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The nephrology consult service rotation provides 4th year medical students the opportunity to learn about “all things renal.” Understanding electrolytes, interpreting kidney biopsies, becoming familiar with renal replacement therapies – the students learn by following hospitalized patients with a wide range of kidney disorders, as part of the nephrology consult team, which includes an attending, […]

ASN Kidney Week 2017 will be held at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans, LA, Tuesday October 31 through Sunday November 5. Below is a list of those in the Division of Nephrology and Pediatric Nephrology who have abstracts, oral Presentations or will moderate sessions. Wednesday, November 1 Anitha Vijayan, MD, Professor […]

We are proud to announce that Dr. Benjamin Humphreys, Joseph P. Friedman Associate Professor and Chief of the Division of Nephrology will receive a Chan-Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) grant to fund research as part of the ambitious Human Cell Atlas project. Dr. Humphreys’ pilot project is one of only 38 chosen from 481 applications submitted from […]

Put on your walking shoes and join the annual St. Louis NephCure Walk, to be held October 22, 2017 at Creve Coeur Lake Memorial Park, Maryland Heights, MO. The patient advocacy group NephCure Kidney International sponsors the event. The organization’s mission is to support research that seeks to discover the cause, improve treatment, and find […]

Rajees Varghese decided it was time the Division of Nephrology had a Happy Hour. So, he made it happen. The Research Science Happy Hour debuted after work on Friday, September 29, 2017, to a gathering of about 20 researchers. “I was just thinking it would be a great way for everyone to come together and […]

The Division of Nephrology gives a warm welcome to research technician Devin Wall, who will assist Drs. Tarek Alhamad and Andrew Malone with the Clinical Trials in Organ Transplantation (CTOT-19) project and the Kidney Translational Research Core (KTRC) biobanking program. Dr. Alhamad, Assistant Professor of Medicine and Interim Medical Director of the Kidney Transplant Program, […]

Lake Ozark Police Detective Shane Pierce cares about his community. He mentors youth in his community through a Police Kids Academy. He started a Coffee and a Cop program. He organized a Guns and Hoses charity basketball game. He’s even appeared as McGruff the Crime Dog at many community events. So, when Detective Shane Pierce […]

Feng Chen, PhD, Associate Professor of Medicine in the Division of Nephrology and Cell Biology and Physiology, along with his collaborator Li Ding, PhD, Associate Professor of Medicine (Oncology Division), have been awarded a four-year, $2.2 million R01 grant from the NIH National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) to fund a research project titled Pathogenic […]

RoseMarie Bianchi, a dialysis patient at Chromalloy Dialysis Center and co-founder of The Sick and Elderly Program of the Hill, is getting ready for the foundation’s annual fundraiser – a big, Italian, ravioli dinner. The Sick and Elderly Program of The Hill is a volunteer home health care foundation that provides free medical equipment and […]

Congratulations to Assistant Professor of Medicine Ying (Maggie) Chen, MD, PhD, who has been awarded a five-year $1.52M total costs, R01 grant from the NIH to fund a research project titled Podocyte Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Nephrotic Syndrome. Nephrotic syndrome (NS), characterized by heavy proteinuria and increased risk of loss of kidney function, causes serious […]