By Name
By Location
By Location and Interest

By Name
Ahmad, Suhail
Alpers, Charles E.
Anderson, Eric
Davis, Connie
De Boer, Ian
Durvasula, Raghu
Fleet, W. Patrick
Hall, Yoshio
Haseley, Leah
Himmelfarb, Jonathan
Jefferson, J. Ashley
Kelly, Michael R.
Kendrick, Elizabeth
Kestenbaum, Bryan
Leca, Nicolae
Logar, Christine
Marshall, Caroline
Muczynski, Kimberly
O'Hare, Ann
Pichler, Raimund
Rodriguez, Rudy
Ryan, Michael
Shankland, Stuart J.
Sherrard, Donald J.
Stivelman, John C.
Tuttle, Katherine R.
Vaughan, Michael
Young, Bessie


By Location

Harborview Medical Center
W. Pat Fleet
Hasele, Leah
Himmelfarb, Jonathan
Kelly, Michael R.
Kestenbaum, Bryan
Logar, Christine
Ryan, Michael (Section Head)
Stivelman, John C.

Northwest Kidney Centers
Stivelman, John C.

Scribner Kidney Center
Ahmad, Suhail

University of Washington Medical Center
Ahmad, Suhail
Alpers, Charles E.
Anderson, Eric
Davis, Connie
Durvasula, Raghu
Jefferson, J. Ashley
Kendrick, Elizabeth
Leca, Nicolae
Marshall, Caroline
Muczynski, Kimberly
Pichler, Raimund
Shankland, Stuart J. (Division Head and UWMC Section Head)
Vaughan, Michael

VA Puget Sound Health Care System
De Boer, Ian
Hall, Yoshio
O'Hare, Ann
Rodriguez, Rudy (Section Head)
Sherrard, Donald J.
Young, Bessie

Providence Medical Research Center/Sacred Heart Medical Center, Spokane, WA
Tuttle, Katherine R.

Nephrology Faculty and
Research Interests

Harborview Medical Center

W. Patrick Fleet, M.D.
Professor of Medicine
Research interests:  Clinical nephrology.

Leah Haseley, M.D.
Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine
Research interests:  Glomerulonephritis, mentoring, HIV nephrology

Jonathan Himmelfarb, M.D.
Professor of Medicine
Research interests:  Oxidative stress and inflammation in chronic kidney disease, biomarkers of cardiovascular risk in kidney disease, dialysis vascular access, mechanisms of proteinuria

Bryan Kestenbaum, M.D., M.S.
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Research interests:  Intersection of kidney disease and
cardiovascular outcomes, phosphate and calcium metabolism

Christine Logar, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Research interests:  Proteinuric renal disease, podocyte biology

Michael Ryan, M.D.
Associate Professor of Medicine
Director, Clinical Renal Services
Section Head
Director, Haviland Kidney Center (NKC)
Research interests:  Acute kidney injury, hypertension

John C. Stivelman, M.D.
Associate Professor of Medicine
Chief Medical Officer, Northwest Kidney Centers
Research interests:  Hemodialysis, iron metabolism, anemia of kidney disease


University of Washington Medical Center

Suhail Ahmad, M.D.
Associate Professor of Medicine
Section Head
Medical Director, Scribner Kidney Center
Research interests:  Dialysis, hypertension, vascular access

Eric Anderson, M.D.
Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine
Director, West Seattle Kidney Center (NKC)
Research interests:  Hypertension, kidney disease in cancers, pregnancy and kidney disease

Connie Davis, M.D.
Professor of Medicine
Director, UWMC Transplant Services
Research interests:  Transplant nephrology, BK nephropathy, rejection, policy making

Raghu Durvasula, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Research interests:  Mechanisms of podocyte injury, proteinuric kidney disease, diabetic kidney disease

J. Ashley Jefferson, M.D.
Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine
Director, Renal Outpatient Clinic
Research interests:  Cell and molecular biology of renal disease, nephropathy, transplant nephrology, hypertension, ESRD

Elizabeth Kendrick, M.D.
Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine
Research interests:  Transplant nephrology, living related donors

Nicolae Leca, M.D.
Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine
Research interests:  Transplant nephrology, BK nephropathy

Caroline Marshall, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Research interests:  Podocyte injury, diabetic kidney disease, aging/senescence

Kimberly Muczynski, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Medicine
Research interests:  General nephrology, HLA class II antigen expression

Raimund Pichler, M.D.
Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine
Research interests:  Kidney failure in liver disease, diabetic kidney disease

Stuart J. Shankland, M.D.
Professor of Medicine
Belding H. Scribner Endowed Chair in Medicine
Division Head
Research interests:  Cell biology of glomerular disease, diabetic nephropathy proteinuric kidney disease, cell cycle regulation

Michael Vaughan, M.D.
Acting Instructor, Medicine
Research interests:  Diabetic kidney disease, cell-cycle control in glomerular disease


VA Puget Sound Health Care System

Ian de Boer, M.D., M.S.
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Research interests:  Renal and cardiovascular complications of diabetes mellitus, diabetic kidney disease

Yoshio Hall, M.D.
Assistant Clinical Instructor, Medicine
Research interests:  Epidemiology and management of IgA nephropathy, chronic kidney disease and herbal medicine use, racial disparities in kidney disease

Ann O'Hare, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Research interests:  Chronic kidney disease in elderly, peripheral arterial disease

Rudy Rodriguez, M.D.
Associate Professor of Medicine
Section Head, VA Puget Sound Health Care System
Director, Fellowship Training Program
Research interests:  Racial disparities in kidney disease

Donald Sherrard, M.D.
Professor of Medicine
Research interests:  Bone disease, stones, calcium and phosphate metabolism

Bessie Young, M.D., M.P.H.
Associate Professor of Medicine
Director, Northwest Kidney Centers Home Hemodialysis Program
Research interests:  Diabetic kidney disease, racial disparities in kidney disease, nocturnal dialysis


Providence Medical Research Center/Sacred Heart Medical Center, Spokane, WA

Katherine R. Tuttle, M.D.
Clinical Professor of Medicine
Medical & Science Director, Providence Medical Research Center, Sacred Heart Medical Center
Research interests:  Diabetic kidney disease, nutrition in diabetic patients with CKD, hypertension, renal vascular disease