2025 NKF Annual Kidney Walk a Success!

A heartfelt THANK YOU to everyone who contributed to the success of the National Kidney Foundation (NKF) annual St. Louis Kidney Walk, held last Sunday, March 23, 2025.  Our WashU Nephrology team not only met their fundraising goal of $2500, but exceeded it by raising $3022!  “It was wet, and it was cold, but there was […]

Nephrologist Manasa Metireddy Receives 2025 Dean’s Impact Award

Congratulations to Manasa Metireddy, MD, Assiociate Professor of Medicine, WashU Nephrology, for being one of the ten Department of Medicine’s faculty members recently honored with the 2025 Dean’s Impact Award.   The award recognizes individuals who demonstrate exceptional dedication to mentorship, sponsorship, and service.  Introduced in 2023 to honor faculty members for their resourcefulness and creativity […]

Order Now – WashU Nephrology T-Shirts for 2025 NKF Kidney Walk

WashU Nephrology T-shirts are now available to order for the upcoming 2025 NKF Kidney Walk on Sunday, March 23, 2025, 11:00 a.m. at Westport Plaza, St. Louis.  Every purchase includes a donation to our team! Payment is accepted through Venmo or cash.  The Venmo link will be provided after order is confirmed. T-shirt orders will […]

National Kidney Foundation Award of Excellence Presented to Benjamin Humphreys

Benjamin Humphreys, MD, PhD, the Joseph Friedman Professor of Renal Disease and Chief of the Division of Nephrology at WashU Medicine, was honored with the 2024 National Kidney Foundation (NKF) Award of Excellence.   An internationally acclaimed physician-scientist, Humphreys’ research focuses on the cellular and molecular mechanisms of kidney regeneration, with the goal of identifying […]

Join the WashU Nephrology Team at the 2025 NKF Kidney Walk

Please join the WashU Nephrology team at the St. Louis National Kidney Foundation (NKF) Kidney Walk on March 23, 2025, at 11:00 am.  The event will be held at 111 West Port Plaza Dr., St. Louis, MO 63146.  Enjoy a fun day with our kidney community!  All WashU faculty, staff and patients are welcome to get involved.  Register to walk with […]

Fourth Annual NKF Fellows Renal Roundtable Tackles Nephrology Care Challenges & Clinical Innovations for the Community

The fourth National Kidney Foundation (NKF) Annual Fellows Renal Roundtable, will be held Thursday, December 5, 2024, 5:00 – 7:30 PM, at the Sheraton Westport Chalet Hotel, 191 Westport Plaza, St. Louis, MO, 63146.  The professional education and networking event is a collaboration of WashU and SSM Health Saint Louis University (SLU) nephrology programs. Renal fellows […]

ASN Kidney Week 2024 Calendar

Early Program Tuesday, October 22, 2024 Annual Meeting Thursday, October 24, 2024 Friday, October 25, 2024 Saturday, October 26, 2024 Sunday, October 27, 2024

WashU Nephrology Celebrates Length of Service Milestones

WashU Nephrology celebrated our FY23-24 Length of Service awardees at a luncheon in the Chromalloy Conference Room on June 25, 2024.  Certificates were handed out to 21 individuals marking 5 to 40 years of service in our Division.  (Offsite locations – North County and Forest Park Kidney Center – will have length of service luncheons […]

Researcher Pierre Isnard Rock and Rolls with Benny and the Frogs

”I’ve always loved listening to music,” says Pierre Isnard, MD, PhD, a pathologist at Necker Hospital in Paris, France, now on leave to study molecular signatures in kidney disease pathologic samples here at WashU Nephrology.  “I started by learning the piano when I was in primary school, then became fascinated by drums and percussion when […]