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Division of Nephrology and Hypertension

The Saint Louis University Division of Nephrology offers comprehensive care for patients with acute and chronic disorders of the kidney and urinary tract.

Department faculty pose for a group photo in the hallway of a SLU School of Medicine building.
 

Our clinical services include inpatient and outpatient hemodialysis, critical care nephrology, continuous renal replacement therapies, peritoneal dialysis, renal transplantation, renal biopsy and imaging, interventional nephrology and advanced hypertension care. Since our inception, our goal has been focused on building a world class comprehensive training program.

Our program has been continuously accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) for more than 30 years and we have graduated nearly 100 fellows.

Many of our fellows have gone on to successful careers, either in academic medicine or as clinical nephrologists. We offer robust inpatient and outpatient rotations, focused on all forms of renal replacement therapy (hemodialysis, continuous renal replacement therapies, peritoneal dialysis and home therapies), renal transplantation, interventional nephrology, advanced hypertension diagnosis and management, and a wide range of general nephrology problems (glomerular disease, fluid and electrolyte disorders, acute and chronic kidney disease).

Faculty

  • John Edwards, M.D., Ph.D.
    Professor and division director
    Badeeh A. and Catherine V. Bander Professor of Internal Medicine 
  • Krista Lentine, M.D., Ph.D.
    Professor and associate division director 
    Vice chair of internal medicine research 
  • Kana Miyata, M.D.
    Assistant professor, nephrology fellowship program
    General nephrology
  • Geetha Maddukuri, M.D.
    Associate professor and associate program director, nephrology fellowship program 
    VA Staff Physician, general nephrology 
  • Aliza Memon, M.D.
    Instructor, general and interventional nephrology
  • Bahar Bastani, M.D.
    Professor, transplant nephrology
  • Ezequiel Bellorin-Font, M.D.
    Assistant professor, general nephrology and dialysis
  • Fadee Abu Al Rub, M.D.
    Assistant professor, transplant nephrology
  • Kevin J. Martin, M.B., C.Ch., F.A.S.N.
    Professor, general and interventional nephrology
  • Kunal Malhotra, M.D.
    Assiociate professor, general hephrology and dialysis
  • Marie Philipneri, M.D, Ph.D.
    Professor
    VA staff physician, hypertension and dialysis
  • Mowaffaq Said, M.D.
    Associate professor, general nephrology and dialysis
  • Nourhan Houjeij, M.D.
    Instructor, general and interventional nephrology
  • Posan Limbu, M.D.
    Assistant professor, general and critical care hephrology
  • Stephanie Shieh, M.D.
    Associate professor
    General and critical care nephrology  
  • Thanh-Mai Vo, M.D.
    Associate professor, general and interventional nephrology
  • Yasar Caliskan, M.D.
    Assistant professor
    Transplant nephrology