Contact Information:
Kidney Resarch Institute
Division of Nephrology
Box 359606
325 Ninth Avenue
Seattle, WA 98104
Phone: (206) 744-4932
Fax: (206) 685-9399
himmej@u.washington.edu
Education and Training:
Nephrology Fellowship (1988-89)
Maine Medical Center
Portland, ME
Nephrology Fellowship (1986-88)
Brigham & Women's Hospital
Boston, MA
Medicine Residency
(1983-86)
Maine Medical Center
Portland, ME
Medical School
(1979-83)
George Washington University
Washington, DC
Site of Practice:
Harborview Medical Center
jonathan himmelfarb MD
The Joseph W. Eschbach Endowed Chair in Kidney Research
Professor of Medicine
Director, Kidney Research Institute
Clinical Interests
- Clinical and translational kidney research
Research Interests
- Oxidative stress and inflammation in chronic kidney disease
- Biomarkers of cardiovascular risk in kidney disease
- Dialysis vascular access
- Mechanisms of proteinuria
Selected Publications
Pub Med news feed provides a list of Dr. Himmelfarb's recent research publications (search Himmelfarb J)
National and International Responsibilities
- Councilor of the American Society of Nephrology, 2010-present
- Scientific Advisory Board, Satellite Health Care Research Foundation, 2004-present
- ABIM Subspecialty Board on Nephrology, 2003-present
- External Review Committee, KEEP Program, National Kidney Foundation, 2003-present
- Editorial Board, Kidney International, 1996-present
- Co-Chair, Conference on Prediction, Progression, and Outocomes in Older Adults, cosponsored by NIDDK, National Institutes on Aging, ASN, ASP, 2008
- Faculty, 17th International Course on Hemodialysis, 2008
- Steering Committee, Cleveland Clinic Workshop on Innovation in Uremia Therapy, 2008
- NIDDK Study Section (R21 applications in nephrology), 2007
- Guest Editor, Frontiers in Nephrology: Iron Regulation, Journal of the American Society of Nephrology
- NIH Bioengineering Research Partnerships Study Section, 2006
- Associate Editor, Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, 2004-2007
- North American Editor, Faculty of 1000 in Medicine, "Dialysis and Renal Transplantation," 2003-present
- Editorial Board, Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, 2001-2004
- Guest Editor, Advances in Renal Replacement Therapy, "Acute Renal Failure: From Bench to Bedside," 1997