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About Us
The mission of the Division of Nephrology is to provide excellence in patient care for children with kidney disease in our community through training kidney researchers and pediatric nephrologists, and leading research in innovative approaches to nephrology.
Our faculty consists of eight pediatric nephrologists, two PhD investigators and one advanced practice provider. Drs. Michael Moritz, Melissa Anslow, Cassandra Formeck, Juhi Kumar and Katherine Kurzinski are focused primarily on clinical activities. Drs. Jacqueline Ho, Dana Fuhrman, and Aidan Porter are focused on research, including basic, translational and patient-oriented discovery. Drs. Sunder Sims-Lucas, PhD, and Rannar Airik, PhD, are engaged in basic science research. Emily Horosko is our APP and sees children with kidney problems in the outpatient setting.
The division has robust external funding for research, including six faculty who are supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The division is a leading recruitment site for the NIH funded CureGN program. The division has active research projects in association with the Pediatric Nephrology Research Consortium. Our division co-hosts the annual Acute Kidney Injury Symposia along with other University of Pittsburgh and UPMC nephrologists and critical care physicians that feature speakers and participants from across the world.
We are a member of the national Improving Renal Outcomes Collaborative, an organization devoted to eliminating the survival disparity between children with kidney diseases and the general population, and Standardizing Care to Improve Outcomes in Pediatric Endstage Kidney Disease (SCOPE) collaborative, which has the goal to prevent infections in children and adolescents on peritoneal dialysis and hemodialysis and spread effective interventions across pediatric care settings.
Education and Training
We provide a variety of education and training experiences including lectures and conferences.
Labs and Faculty Pages
Learn more about our research faculty and laboratories.
Recent Publications
Review a list of publications from the Division of Nephrology.
Directory
Contact faculty and staff of the Division of Nephrology.
Clinical Operations
We operate one of the largest pediatric kidney transplant programs in the country.