John T. Milliken Department of Medicine
The 2022 National Kidney Foundation’s Spring Clinical Meetings (SCM22) are currently underway in Boston, MA, April 6-10, with several members of WashU Nephrology in attendance. The annual meeting presents the latest insights into chronic kidney disease care and focuses on translating science into practice for the entire healthcare team. While it is a live […]
A U.S. patent was issued on 12/18/2018 to Division of Nephrology faculty member Ying (Maggie) Chen, MD, PhD, and co-inventor Yeawon Kim for their discovery of noninvasive biomarkers that have the potential to help diagnose certain human kidney diseases in their earliest stages of development. The patent is based on their research published in JCI […]
Thanks to a new study headed by Ying Maggie Chen, MD, PhD, it may soon be possible to diagnose certain human kidney diseases in their earliest stages of development using a noninvasive biomarker of endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress. The study, Elevated Urinary CRELD2 is Associated with Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress-mediated Kidney Disease, was published online in […]
ASN Kidney Week 2017 will be held at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans, LA, Tuesday October 31 through Sunday November 5. Below is a list of those in the Division of Nephrology and Pediatric Nephrology who have abstracts, oral Presentations or will moderate sessions. Wednesday, November 1 Anitha Vijayan, MD, Professor […]
Joseph Gaut, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, Pathology & Immunology, is a busy man. Being the only pathologist with specialized expertise in renal pathology here at WashU, Dr. Gaut signs out every kidney biopsy that comes through the division. This includes all medical biopsies, all transplant biopsies from Barnes-Jewish and Children’s Hospitals and biopsies sent in […]