The faculty in the Division of Nephrology at Washington University School of Medicine is committed to high quality patient care and to the advancement of nephrology research.

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Tarek Alhamad, MD, MS, FACP, FASN

Tarek Alhamad, MD, MS, FACP, FASN

Associate Professor of Medicine, Medical Director of Transplant Nephrology, Division of Nephrology

Interests: Antibody mediated rejection, high risk kidney transplantation, recurrent glomerulonephritis, donation after cardiac death, immunosuppression minimization, kidney and pancreas transplant outcomes.

Jeannine Basta, PhD

Jeannine Basta, PhD

Assistant Professor of Research, Division of Nephrology

Research interests: renal progenitor cell regulation during embryonic kidney development, chromatin remodeling complexes and their role in kidney development and disease, congenital renal birth defects, acute kidney injury and repair, and therapies to ameliorate kidney fibrosis after injury.

Monica Chang-Panesso, MD

Monica Chang-Panesso, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Nephrology

Research interests include the molecular mechanisms that impair the regenerative response after acute kidney injury, particularly in aging.

Feng Chen, PhD

Feng Chen, PhD

Professor of Medicine, Division of Nephrology

Interests: Molecular genetic studies of urogenital diseases, urogenital development, Calcineurin-NFAT, molecular genetics, diabetes insipidus, collecting duct, prostate cancer.

Ying (Maggie) Chen, MD, PhD

Ying (Maggie) Chen, MD, PhD

Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Nephrology

Primary nephrotic syndromes including focal segmental glomerulosclerosis, membranous nephropathy and minimal change disease; renal thrombotic microangiopathy; acid-base and electrolyte disorders

Steven Cheng, MD

Steven Cheng, MD

Professor of Medicine, Nephrology/Internal Medicine

Interests: General nephrology, diabetic nephropathy, chronic kidney disease, disorders of fluids and electrolytes, hematuria/proteinuria, medical education, nephrogenic systemic fibrosis, mineral/bone disease.

Andy Chuu, MD

Andy Chuu, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Nephrology

Interests: Cardiovascular diseases in chronic kidney disease and end-stage renal disease.

Daniel W. Coyne, MD

Daniel W. Coyne, MD

Professor of Medicine, Nephrology/Internal Medicine

Interests: Providing comprehensive care to patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD), hypertension, proteinuria, glomerular diseases, inherited kidney diseases, fluid and electrolyte disorders and care for patients requiring chronic dialysis.

Rowena Delos Santos, MD

Rowena Delos Santos, MD

Associate Professor of Medicine, Transplant Nephrology, Division of Nephrology

Interests: Pancreas and kidney transplant and ABO incompatible transplants, immunosuppression management, infectious complications in transplantation, treatment and prevention of transplant rejection, recurrence of primary renal diseases in the transplanted kidney, transplant outcomes.

Karen Marie Flores, MD

Karen Marie Flores, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Nephrology

 

Clinical Interests:

  • Prevention and treatment of kidney transplant rejection
  • Infectious Complications in Transplantation
Leslie Gewin, MD

Leslie Gewin, MD

Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Nephrology

Dr. Gewin sees patients for chronic kidney disease, acute kidney injury, and general nephrology.  Research interests include mechanisms of chronic kidney disease progression, treatment options to halt kidney disease progression.

Seth Goldberg, MD

Seth Goldberg, MD

Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Nephrology

Interests: Polycystic kidney disease (PKD), transplantation donor evaluation, calcium-phosphorus metabolism and bone-mineral disease, kidney stones, high blood pressure, dialysis.

Reena Gurung, MBBS

Reena Gurung, MBBS

Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Nephrology

Dr. Gurung’s clinical and research interests include glomerular disease and chronic kidney disease.

Andreas Herrlich, MD, PhD

Andreas Herrlich, MD, PhD

Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Nephrology

Dr. Herrlich specializes in the care of patients with acute kidney injury and chronic kidney disease. In his research lab, Dr. Herrlich and his team focus on acute kidney injury and its connection to the development and progression of chronic kidney disease.

Benjamin D. Humphreys, MD, PhD

Benjamin D. Humphreys, MD, PhD

Joseph Friedman Professor of Renal Diseases in Medicine and Chief, Division of Nephrology

Interests: Mechanisms of acute and chronic kidney injury, stem cells, regeneration, fibrosis.

Sanjay Jain, MD, PhD

Sanjay Jain, MD, PhD

Professor of Medicine, Division of Nephrology

Interests: Kidney development, ureter development, congenital anomalies of the kidney and urinary tract (CAKUT), acute kidney injury, genomics, neurodevelopment, GDNF, RET, branching morphogenesis, genetics, biobanking, translational research, biomarkers, regeneration, stem cells, bladder regeneration, bladder pain.

See Sanjay Jain Lab here.

George Jarad, MD

George Jarad, MD

Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Nephrology

Interests: Kidney transplant, kidney transplant recipient evaluation, kidney disease in solid organ transplant recipient, glomerulonephritis, proteinuria, hematuria, high blood pressure, hemodialysis, proteinuria, focal segmental glomerulosclerosis, proteinuric kidney disease recurrence after kidney transplant, Alport syndrome.

Anuja Java, MD

Anuja Java, MD

Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Nephrology

Interests: Kidney transplantation, recurrent glomerulonephritis, chronic kidney disease and fluid and electrolyte disorders.

Her research focuses on investigating the role of complement receptors and regulators in the pathogenesis of immune and inflammatory processes in the kidney.

Patricia F. Kao, MD, MS

Patricia F. Kao, MD, MS

Professor of Medicine, Division of Nephrology

Dr. Kao specializes in the care of acute kidney injury, renal disease in pregnancy, electrolyte disorders, and chronic kidney disease.

Charbel C. Khoury, MD

Charbel C. Khoury, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Nephrology

Dr. Khoury brings a combined expertise as a nephrologist, clinical nutrition physician, and obesity medicine physician. He is uniquely positioned to collaborate on the care of kidney disease patients with diabetes, obesity, as well as patients who have undergone bariatric surgery or endobariatric procedures. Additionally, he appreciates the challenges of managing nephrology patients with protein energy wasting and other metabolic disorders.

Kelli King-Morris, MD

Kelli King-Morris, MD

Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Nephrology

Dr. King-Morris is an accomplished clinical educator and mentor.  Her interests in clinical research include pregnancy related kidney diseases and diabetic nephropathy.

Lisa Koester-Wiedemann, ANP, CNN-NP

Lisa Koester-Wiedemann, ANP, CNN-NP

Renal Nurse Practitioner

Interests: Clinical coverage of in-center hemodialysis, home dialysis (hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis), Rehabilitation Institute of St. Louis and chronic kidney disease (CKD) population, quality assurance, dialysis modality options, clinical education.

Tingting Li, MD, MSCI

Tingting Li, MD, MSCI

Professor of Medicine, Nephrology/Internal Medicine

Interests: Glomerular diseases, glomerulonephritis, nephrotic syndrome, lupus nephritis, ANCA-associated vasculitis, amyloidosis, proteinuria, hematuria, chronic kidney disease, acute kidney injury, hypertension, electrolyte disorders, hemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis

Dennis P. Littleton, ANP

Dennis P. Littleton, ANP

Nurse Practitioner

Dennis Littleton worked at the Surgical Intensive Care Unit at BJC Hospital for nine years before coming to the Division of Nephrology.

Moe R. Mahjoub, PhD

Moe R. Mahjoub, PhD

Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Nephrology

Interests: Cilia, centrosome, microtubule cytoskeleton, ciliopathies, cystic kidney disease, primary cilia dyskinesia, cancer.

Gonzalo Matzumura Umemoto, MD

Gonzalo Matzumura Umemoto, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Nephrology

Clinical interests: General nephrology, home dialysis, kidney biopsy, point of care ultrasound.

Research interests: Functional renal imaging, point of care ultrasound and home dialysis.

Kelsie Mentz, AGACNP-BC

Kelsie Mentz, AGACNP-BC

Transplant Nurse Practitioner

Interests: I enjoy furthering my clinical knowledge in general nephrology as well as transplant nephrology.  In conjunction with my critical care knowledge and background, I appreciate/enjoy learning more about pre-, intra-, and post-transplant nephrology.

Massini A Merzkani, MD

Massini A Merzkani, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Interests:  Long term renal allograft survival, Recurrent glomerulonephritis after transplantation, complications related to kidney transplantation.

Manasa Metireddy, MD

Manasa Metireddy, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Dr. Metireddy’s areas of clinical interest are Acute kidney injury, chronic kidney disease, proteinuria, hematuria, hemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis, hypertension. Dr. Metireddy comes to Washington University from private practice. She is initiating a new inpatient service at Christian Hospital and also provides care in our new dialysis unit in North County. She has deep clinical experience as both a private practice nephrologist and a hospitalist. WU Nephrology believes the community-based practice model will allow us to better provide our superior care to patients in their communities.

Jeffrey H. Miner, PhD, FASN

Jeffrey H. Miner, PhD, FASN

Eduardo and Judith Slatopolsky Endowed Professor of Medicine in Nephrology

Interests: Glomerular basement membrane (GBM), extracellular matrix, Alport syndrome, Pierson syndrome, congenital anomalies of the kidney and urinary tract (CAKUT), laminin, collagen, nephrotic syndrome, proteinuria.