NephMadness 2023 Tips Off Today

The 11th edition of NephMadness officially starts today, March 1, 2023.   The month-long event, hosted by AJKD Blog, is an online, interactive, educational activity modeled on March Madness, the annual US college basketball tournament, except with nephrology concepts.  Social media tools are used to encourage a good-natured, robust discussion about the latest news and […]

Timothy Yau Co-Authors Article to Help Prospective Nephrology Clinician Educators Plot Career Path

Timothy Yau, MD, associate professor of medicine, Division of Nephrology, Washington University in St. Louis, co-authored an article for practicing physicians who want to pursue academia with a focus on education.  The article “The Nephrology Clinician Educator: Pathway and Future” is featured in Advances in Chronic Kidney Diseases (ACKD, Vol 27, Issue 4, 323-319, Epub […]

WU Nephrology Represented in 2019 Nephrology Social Media Collective Internship

The Nephrology Social Media Collective (NSMC) has announced the members of its 2019 internship, three of whom are affiliated with WU’s Division of Nephrology:  Dr. Madhuri Ramakrishnan, a first-year nephrology fellow; Dr. Yasar Caliskan, a visiting researcher in the Sanjay Jain Laboratory, and Dr. Sam Krishnamoorthy, a former nephrology fellow. Acknowledging the ever-increasing importance of […]

Yau’s New Podcast Format Merges Nephrology, History and Storytelling

Assistant Professor of Medicine Timothy Yau wants to tell you a good story. Yau is branching out from the usual clinical and pathology discussions found in his award-winning Washington University Nephrology Web Video Series in order to emphasize some of the incredible things that have happened in the field of nephrology over the course of […]

Drs. Steven Cheng and Timothy Yau Rewarded for Excellence in Teaching

Congratulations to nephrologists Steven Cheng, Associate Professor of Medicine, and Timothy Yau, Assistant Professor of Medicine, who were honored at the Distinguished Service Teaching Awards ceremony on October 24, 2017. The awards, presented to faculty and house staff who have made “significant contributions to the training of future physicians,” are determined by the Washington University […]