John T. Milliken Department of Medicine
Planning is well underway for Kidney Week 2018, the annual meeting of the American Society of Nephrology (ASN) to be held October 23-28 in San Diego, CA. Dr. Benjamin D. Humphreys, Chief of the Division of Nephrology at Washington University, is Chair of the Program Committee, which develops the basic/clinical science session content and oversees […]
Assistant Professor of Medicine Timothy Yau wants to tell you a good story. Yau is branching out from the usual clinical and pathology discussions found in his award-winning Washington University Nephrology Web Video Series in order to emphasize some of the incredible things that have happened in the field of nephrology over the course of […]
Congratulations to Assistant Professor of Medicine Timothy Yau and his Washington University in St. Louis Nephrology Web Video Series, which just topped 40,000 views on YouTube. In December 2015, Dr. Yau launched the video series as a way to teach clinical nephrology to trainees in an entertaining, web-friendly manner. In the first nine months, the […]
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 […]
The American Society of Nephrology will celebrate its 50th anniversary this year at ASN Kidney Week, November 14-20, 2016, in Chicago, IL. As part of the celebration, the society will recognize all award recipients from the last half-century. Among those to be honored are two members of our division, Jeffrey Miner, PhD, FASN, Professor of […]
Steven Cheng, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine, Nephrology, will take part in a podcast that will be broadcasted during the upcoming ASN Kidney Week 2016 in Chicago, IL, Nov 15-20, 2016. Kidney Week Program Committee Chair Roy Zent, MD, PhD will host the podcast. Dr. Cheng will be recorded along with two or three other […]
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 […]
ASN has created a dedicated site, or Community, for PhDs and MD/PhDs who work in a primarily clinical society to engage with other researchers and scientists from around the world. Jeffrey Miner, PhD, Professor of Medicine in the Division of Nephrology, is one of the Ambassadors of the new Basic Science Research Community. The Community provides […]