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The National Kidney Foundation is honoring  Eduardo Slatopolsky, MD, Professor Emeritus, Division of Nephrology, with the 2016 Award of Excellence at their 30th Annual NKF Gala, to be held November 12 at the Hilton Saint Louis at the Ballpark. Dr. Slatopolsky’s contributions to the understanding of the pathophysiology of secondary hyperparathyroidism, hyperphosphatemia and vitamin D […]

The City-Wide Renal Grand Rounds Dinner, co-hosted by the Division of Nephrology at Washington Uni­versity School of Medicine and the Renal Division at Saint Louis University School of Medicine will be held Thursday, October 27, 2016. The City-Wide Grand Rounds was started over 15 years ago by Steven Bander, MD, an alum of the Nephrology Fellowship […]

Congratulations to Sanjay Jain, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Nephrology and renal pathologist Joseph Gaut, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, Pathology & Immunology, co-authors of the book Diagnostic Pathology: Kidney Diseases, 2nd Edition, which was just awarded First Prize in the British Medical Associations (BMA) annual Medical Book Awards.  The book (Elsevier 2015, […]

Virginia Kelly, the division’s new Office Coordinator, brings a wide range of experience, diverse interests, and a wicked sense of humor to the position.  Virginia spent 15 years as a communications writer and administrative assistant at Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield, first in corporate communications and then in provider relations (but she says to […]

St. Louis was #2 in the nation for fastest growing rate of new startups in a metropolitan area. St. Louis had 4,876 new start-ups in 2014. In a survey of entrepreneurs, the Census Bureau found that 30% of new businesses in Missouri are in health care. Additionally, women own a larger number of startups in […]

ASN has added another dedicated site – the AKI Community – to its line of discussion groups, and nephrologist Anitha Vijayan, MD, FASN, Professor of Medicine in our division, will be one of the initial co-moderators guiding the conversation. “The AKI community subgroup was created specifically to provoke thoughtful discussion among community members who have […]

We are pleased to introduce another new member of our division, Celia Dehn, the Senior Department Accounting Assistant who will be handling the purchasing/accounting functions for the division.  Prior to coming to the Division of Nephrology, Celia worked in the Department of Pathology & Immunology for 28 years.  Working at WashU is a family affair; […]

One of the new faces you may have noticed in the division these past months is Hatice Goshtaiy, our new Research Administrator.  Hatice has been with WashU since 2005.  She worked in the Central Grants Office (OSRS) as a Grant Analyst and then moved on to the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology as a Grant […]

Our division is proud to give a hearty round of applause to faculty member Timothy Yau MD, the creator and moderator of the Washington University in St. Louis Nephrology Web Video Series. The series has accumulated 10,000 views in just under 9 months since its debut on YouTube! A “personal interest” in online video gaming […]