Contact Information:
University of Washington
Division of Nephrology
Box 356174
1959 NE Pacific St.
EE406
Seattle, WA 98195-6521
Phone: (206) 598-8455
Fax: (206) 598-2208
cdavis@u.washington.edu
Education and Training:
Nephrology Fellowship (1983-84; 85-86)
University of Texas Southwestern
Dallas, TX
Research Fellow (1984-85)
Ludwig Maximillan Universitat, Physiologisches
Institut Munchen, BRD
Medicine Residency
(1980-83)
University of Texas Southwestern
Dallas, TX
Medical School (1976-80)
University of Washington
Seattle, WA
Board Certification:
American Board, Nephrology
American Board, Internal Medicine
Site of Practice:
University of Washington Medical Center
Connie Davis, MD
Professor of Medicine, Division of Nephrology
Director, Kidney Care Line
Medical Director, Kidney-Pancreas Transplantation
Specialty: Transplantation, pregnancy and kidney disease, liver failure and kidney disease, non-renal transplant related kidney disease
Clinical Interests
- Kidney transplant
- Desensitization of the sensitized transplant candidate
- Pregnancy and kidney disease
Research Interests
- Desensitization of the sensitized transplant candidate
- Outcomes of the living renal donor
- Pharmacogenomics and calcineurin inhibitor nephrotoxicity
Current Research
- Investigating if treatment with mycophenolate mofetil will decrease the levels of antidonor antibodies in the highly sensitized patient on the kidney transplant waiting list
- Investigating if treatment with rituximab will decrease the levels of antidonor antibodies in the highly sensitized patient on the kidney transplant waiting list
- Evaluating new markers of kidney injury in liver transplant recipients
- Donor awareness in the Native American population
- The role of HPV in the development of squamous cell cancer in kidney transplant recipients
Selected Publications:
Pub Med provides a list of Dr. Davis' recent research publications (more Davis Connie L)
Awards
- Best Doctors in America, 2007-2008, 2005, 2003-04, 2002-03
- American Society of Transplantation Fujisawa Clinical Science Award, June 2003
National Responsibilities
- Board of Directors, American Society of Transplantation (AST), year 2000-2003
- Board Member, Northwest Kidney Centers Foundation (NKC), 2005-07
- Co-Chair (and Chair-Elect), Women’s Community of Practice, American Society of Transplantation (AST), 2005-08
- Past Editorial Boards, JASN, American Journal of Kidney Diseases and Liver Transplantation through 2006
- Editorial Board American Journal of Transplantation, 2007 to present
- Chair, Transplant Advisory Committee of the American Society of Nephrology (ASN), June 2005- June 2006
- Public Policy Committee Board, ASN, 2005-07
- Chair, AST Audit Committee, 2004-2007
- Representative, ASN UNOS, 2004-06
- Member UNOS living donor committee