John T. Milliken Department of Medicine
WashU Nephrology is proud to announce leadership changes in our Nephrology Fellowship Program with the promotions of Seth Goldberg, MD, to Director and Frank O’Brien, MD, FASN, to Senior Associate Program Director. Dr. Goldberg is a respected medical educator at WashU. He earned his medical degree from the University of South Florida College of Medicine […]
The thought of passing a kidney stone is unnerving. The sharp, stabbing, “writhing-on-the-floor” pain generally starts in the flank, radiates to the front of the body and then travels to the groin. Often described as the worst pain of one’s life, women claim it is worse than childbirth. The pain, called renal colic, can last […]
“We are taking our outstanding care to the communities where our patients live,” says Dr. Benjamin Humphreys, Chief, Division of Nephrology, commenting on the expansion of the division’s clinical services beyond the Washington University/Barnes campus. The North County Dialysis Center, which opened in February 2018, joins Home Dialysis South in providing more convenient, state-of-the-art services […]
Angiopoietin-1 (Ang-1), a vascular growth factor secreted by kidney proximal tubular cells, pericytes and podocytes, is essential for regulating blood vessel development and repair after injury. Ang-1 is also a promising therapeutic agent to target renal fibrosis, according to a study by WU researchers recently published in PLoSOne, As a result of injury to the […]