John T. Milliken Department of Medicine
The Division of Nephrology would like to wish Vicky Stringer, L.C.S. W., all the best in her retirement. Vicky has been both a dialysis center social worker and renal clinic social worker over the 24 years that she has been with the division. Vicky has served on the board of the National Kidney Foundation for […]
A new study by WU researchers is one of the largest to simultaneously evaluate 10-year outcomes in three important areas of kidney transplantation: calcineurin inhibitor-based immunosuppression, polyomavirus reactivation, and immune responses to kidney-specific self-antigens fibronectin (FN) and collagen type-IV (Col-IV). The study, headed by Daniel C. Brennan, MD, FACP, Alan A. and Edith L. Wolff […]
The Renal Fellow Network (RFN), a website written for renal fellows by renal fellows will announce the NephJC Kidney Awards, Friday, November 18, at the “Tweet-up” at Benny’s Chop House in Chicago, IL. Past honors have been awarded for the best social media participation during ASN Kidney Week, but this year several new categories are […]
The American Society of Nephrology will celebrate its 50th anniversary this year at ASN Kidney Week, November 14-20, 2016, in Chicago, IL. As part of the celebration, the society will recognize all award recipients from the last half-century. Among those to be honored are two members of our division, Jeffrey Miner, PhD, FASN, Professor of […]
Congratulations to faculty member Timothy Yau, MD, who has just been awarded the 2016 ASN Innovation in Kidney Education Award for his Washington University in St. Louis Nephrology Web Video Series. The competition, launched in 2015, encourages development of innovative approaches to teach medical students, residents and fellows about kidney health and disease. Applicants are judged […]
A group from Washington University involved in a collaborative effort to combat an epidemic of chronic kidney disease in Latin America recently returned from scientific conferences in Guatemala City, Guatemala. MesoAmerican Nephropathy (MeN) is an unexplained epidemic of CKD prevalent on the Pacific coast of Latin American, particularly Guatemala, Nicaragua, El Salvador and Costa Rica. […]
Program Director’s Meeting – Hot Topics from the Training Program Exchange > Wednesday, November 16 > Moderator > Hot Topics from the Training Program Exchange > 5:35 p.m. > BR C/D Critical Care Nephrology: Using Prolonged Intermittent RRT in the ICU: How Do I Prescribe It, and When Do I Use It? Wednesday, November 16 […]