Megan Gates, MD, MS

Megan Gates, MD, MS, MS, is a joint fellow in neonatal-perinatal medicine and pediatric nephrology at UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh. Her research interests include differences in functional kidney reserve due to prematurity. Her current project involves investigating novel urinary biomarkers in preterm neonates to predict risk of progression to chronic kidney disease after discharge from the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. She completed her undergraduate degree and a master’s degree in biology at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, medical school and a master’s degree in Graduate Medical Sciences at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, and pediatric residency at the Harriet Lane Pediatric Residency Program at the Johns Hopkins Children’s Center.