Read the latest news from the Nephrology Division.
Timothy Yau, AJKD Blog Social Media Editor
Meet Timothy Yau: Husband, Father, Nephrologist, Medicine Coursemaster, Teaching Award Winner, Musician, Videographer, and Social Media Mogul. Ok, that last one might be an exaggeration for now, but give him time. Dr. Yau, Assistant Professor of Medicine in Nephrology, has just been appointed Social Media Editor for the American Journal for Kidney Diseases blog site […]
Patient Celebrates 30 Years on Dialysis
Shout-outs of “Congratulations, Betty!” and “30 years!” greet Betty Douglas as she walks into the Chromalloy American Kidney Center at Washington University on December 28, 2016. Pushing the small walker that holds the bright red blanket she uses to keep the chill away during dialysis, she makes her way to the scales, weighs herself, and […]
Always a Good Time for Bingo!
It didn’t take more than two minutes for the first shout of Bingo! to ring through the Chromalloy American Kidney Center at WashU. The yearly Bingo event was held at all three dialysis shifts, 7:45 am, 10:45 am, and 2 pm, on December 21 and 22, 2016. “This is a once-a-year event that the patients […]
Joseph Gaut, Renal Pathologist
Joseph Gaut, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, Pathology & Immunology, is a busy man. Being the only pathologist with specialized expertise in renal pathology here at WashU, Dr. Gaut signs out every kidney biopsy that comes through the division. This includes all medical biopsies, all transplant biopsies from Barnes-Jewish and Children’s Hospitals and biopsies sent in […]
From the heart: Drs. Yong-feng Gong and Hani Suleiman Receive AHA Grants
Congratulations are in order for two young investigators in the Division of Nephrology who have been awarded AWRP Summer 2016 Scientist Development Grants from the American Heart Association (AHA). These grants are intended to help promising, beginning scientists bridge the gap from completion of their research training to becoming an independent investigator. Yong-Feng Gong, PhD, […]
Best Wishes, Vicky Stringer
The Division of Nephrology would like to wish Vicky Stringer, L.C.S. W., all the best in her retirement. Vicky has been both a dialysis center social worker and renal clinic social worker over the 24 years that she has been with the division. Vicky has served on the board of the National Kidney Foundation for […]
Cellular Plasticity in Kidney Injury and Repair
In an advance online publication in Nature Reviews Nephrology, Monica Chang-Panesso, MD, and Benjamin Humphreys, MD, PhD, Chief, Division of Nephrology, present an in-depth review of recent advances in the role of cellular plasticity in kidney regeneration and repair after injury. While it was once thought that mature, adult cells remained terminally differentiated, it is […]
Vijayan Joins the Challenge: NTDS Commitment to Improve Dialysis Care
An ambitious – and exciting – initiative that will challenge the dialysis community to rethink how infections are detected, reported, and managed is being launched by a collaboration between the ASN and the CDC. Anitha Vijayan, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, is co-chair of one of the work groups of the Nephrologists Transforming […]
Brennan’s Mountain Saga (i.e. Brennan Attempts Camelback … Mountain Wins)
A Little Time to Kill The talk at the Mayo Clinic in Scottsdale, AZ, had gone well. Back at the hotel, he answered some emails and finished preparing for another meeting the following day. The dinner with his cousins who live nearby was not for a few hours. Dan Brennan, MD, FACP, Alan A. and Edith […]
Renal Staff Microgrants 2017 Open for Submissions
Got an idea that could make a difference in patient care? Do you have an idea that just might work? We urge you to apply for a Renal Staff Microgrant by January 3, 2017. Help the Division of Nephrology make a difference in the care and lives of the patients in our clinics and dialysis […]