John T. Milliken Department of Medicine
Anuja Java, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine at WashU Nephrology, will once again head the Thrombotic Microangiopathy (TMA) Workshop to be held during Kidney Week 2024, the American Society of Nephrology’s (ASN) annual meeting, in San Diego, CA. The workshop will feature talks and in-depth panel discussions on “Genetic and Functional Testing in TMA” as […]
The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) is dedicated to providing quality health care services to Veterans with kidney disease. To spread the word of recent innovative kidney medicine services, research, and resources, they recently published the inaugural edition of their VHA Kidney Medicine Newsletter. WashU Nephrology is proud that our very own Anuja Java, MD, who […]
WashU Nephrology congratulates Anuja Java, MD, who has been appointed to the Veterans Affairs Kidney Medicine Field Advisory Board (FAB). She will head a newly launched kidney transplant subcommittee that is tasked with improving coordination of care and reporting quality of care for Veterans receiving maintenance dialysis in the community with a particular focus on […]
Age-related macular degeneration (AMD), a slowly progressive, neurodegenerative disease, is a leading cause of irreversible blindness worldwide. The number of people with AMD is projected to increase from 196 million in 2020 to 288 million in 2040. While lifestyle factors, such as diet and smoking, are associated with the risk of advanced AMD, it is […]
Anuja Java, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, and Director of Kidney Transplant at the John Cochran VA Medical Center, was awarded a $50,000 renewable grant from the Longer Life Foundation to study why some patients develop severe preeclampsia during pregnancy and if that may be related to a defective complement system. Dr. […]
Anitha Vijayan, MD, Professor of Medicine in the Division of Nephrology, will serve on the steering committee of a new initiative launched by the American Society of Nephrology (ASN) to determine how to save more lives of those suffering from acute kidney injury (AKI). The initiative, funded by a grant from Baxter Healthcare Corporation, is […]