University of Virginia Medical Center Transplant Nephrology

Fellowship · Charlottesville, VA

Sponsored by University of Virginia Medical Center · Director Jeanne Kamal

Jeanne Kamal, MD
Program Director, Transplant Nephrology Fellowship
Nephrologist, Associate Professor at University of Virginia Medical Center
Monoclonal immunoglobulin associated renal disease, recurrence of glomerular disease post transplantation
Angie Nishio-Lucar, MD
Associate Program Director, Transplant Nephrology Fellowship
Nephrologist, Assistant Professor of Medicine at University of Virginia Medical Center
Non-infectious complications in the renal patient, barriers to transplantation, obesity and transplantation
Brendan Bowman, MD
Division Chief
Nephrologist, Associate Professor at University of Virginia Medical Center
Mobile health technology and kidney disease, anemia of chronic kidney disease, applied health analytics
Alden Doyle, MD, MS
Faculty
Nephrologist, Professor at University of Virginia Medical Center
Transplantation of HIV-positive patients, transplant dermatology, CKD following nonrenal transplantation
Antoine Dfouni, MD
Fellow
Transplant Nephrology fellow, University of Virginia Medical Center
Didier Portilla, MD
Admin Contact
Nephrologist, Professor of Medicine at University of Virginia Medical Center
PPAR alpha’s role in AKI and pericytes’ role in progressive fibrosis., Research Summary, At the cellular level, understand the mechanisms leading to proximal tubule cell death during Acute Kidney Injury(AKI).
Guofen Yan, PhD
Admin Contact
Professor of Biostatistics at University of Virginia Medical Center
Epidemiology, outcomes, and health disparities in chronic kidney disease, Competing risks and multistate models, Multilevel modeling, Bayesian methods and applications
Joseph Leeds, MD
Faculty
Nephrologist, Assistant Professor at University of Virginia Medical Center
Junlan Yao, PhD
Admin Contact
Assistant Professor of Research at University of Virginia Medical Center
Acute kidney injury., Clinical Operations, Research, The Nephrology Clinical Research Center and IGNITE-KUH Clinical and Translational Science Support Core
Karen Warburton, MD
Faculty
Nephrologist, Professor at University of Virginia Medical Center
Lobo, MD
Transplant Nephrologist
Professor of Medicine, Medicine- Nephrology
Rahul Sharma, MD, PhD
Admin Contact
Nephrologist, Associate Professor at University of Virginia Medical Center
Regulatory T Cell biology in Inflammatory and Autoimmune Diseases., Modulating homeostasis of immune-regulatory lymphocytes, Regulatory T cells (Treg) exert the primary mechanism of peripheral tolerance. Treg deficiency causes early mortality in mice and humans., PD-1 pathway and T-regulatory cells in Acute Kidney Injury
Sarthak Virmani, MBBS
Faculty
Nephrologist, Associate Professor of Medicine at University of Virginia Medical Center
Swati Rao, MD, MBBS
Faculty
Associate Professor of Medicine
Sylvia Cechova, PhD
Assistant Professor of Research
Assistant Professor of Research at University of Virginia Medical Center
Acute and Chronic kidney disease
Uta Erdbrügger, MD
Admin Contact
Nephrologist, Professor at University of Virginia Medical Center
Biomarker of endothelial damage, CMV infection in transplantation, Extracellular Vesicles novel bio-markers and bio-activators in HTN and Kidney disease., Research Summary

Jeanne Kamal, MD
Program Director, Transplant Nephrology Fellowship
Nephrologist, Associate Professor at University of Virginia Medical Center
Monoclonal immunoglobulin associated renal disease, recurrence of glomerular disease post transplantation
Angie Nishio-Lucar, MD
Associate Program Director, Transplant Nephrology Fellowship
Nephrologist, Assistant Professor of Medicine at University of Virginia Medical Center
Non-infectious complications in the renal patient, barriers to transplantation, obesity and transplantation
Brendan Bowman, MD
Division Chief
Nephrologist, Associate Professor at University of Virginia Medical Center
Mobile health technology and kidney disease, anemia of chronic kidney disease, applied health analytics
Alden Doyle, MD, MS
Faculty
Nephrologist, Professor at University of Virginia Medical Center
Transplantation of HIV-positive patients, transplant dermatology, CKD following nonrenal transplantation
Antoine Dfouni, MD
Fellow
Transplant Nephrology fellow, University of Virginia Medical Center
Didier Portilla, MD
Admin Contact
Nephrologist, Professor of Medicine at University of Virginia Medical Center
PPAR alpha’s role in AKI and pericytes’ role in progressive fibrosis., Research Summary, At the cellular level, understand the mechanisms leading to proximal tubule cell death during Acute Kidney Injury(AKI).
Guofen Yan, PhD
Admin Contact
Professor of Biostatistics at University of Virginia Medical Center
Epidemiology, outcomes, and health disparities in chronic kidney disease, Competing risks and multistate models, Multilevel modeling, Bayesian methods and applications
Joseph Leeds, MD
Faculty
Nephrologist, Assistant Professor at University of Virginia Medical Center
Junlan Yao, PhD
Admin Contact
Assistant Professor of Research at University of Virginia Medical Center
Acute kidney injury., Clinical Operations, Research, The Nephrology Clinical Research Center and IGNITE-KUH Clinical and Translational Science Support Core
Karen Warburton, MD
Faculty
Nephrologist, Professor at University of Virginia Medical Center
Lobo, MD
Transplant Nephrologist
Professor of Medicine, Medicine- Nephrology
Rahul Sharma, MD, PhD
Admin Contact
Nephrologist, Associate Professor at University of Virginia Medical Center
Regulatory T Cell biology in Inflammatory and Autoimmune Diseases., Modulating homeostasis of immune-regulatory lymphocytes, Regulatory T cells (Treg) exert the primary mechanism of peripheral tolerance. Treg deficiency causes early mortality in mice and humans., PD-1 pathway and T-regulatory cells in Acute Kidney Injury
Sarthak Virmani, MBBS
Faculty
Nephrologist, Associate Professor of Medicine at University of Virginia Medical Center
Swati Rao, MD, MBBS
Faculty
Associate Professor of Medicine
Sylvia Cechova, PhD
Assistant Professor of Research
Assistant Professor of Research at University of Virginia Medical Center
Acute and Chronic kidney disease
Uta Erdbrügger, MD
Admin Contact
Nephrologist, Professor at University of Virginia Medical Center
Biomarker of endothelial damage, CMV infection in transplantation, Extracellular Vesicles novel bio-markers and bio-activators in HTN and Kidney disease., Research Summary