betleja is leaving the Division of Nephrology after nearly four years in the laboratory of Dr. Moe Mahjoub. Ewelina’s work has focused on how cells regulate the assembly of cilia, the essential cellular organelles that communicate with the extracellular environment. Ewelina will be moving to Greece to join her husband Andreas. […]

Connie Mayo is Someone who Took an Active Role. A real STAR. Connie, a Clinical Nurse Coordinator in the Division of Nephrology, was chosen as the December Star Performer, an employee who personifies professionalism and teamwork, and who consistently makes a difference in the lives of those around her. James P. Crane, MD, Associate Vice […]

A novel method to diagnose X-linked Alport Syndrome has been developed and validated in a recent study by Andrew Malone, MBBCh, Steven Funk, PhD, Tarek Alhamad, MD and Jeffrey Miner, PhD, in the Division of Nephrology. Alport syndrome is an inherited disease characterized by a progressive loss of kidney function, hearing loss and eye abnormalities, […]

Obesity, described as a body mass index (BMI) greater or equal to 30 kg/m2, is global epidemic. More than a third of the adults in the United States are considered obese. Organs from obese individuals are often not accepted for transplantation due to concerns of suboptimal organ quality and inferior allograft survival. This greatly affects […]

Dan Brennan, MD, Alan A. and Edith L. Wolff Professor of Renal Diseases, has been appointed to the Advisory Committee on Blood and Tissue Safety and Availability (ACBTSA) by the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Sylvia M. Burwell. The ACBTSA is a federal advisory committee that advises the Secretary of HHS on a […]