Nephrology is a specialty for both adult internal medicine and pediatric medicine that concerns the study of the kidneys,specifically normal kidney function and kidney disease,the preservation of kidney health,and the treatment of kidney disease,from diet and medication to renal replacement therapy. The word "renal" is an adjective meaning "relating to the kidneys",and its roots are French or late Latin. Whereas according to some opinions,"renal" and "nephro" should be replaced with "kidney" in scientific writings such as "kidney medicine" or "kidney replacement therapy",other experts have advocated preserving the use of renal and nephro as appropriate including in "nephrology" and "renal replacement therapy",respectively.
Antonia Coello Novello is a Puerto Rican physician and public health administrator. She was a vice admiral in the Public Health Service Commissioned Corps and served as 14th Surgeon General of the United States from 1990 to 1993. Novello was the first woman and first Hispanic to serve as Surgeon General. Novello also served as Commissioner of Health for the State of New York from 1999 to 2006. Novello has received numerous awards including more than fifty honorary degrees,was elected to the National Academy of Medicine in 2000,and has been inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame. Her memoir,Duty Calls:Lessons Learned from an Unexpected Life of Service,was published in 2024.
Robert William Schrier was founding editor-in-chief of the magazine Nature Clinical Practice Nephrology. Schrier was formerly Chairman of the Department of Medicine at the University of Colorado School of Medicine for 26 years,and Head of the Division of Renal Diseases and Hypertension for 20 years. At the time of his death,he was Professor Emeritus at the University of Colorado School of Medicine. He died in Potomac,Maryland.
Ronald Jonathan Falk,MD,FACP,FASN is the Nan and Hugh Cullman Eminent Professor and Chair of the Department of Medicine at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill (UNC). He is a clinical nephrologist and internationally recognized expert in anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic autoantibody (ANCA)-induced vasculitis and autoimmune kidney disease. His career as a translational physician-scientist spans more than three decades. His clinical practice and translational research focus on characterizing the cell,tissue and physiologic changes in the development of specific autoimmune kidney diseases and developing new approaches for studying autoimmunity,inflammation and basic neutrophil/monocyte biology. He was Chief of the UNC Division of Nephrology and Hypertension from 1993-2015. He co-founded the UNC Kidney Center in 2005 and continues as Co-Director. Falk is a Past-President of the American Society of Nephrology (ASN). Since 2015,he has served as Chair of the Department of Medicine at UNC.
Josephine P. Briggs is an American nephrologist and director emeritus of the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health,an agency of the National Institutes of Health. She is currently the editor-in-chief of the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology.
Sharon A. Anderson is an American physician,educator,and researcher practicing in Portland,Oregon. She has contributed extensively to the study of the progression of chronic kidney disease. Her research has focused on diabetic nephropathy,polycystic kidney disease and the pathophysiology of the aging kidney. She was the first woman to serve as President of the American Society of Nephrology (ASN). She was the Chief of the Department of Medicine at the Veteran's Affairs Medical Center in Portland and is currently the Chair of the Department of Medicine at Oregon Health and Science University (OHSU). She has been appointed to the National Institutes of Health Council of Councils. Her publications as author or co-author number greater than 150.
Dorry L. Segev is the head of the Center for Surgical and Transplant Applied Research at NYU Langone Health. Previously he served as the Marjory K. and Thomas Pozefsky Professor of Surgery at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine,professor of epidemiology at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health,and associate vice chair of the Department of Surgery at Johns Hopkins Hospital. He has made significant contributions to the field of transplantation,including developing a mathematical model to facilitate a nationwide kidney paired donation program,both in the US and Canada. He is also known for his role in getting the HIV Organ Policy Equity Act signed into law.
Jochen Reiser is a physician-scientist and a healthcare leader. He is the President of the University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) and CEO of the UTMB Health System,which includes the oldest medical school and nursing school in Texas. As chief executive officer,he oversees the enterprise which includes multiple campuses,five health science colleges,the Galveston National Laboratory (BSL-4) and the Correctional Health Care Services for most of Texas.
Céline R. Gounder is an American physician and medical journalist who specializes in infectious diseases and global health. She was a member of the COVID-19 Advisory Board transition team of then-incoming U.S. president Joe Biden. In 2022,she joined the Kaiser Family Foundation as senior fellow and editor-at-large for public health at Kaiser Health News.
Neil R. Powe is an American professor of medicine at the University of California,San Francisco and the chief of medicine at the Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center. Previously he was professor of medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. His research has mainly related to kidney disease,cardiovascular disease and health disparities.
Patricia Anne Gabow is an American academic physician,medical researcher,healthcare executive,author and lecturer. Specializing in nephrology,she joined the department of medicine,division of renal diseases,at the University of Colorado School of Medicine in 1973,advancing to a full professorship in 1987;she is presently Professor Emerita. She was the principal investigator on the National Institutes of Health Human Polycystic Kidney Disease research grant,which ran from 1985 to 1999,and defined the clinical manifestations and genetics of the disease in adults and children.
Reshma Kewalramani,is the president and chief executive officer of Vertex Pharmaceuticals,a biotechnology company based in Boston,Massachusetts,as of April 1,2020. She is the first female CEO of a large US biotech company. She was previously the chief medical officer and vice president of global medicines development and medical affairs at Vertex.
Maria M. Oliva-Hemker is a Cuban-American pediatrician. She is the Stermer Family Professor of Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD),Director of the Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology,Hepatology and Nutrition and Vice Dean for Faculty at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.
Robert H. "Heppy" Heptinstall was an English pathologist specialising in renal pathology. He was the chair of the department of pathology at Johns Hopkins Hospital for 19 years.
Adeera Levin MD,FRCPC is a Professor of Medicine,and is head of the Division of Nephrology at University of British Columbia.
Josef Coresh is an American epidemiologist. He is the Terry and Mel Karmazin Professor of Population Health,a Professor in the Department of Medicine,and the Founding Director of the Optimal Aging Institute at NYU Langone Health. He was previously the inaugural George W. Comstock Professor in the Department of Epidemiology at Johns Hopkins University,and the director of both the Cardiovascular Epidemiology Training Program and the George W. Comstock Center for Public Health Research and Prevention at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine.
Samira Farouk,MD,MS,FASN is a board-certified transplant nephrologist and Associate Professor of Medicine and Medical Education at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (ISMMS). She teaches medical students,residents,and fellows,and also develops and studies innovations in medical education. Her clinical research interests include the pathogenesis of kidney fibrosis in regards to transplant survival and chronic kidney diseases. Farouk is also cofounder of the free mobile-friendly nephrology teaching tool NephSIM,Associate Program Director of the Nephrology Fellowship at ISMMS,and Director of Mentoring and Trainee Engagement of KIDNEYcon.
Leigh Ebony Boulware is an American general internist,physician-scientist,and clinical epidemiologist. She is the Dean of Wake Forest School of Medicine and chief science officer and vice chief academic officer of Advocate Health. Boulware formerly served as the Nanaline Duke Distinguished Professor of Medicine and director of the Clinical and Translational Science Institute at the Duke University School of Medicine.
Sherita Hill Golden is an American physician who is the Hugh P. McCormick Family Professor of Endocrinology and Metabolism at Johns Hopkins University. Her research considers biological and systems influences on diabetes and its outcomes. From 2019-2024,she served as the vice president and chief diversity officer. She was elected Fellow of National Academy of Medicine in 2021.
Morgan Erika Grams is an American nephrologist. She is the Co-Director of the Division of Precision Medicine,and the Susan and Morris Mark Professor in the Departments of Medicine and Population Health at NYU Langone Health.
