The National Kidney Foundation is honoring Eduardo Slatopolsky, MD, Professor Emeritus, Division of Nephrology, with the 2016 Award of Excellence at their 30th Annual NKF Gala, to be held November 12 at the Hilton Saint Louis at the Ballpark. Dr. Slatopolsky’s contributions to the understanding of the pathophysiology of secondary hyperparathyroidism, hyperphosphatemia and vitamin D […]
Tag: Nephrology
3rd Paul Mennes, MD Memorial St. Louis City-Wide Renal Grand Rounds Dinner
The City-Wide Renal Grand Rounds Dinner, co-hosted by the Division of Nephrology at Washington University School of Medicine and the Renal Division at Saint Louis University School of Medicine will be held Thursday, October 27, 2016. The City-Wide Grand Rounds was started over 15 years ago by Steven Bander, MD, an alum of the Nephrology Fellowship […]
AKI – Expanding the ASN Community
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 […]
Welcome Celia Dehn
We are pleased to introduce another new member of our division, Celia Dehn, the Senior Department Accounting Assistant who will be handling the purchasing/accounting functions for the division. Prior to coming to the Division of Nephrology, Celia worked in the Department of Pathology & Immunology for 28 years. Working at WashU is a family affair; […]
WU Nephrology Web Series Tops 10K YouTube Views
Our division is proud to give a hearty round of applause to faculty member Timothy Yau MD, the creator and moderator of the Washington University in St. Louis Nephrology Web Video Series. The series has accumulated 10,000 views in just under 9 months since its debut on YouTube! A “personal interest” in online video gaming […]
Call for 2016 Translational Innovation Grant Proposals
The Renal Division is now accepting applications for its 2016 Translational Innovation Grant. The purpose of this funding program is to provide resources for collaborative research projects between basic and clinical investigators within the Division of Nephrology. Last year’s winners are profiled here. Successful proposals will feature a well-crafted plan for a research project that represents […]
Let’s Get a Conversation Started
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 […]
Barnes-Jewish/WU is #8 in Adult Nephrology Hospitals in the Nation
The Division of Nephrology is proud to announce that Barnes-Jewish Hospital/Washington University is #8 in Adult Nephrology Hospitals in the nation, according to the 2016-2017 U.S. News & World Report Best Hospital list. This is an advancement of two spots since last year, with an overall score of 82.2/100 and a safety score of 3/5. […]
3D Printed Kidney Models Change the Way Surgeons Prepare for Surgery
Additive manufacturing, or 3D printing, of a kidney model was recently used to help save a patient’s real kidney during a complicated surgery to remove a tumor. Jay Bishoff, MD, director of Intermountain Medical Center Urological Institute, radiologist Talmage Shill, MD, and collaborators from the Intermountain Healthcare’s Transformation Laboratory in Murray, Utah, converted raw images […]
Good Vibes
What do you call an elevator full of Nephrologists? A lot of fun! The high level of energy, enthusiasm and cameraderie of the teams that staff the general nephrology consults was captured in a selfie this week. According to Dr. Steven Cheng (the very enthusiastic physician in the back of the photo) all 3 consult […]