Tingting Li, MD, MSCI

Tingting Li, MD, MSCI

Professor of Medicine, Nephrology/Internal Medicine

Interests: Glomerular diseases, glomerulonephritis, nephrotic syndrome, lupus nephritis, ANCA-associated vasculitis, amyloidosis, proteinuria, hematuria, chronic kidney disease, acute kidney injury, hypertension, electrolyte disorders, hemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis

Dennis P. Littleton, ANP

Dennis P. Littleton, ANP

Nurse Practitioner

Dennis Littleton worked at the Surgical Intensive Care Unit at BJC Hospital for nine years before coming to the Division of Nephrology.

Moe R. Mahjoub, PhD

Moe R. Mahjoub, PhD

Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Nephrology

Interests: Cilia, centrosome, microtubule cytoskeleton, ciliopathies, cystic kidney disease, primary cilia dyskinesia, cancer.

Gonzalo Matzumura Umemoto, MD

Gonzalo Matzumura Umemoto, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Nephrology

Clinical interests: General nephrology, home dialysis, kidney biopsy, point of care ultrasound.

Research interests: Functional renal imaging, point of care ultrasound and home dialysis.

Massini A Merzkani, MD

Massini A Merzkani, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Interests:  Long term renal allograft survival, Recurrent glomerulonephritis after transplantation, complications related to kidney transplantation.

Manasa Metireddy, MD

Manasa Metireddy, MD

Associate Professor of Medicine

Dr. Metireddy's areas of clinical interest are Acute kidney injury, chronic kidney disease, proteinuria, hematuria, hemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis, hypertension. Dr. Metireddy comes to Washington University from private practice. She is initiating a new inpatient service at Christian Hospital and also provides care in our new dialysis unit in North County. She has deep clinical experience as both a private practice nephrologist and a hospitalist. WU Nephrology believes the community-based practice model will allow us to better provide our superior care to patients in their communities.

Jeffrey H. Miner, PhD, FASN

Jeffrey H. Miner, PhD, FASN

Eduardo and Judith Slatopolsky Endowed Professor of Medicine in Nephrology

Interests: Glomerular basement membrane (GBM), extracellular matrix, Alport syndrome, Pierson syndrome, congenital anomalies of the kidney and urinary tract (CAKUT), laminin, collagen, nephrotic syndrome, proteinuria.

Taha Mohamed Djirdeh, MD

Taha Mohamed Djirdeh, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Nephrology

Interests:  Chronic Kidney Disease, Hemodialysis, Peritoneal Dialysis, Cardiovascular conditions that overlap with Renal conditions, Hypertension

Aubrey R Morrison, MBBS, MACP, FASN

Aubrey R Morrison, MBBS, MACP, FASN

Emeritus Professor of Medicine, Nephrology/Internal Medicine

Interests: Reno-vascular disease, hypertension and genetic and acquired disorders of sodium, potassium and magnesium handling by the kidney.

Naoka  Murakami, MD, PhD

Naoka Murakami, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Nephrology

Interests: Kidney transplant rejection, Onconephrology, Palliative care for patients living with kidney diseases.  The Murakami Lab’s research focuses on understanding the mechanism of autoimmune kidney diseases and kidney transplant rejection.