John T. Milliken Department of Medicine
The 12th NephMadness is officially underway. The month-long event, hosted by AJKD Blog, is an online, interactive, educational activity modeled on March Madness, the annual US college basketball tournament, with the exception that nephrology topics fill in for basketball teams. Social media tools are used to encourage a good-natured, robust discussion about the latest news […]
Congratulations to Washington University transplant nephrologist Anuja Java, MD, who was recently elected as Secretary of the Women in Nephrology (WIN) organization for 2024-2036. WIN, founded in 1983, promotes professional development, mentorship, and education for women and men in nephrology. Java has extensive experience in the WIN organization. In 2022, she was elected to […]
To optimize the care of patients who are pregnant and have — or develop – kidney complications or diseases, the Division of Nephrology has opened a new Maternal Fetal Medicine Nephrology Clinic. The clinic is led by nephrologist Kelli King-Morris, MD. She will work in partnership with the patient’s primary care physician, obstetrician, maternal fetal […]
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. […]
NephMadness 2018 is officially in full swing. Now in its 6th year, the educational tournament tipped-off on March 15 when the brackets listing 32 nephrology topics were announced. Developed by the team at AJKD Blog (the official blog of the American Journal of Kidney Diseases), the tournament fosters a good-natured competition, while highlighting the latest […]