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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Research Areas
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Publications
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.
Framework for Kidney Health Follow-Up Among Neonates With Critical Cardiac Disease: A Report From the Neonatal Kidney Health Consensus Workshop. Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease. 2025; 14:e040630.
Engaging Students in a Dialysis Unit: A Pilot Study. The Clinical Teacher. 2025; 22:e70030.
Bridging the Gap of Late-Gestation Human Nephrogenesis Using a Nonhuman Primate Model. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN. 2024; 35:10.1681/asn.2024s7nvp4k9.
Single-Center Case Series of Congenital Anomalies of the Kidney and Urinary Tract and Hepatoblastoma. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN. 2024; 35:10.1681/asn.20241j3dwf9j.
Kidney Health Monitoring in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Graduates: A Modified Delphi Consensus Statement. JAMA Network Open. 2024; 7:e2435043.
Perinatal risk factors associated with acute kidney injury severity and duration among infants born extremely preterm. Pediatric Research. 2024; 96:740-749.
Human Nephrogenesis can Persist Beyond 40 Postnatal Days in Preterm Infants. Kidney International Reports. 2024; 9:436-450.
Caffeine and kidney function at two years in former extremely low gestational age neonates. Pediatric Research. 2024; 95:257-266.
Characterizing post-branching nephrogenesis in the neonatal rabbit. Scientific Reports. 2023; 13:19234.
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