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Miner, Vijayan visit Congressman Clay (MO) who will co-sponsor kidney bill
On ASN Kidney Health Advocacy Day, Division of Nephrology faculty members Jeff Miner, PhD and Anitha Vijayan, MD, visited capital hill to advocate for The Living Donor Protection Act of 2016. This piece of legislation would remove barriers to to living donation and help increase access to lifesaving transplants. The bill protects donors by prohibiting […]
Ewelina Betleja, Ph.D. a Winner at 12th Postdoc Symposium
Ewelina Betleja, Ph.D., a postdoctoral fellow in the laboratory of Division of Nephrology faculty member Moe Mahjoub, Ph.D., was one of four winners of the 12th Annual Postdoc Symposium held today. The focus of Ewelina’s work is to better understand how cells build a primary cilium, a critical cellular organelle that acts like an “antenna” […]
Ballad of the sad kidney
Want to know a good way to liven up a renal pathophysiology course? Form a faculty band and write a song called “The Ballad of the Sad Kidney.” That’s what happened when Associate Professor Steven Cheng, MD, challenged his students to correctly answer the majority of questions during a renal lecture. If they did, he […]
Alumni Focus: Jerome Tannenbaum MD, PhD
Dr. Jerome Tannenbaum hasn’t taken your typical career path. A passionate clinician who previously had vibrant private practices in Dallas and Nashville while also on the faculty of Southwestern Medical School and Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Tannenbaum transitioned into business and entrepreneurial roles to improve the delivery of care to dialysis patients. “In 1985, […]
WU Technology Improves Dialysis Care
Can a simple text or an automated phone call dramatically reduce the number of missed dialysis appointments and hospitalizations due to renal complications? The answer, amazingly, is ‘yes,’ thanks to an innovative message-based technology platform developed by Washington University students. “I was shocked that something so simple could have such a profound result,” says nephrologist […]
Pretransplant Midodrine a Risk for Transplant Complications
In this month’s Transplantation, Tarek Alhamad, MD, reports that the use of midorine to maintain blood pressure during dialysis associates with transplant complications. The study integrated three databases for the analysis, the Organ Procurement and Transplant Network, pharmaceutical claims data and Medicare billing claims databases. In an accompanying editorial, Chon and Josephson write, “Beyond its […]
Yau Selected Coursemaster, Practice of Medicine
Dr. Timothy Yau has been selected as the new Practice of Medicine I and III coursemaster, effective April 1. In this role he will be responsible for overseeing the clinical skills education of all first-year medical students in addition to several other content areas contained within the course, as well as directing a monthly lecture […]
CKD & MBD: Past, Present and Future April 8, 2016
Washington University School of Medicine and the Division of Nephrology announces a scientific symposium in honor of the career of Eduardo Slatopolsky, MD. This event will takes place on April 8, 2016, in the Eric P. Newman Conference Center. CME credit is available. The registration fee is complimentary, but registration is required. Learning Objectives: 1) […]
Nephrology Update for the PCP CME Course
The Division of Nephrology is pleased to announce a CME-accredited course, “Nephrology Update for the Primary Care Provider.” The course will take place on April 2, 2016, please register here. This live activity is designed for health care professionals including physicians in training, internists, pharmacists, nephrologists, nurses, and nurse practitioners who are involved in the […]
Youtube Nephrology Teaching Episode #5 Published
Test your diagnostic skills with the case of a young patient with a nephritic presentation: Cr 1.7, 3+ blood, 3+ protein, rbc casts on sediment, UPC = 3.8 g/g and low C3 in a 32 year-old male who developed tea colored urine, edema and hypertension. Dr. Tim Yau has now released the fifth episode of […]