EDUCATION AND TRAINING
Nephrology Fellowship
University of Toronto
Canada

Medicine Residency
University of Toronto
Canada

Medical School
University of Cape Town
South Africa

SITE OF PRACTICE:
University of Washington Medical Center

CONTACT INFORMATION
University of Washington
Division of Nephrology
1959 NE Pacific Street, Box 356521
Seattle, WA 98133
Phone: (206) 543-3792
Fax:  (206) 685-8661
Email: stuartjs@u.washington.edu  

Administrative Contacts:
http://depts.washington.edu/nephron/
admin.htm

Stuart J. Shankland, MBChB, FRCPC

Belding H. Scribner Endowed Chair of Medicine
Head, Division of Nephrology



CLINICAL INTERESTS
      • Glomerulonephritis
      • Diabetic kidney disease
      • Proteinuria

RESEARCH INTERESTS
      • Podocyte biology in normal and diseased states
      • Cell cycle proteins in kidney disease
      • Molecular and cellular events in diabetic kidney disease
      • Mechanisms of proteinuria

CURRENT RESEARCH
      • FSGS NIH Trial (NCT00135811) (Principal Investigator)
      • Role of VEGF in proteinuria

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Shankland SJ, Pippin JW, Reiser J, Mundel P. Podocytes in culture: past, present and future. Kidney Int. (2007) 72, 26-36

Shankland SJ. The podocyte’s response to injury: role in proteinuria and glomerulosclerosis. Kidney Int. 2006 Jun; 69(12):2131-47.

Griffin SV, Olivier JP, Pippin JW, Roberts JM, Shankland SJ. Cyclin I protects podocytes from apoptosis. J Biol Chem. 2006 Sep 22; 281(38):28048-57.

Vaughan MR, Pippin JW, Griffin SV, Krofft R, Fleet M, Haseley L, Shankland SJ. ATRA induces podocyte differentiation and alters nephrin and podocin expression in vitro and in vivo. Kidney Int. 2005 Jul: 68(1):133-44.

Wada T, Pippin JW, Marshall CB, Griffin SV, Shankland SJ. Dexamethasone prevents podocyte apoptosis induced by puromycin aminonucleoside: role of p53 and Bcl-2-related family proteins. J Am Soc Nephrol 2005 Sep; 16(9):2615-25.

AWARDS
      • Fellow, American Heart Association (FAHA)
      • Member, Association of American Physicians
      • Fellow, American Society of Nephrology (FASN)
      • Member, American Society for Clinical Investigators
      • Fellow, American Chandlos Award, British Renal Association
      • University of Toronto Post-Graduate Fellowship Award
       (The Chisholm Memorial Award), Canada

NATIONAL and INTERNATIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES
Editorial Board, Seminar in Nephrology, 2007-present
American Society of Nephrology Program Director Executive Committee, 2006-present
International Podocyte Conference Organizing Committee, 2004-present
Chair, International Podocyte Conference, 2004
Member, Scientific Advisory Committee, NIH Consensus on Glomerular Disease, 2004-05
Member, Scientific Advisory Committee, International Congress of Nephrology, 2002-05
American Society of Nephrology Scientific Program Committee, 2002
Associate Editor, Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, 2001-06
Member, Scientific Advisory Committee, World Congress of Nephrology, 2001-04
Editorial Board, Kidney International, 2000-present