Meredith P. Schuh, MD
- Pediatric Nephrologist, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension
- Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
- meredith.schuh@cchmc.org
- Board Certified
About
Biography
I have always loved working with children and had a strong desire to help others. This passion, combined with wonderful role models, drew me to the pediatric nephrology specialty.
At Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, I’m fortunate to not only care for neonates and children with kidney disease, but also to study renal development to understand how nephrons are formed during pregnancy and, ultimately, reduce the risk of chronic kidney disease later in life.
I am particularly interested in how prematurity can affect the long-term risk of chronic kidney disease. I received a K12 Child Health Career Development Award from Cincinnati Children’s and the P50 Pilot & Feasibility Award from the National Institutes of Health to study this important problem. Our long-term goal is to restore or enhance nephron endowment in premature, low birth weight infants to decrease their chronic kidney disease risk.
As a member of the Fetal Care Team, I’m privileged to counsel families on what to expect after a significant renal anomaly is identified during the 20-week anatomy scan. These infants and their families remind me daily of why I became a physician-scientist.
MD: Tufts University School of Medicine, Medford, MA, 2012.
Residency: Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, 2015.
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Publications
Downregulation of Akt induces proximal tubule epithelial cell apoptosis via FOXO and BIM pathway in proteinuric States. Scientific Reports. 2025; 15:37661.
Windows of susceptibility to neonatal acute kidney injury and nephron loss in a rabbit model. Scientific Reports. 2025; 15:21160.
Low nephron number and high salt diet: the role of the "second hit " in chronic kidney disease development. Pediatric Research. 2025; 98:1633-1634.
Fetal Growth Restriction Alters Nephrogenesis and Transcriptome of Kidneys in Adults. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN. 2025; 36:10.1681/asn.2025qpwztat4.
Multiome Analysis of In Utero Nephrogenesis Cessation in Nonhuman Primates. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN. 2025; 36:10.1681/asn.2025jkecq6pe.
Acute kidney injury and subsequent risk of late-onset infection among extremely low gestational age newborns. Journal of Perinatology. 2025; 45:1450-1455.
Convergence and Divergence of Mammalian Postbranching Nephrogenesis. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN. 2025; 36:10.1681/asn.2025nf4wb4r7.
Predictors of neonatal survival in pregnancies undergoing serial amnioinfusions for in utero renal failure. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. 2025; 233:e121-e126.
Postnatal Steroid Exposure in Extremely Low Gestational Age Newborns and Kidney Function at 24 Months Corrected Age. Kidney360. 2025; 6:1491-1500.
Expanded discussion of kidney health monitoring for critically ill term and late preterm infants after acute kidney injury: a report from the Neonatal Kidney Health Consensus Workshop. Pediatric Nephrology. 2025; 40:2993-3004.
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