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Check out the latest DOM Insider newsletter, celebrating all that is happening this fall across the WashU Med Department...
11/03/2025

Check out the latest DOM Insider newsletter, celebrating all that is happening this fall across the WashU Med Department of Medicine. Big shout-out to those highlighted from WashU Nephrology!

The newest DOM Insider is Available - celebrating all that is happening this fall across the Department of Medicine!
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We’re wrapping up fellowship recruitment and welcoming outstanding candidates while residency recruitment is well underway.

The opening of the new Barnes-Jewish Hospital Patient Care Tower marks a major milestone—enhancing patient-centered care with innovative technology and healing spaces.

Our DOM Spotlight features Dr. Kandice Roberts, a hematology-oncology fellow whose work in Kenya is helping strengthen global cancer research and care.

Read the Fall 2025 edition of DOM Insider for more on these updates and stories that reflect our department’s commitment to excellence and innovation > https://t.e2ma.net/message/jyrl5p/ffmdr6cd

Houston, here we come! WashU Nephrology is headed to the American Society of Nephrology Kidney Week 2025, Nov 5–9. Check...
10/30/2025

Houston, here we come! WashU Nephrology is headed to the American Society of Nephrology Kidney Week 2025, Nov 5–9.

Check out our ASN Kidney Week Calendar 2025, highlighting our faculty, fellows, and staff, who will share groundbreaking research, lead expert sessions, and more.

ASN Kidney Week returns November 5-9, 2025, in Houston, TX. There will be no virtual or hybrid option this year; however, recorded educational content will be available on demand on the ASN eLearning Center in late November or early December. WashU Nephrology will once again be strongly represented...

Check out the link below to see pictures of WashU Nephrology celebrating Diwali, the Festival of Lights, one of the most...
10/24/2025

Check out the link below to see pictures of WashU Nephrology celebrating Diwali, the Festival of Lights, one of the most significant religious festivals for Hindus.

It was a joyful gathering filled with Indian sweets, savory snacks, and Masala chai. The event featured hands-on activities, including Paint the Diya (decorating clay lamps to take home), henna tattoos, and Rangoli drawing – an age-old art form that symbolizes joy and good fortune.

Thanks to Hemalatha Sundaramoorthi, PhD, a Senior Scientist in the Humphreys Lab, who organized the celebration, and to Meei-Hua Lin, PhD, a Senior Scientist in the Jeffrey Miner Laboratory for the pictures of the celebration.

Last week, Members of WashU Nephrology came together to celebrate Diwali, the Festival of Lights, with a joyful gathering filled with Indian sweets, savory snacks, and Masala chai (spiced black tea). The event featured hands-on activities including Paint the Diya (decorating clay lamps to take home)...

So proud to celebrate our Chief, Dr. Benjamin Humphreys, on his appointment to the American Society of Nephrology Execut...
10/17/2025

So proud to celebrate our Chief, Dr. Benjamin Humphreys, on his appointment to the American Society of Nephrology Executive Council. Dr. Humphreys will help guide strategic decisions, advocacy, and scientific programming that shape the future of nephrology at a national level.

Appointment as Executive Councilor places Humphreys on the presidential track for the American Society of Nephrology. He is slated to serve as ASN President in 2028.

WashU Nephrology is celebrating the appointment of Benjamin Humphreys, MD, PhD – Joseph Friedman Professor of Renal Diseases in Medicine and Chief of the Division of Nephrology – as the newest Executive Councilor of the American Society of Nephrology (ASN). A prominent figure in kidney research ...

Thrilled to share that transplant nephrologist Anuja Java, MD, has received a Clinical and Translational Science Award (...
10/16/2025

Thrilled to share that transplant nephrologist Anuja Java, MD, has received a Clinical and Translational Science Award (U54) for her leading role in the newly funded Thrombotic Microangiopathies (TMAs) Consortium of the Rare Disease Clinical Research Network (RDCRN).

The initiative, known as the IMPACT Study, will work to advance diagnosis and treatment of TMAs, rare but serious conditions involving blood clotting in small vessels, often leading to organ damage. Read more:

WashU Nephrology is proud to announce that transplant nephrologist Anuja Java, MD, has received a Clinical and Translational Science Award (U54) for her role in the newly funded Thrombotic Microangiopathies Consortium of the Rare Disease Clinical Research Network(RDCRN). The initiative, known as the...

🎉 Big congratulations to physician-scientist Monica Chang-Panesso, MD, WashU Nephrology, on her first NIH RO1 grant for ...
10/10/2025

🎉 Big congratulations to physician-scientist Monica Chang-Panesso, MD, WashU Nephrology, on her first NIH RO1 grant for her study "Cellular Senescence and the Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) to Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) transition."

Read more about her research here:

WashU Nephrology proudly congratulates Monica Chang-Panesso, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, on receiving her first NIH RO1 grant. The four-year, $1.5 million award will support her research project: Cellular Senescence and the Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) to Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) transitio...

WashU Nephrology proudly welcomes Dr. Samir Parikh, Chief of Nephrology at UT Southwestern Medical Center, who will deli...
10/03/2025

WashU Nephrology proudly welcomes Dr. Samir Parikh, Chief of Nephrology at UT Southwestern Medical Center, who will deliver the Eduardo Slatopolsky Lecture at the WashU Med Department of Medicine Grand Rounds, Thurs Oct 9, 2025, 8:00-9:00 a.m., in Clopton Auditorium, Wohl Clinic.
Topic: Metabolic Frailty in the Kidney.

Samir Parikh, MD, Professor of Medicine and Pharmacology and Chief of Nephrology at UT Southwestern, will deliver the Eduardo Slatopolsky Lecture in Renal and Electrolyte Disorders at Medicine Grand Rounds, Thursday, October 9, 2025, 8:00-9:00 a.m., in Clopton Auditorium, Wohl Clinic. His talk is ti...

🎉 Congratulations to Morgan Schoer, MD, recipient of the 2025 Nathan Hellman Memorial Teacher of the Year Award! Selecte...
09/26/2025

🎉 Congratulations to Morgan Schoer, MD, recipient of the 2025 Nathan Hellman Memorial Teacher of the Year Award!

Selected by WashU Nephrology fellows, this honor reflects her dedication to education, advocacy, & mentorship.

Our fellows shared their reflections on Dr. Schoer’s impact as a teacher. Follow the link to learn why she was chosen for this award:

WashU Nephrology congratulates Morgan Schoer, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, on receiving the 2025 Nathan Hellman Memorial Teacher of the Year Award. Dr. Schoer joined our faculty in 2023 and assumed the role of  Associate Program Director of our Nephrology Fellowship Program, of which she ...

“The important thing we tell our fellows is to always have curiosity, to read, and to engage in discussion," says transp...
09/19/2025

“The important thing we tell our fellows is to always have curiosity, to read, and to engage in discussion," says transplant nephrologist Dr. Massini Merzkani, recipient of WashU Nephrology's Transplant Teaching Award.

Dr. Merzkani is now a two-time honoree! He received this award 2 out of the past 3 years for his dedication to education! Congratulations! 🏆👏

Read more about Dr. Merzkani:

WashU Nephrology is pleased to announce that Massini Merzkani, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, has been named the recipient of our 2025 Transplant Teaching Award.  “This is the highest level of appreciation for teaching in the Transplant Nephrology Section and reflects Dr. Merzkani‘s str...

Congratulations to Ying Maggie Chen, MD, PhD, FASN, who is featured in the September issue of the Division of Physician-...
09/15/2025

Congratulations to Ying Maggie Chen, MD, PhD, FASN, who is featured in the September issue of the Division of Physician-Scientists (DPS) newsletter!

Dr. Chen is a nephrotic syndrome specialist, physician-scientist, and director of two rare kidney disease clinics at WashU Nephrology. Read the DPS interview here:

Congratulations to Ying Maggie Chen, MD, PhD, FASN, who is featured in the September issue of the Division of Physician-Scientists (DPS) newsletter. Dr. Chen is a physician-scientist specializing in nephrotic syndrome and rare, protein-spilling kidney diseases and autosomal dominant tubulointerstiti...

Great news for women's health research! Anuja Java, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine and transplant nephrologist at W...
09/05/2025

Great news for women's health research!

Anuja Java, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine and transplant nephrologist at WashU Nephrology, has been awarded a prestigious research grant from the Foundation for Women’s Health. Her project, one of the foundation’s inaugural $1 million awards, investigates the role of genetic drivers of - work that could lead to early diagnosis and targeted therapies.

“This grant is a tremendous opportunity to investigate the role of the complement system in preeclampsia, a condition that threatens the lives of so many women and infants," says Dr. Java, an esteemed research scientist. "I am hopeful our work will lay the foundation for earlier diagnosis and new therapies that can save lives. I am very grateful for the support from FWH!”

Congratulations, Dr. Java! Read more:

Anuja Java, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine and transplant nephrologist at WashU Nephrology, has been awarded a prestigious research grant from the Foundation for Women’s Health.  Her project, one of the foundation’s inaugural $1 million awards, investigates the role of complement system dy...

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