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Tarek Alhamad, MD, MS, FACP, FASN
Professor of Medicine, Medical Director of Transplant Nephrology, Division of Nephrology
- Phone: 314-362-8351
- Fax: 314-362-5470
- Email: talhamad@wustl.edu
Interests: Antibody mediated rejection, high risk kidney transplantation, recurrent glomerulonephritis, donation after cardiac death, immunosuppression minimization, kidney and pancreas transplant outcomes.
Muhammad Yasir Baloch, MBBS
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Nephrology
- Phone: 314-362-9096
- Fax: 314-747-5213
- Email: baloch@wustl.edu
Interests: Cardiorenal syndrome, CKD, dialysis, hypertension, nephrology education, health equity, Artificial Intelligence in everyday clinical care.
Fellowship recruitment & outreach, digital engagement, AI in nephrology, thrombotic microangiopathies.
Jeannine Basta, PhD
Assistant Professor of Research, Division of Nephrology
- Phone: 314-362-8267
- Fax: 314-362-8237
- Email: jbasta@wustl.edu
Research interests: renal progenitor cell regulation during embryonic kidney development, chromatin remodeling complexes and their role in kidney development and disease, congenital renal birth defects, acute kidney injury and repair, and therapies to ameliorate kidney fibrosis after injury.
Monica Chang-Panesso, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Nephrology
- Phone: 314-362-9096
Research interests include the molecular mechanisms that impair the regenerative response after acute kidney injury, particularly in aging.
Feng Chen, PhD
Professor of Medicine, Division of Nephrology
- Phone: 314-362-3162
- Email: fchen@wustl.edu
Interests: Molecular genetic studies of urogenital diseases, urogenital development, Calcineurin-NFAT, molecular genetics, diabetes insipidus, collecting duct, prostate cancer.
Ying (Maggie) Chen, MD, PhD, FASN
Associate Professor of Medicine (with Tenure); Associate Professor of Cell Biology & Physiology (with Tenure)
- Phone: 314-362-7603
- Fax: 314-747-5213
- Email: ychen32@wustl.edu
Primary nephrotic syndromes including focal segmental glomerulosclerosis, membranous nephropathy and minimal change disease; renal thrombotic microangiopathy; acid-base and electrolyte disorders
Steven Cheng, MD
Professor of Medicine, Nephrology/Internal Medicine
- Phone: 314-362-7603
- Fax: 314-747-5213
Interests: General nephrology, diabetic nephropathy, chronic kidney disease, disorders of fluids and electrolytes, hematuria/proteinuria, medical education, nephrogenic systemic fibrosis, mineral/bone disease.
Daniel W. Coyne, MD
Professor of Medicine, Nephrology/Internal Medicine
- Phone: 314-362-7603
Interests: Providing comprehensive care to patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD), hypertension, proteinuria, glomerular diseases, inherited kidney diseases, fluid and electrolyte disorders and care for patients requiring chronic dialysis.
Rowena Delos Santos, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine, Transplant Nephrology, Division of Nephrology
- Phone: 314-362-5365
- Fax: 314-362-5470
- Email: delossantos@wustl.edu
Interests: Pancreas and kidney transplant and ABO incompatible transplants, immunosuppression management, infectious complications in transplantation, treatment and prevention of transplant rejection, recurrence of primary renal diseases in the transplanted kidney, transplant outcomes.
Karen Marie Flores, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Nephrology
- Phone: 314-362-5365
- Fax: Fax 314-362-5470
- Email: Flores@wustl.edu
Interests: Prevention and treatment of kidney transplant rejection, Infectious Complications in Transplantation