Natalja Stanski, MD
- Co-Director, Center for Acute Care Nephrology
- Attending Physician, Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU)
- Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
- natalja.stanski@cchmc.org
- Board Certified
About
Biography
I have always enjoyed caring for others in their time of need; consequently, becoming a physician seemed like an appropriate fit. I was specifically drawn to pediatrics because I love children, and to critical care because I enjoy caring for acutely ill patients and their families during what is undoubtedly one of the most difficult times of their lives. I specialize in pediatric critical care medicine.
My research interest is predicting and diagnosing acute kidney injury (AKI), specifically identifying underlying AKI subphenotypes. AKI is a heterogeneous disease state that results in worse outcomes for our patients. We have difficulty diagnosing it and there are no disease-modifying therapies to successfully treat it. The goal of my research is to improve the precision of AKI diagnosis and develop strategies for early and accurate prediction of which patients will be affected. These combined elements could help us more effectively identify and test the appropriate therapy for individual patients.
During my fellowship, I received numerous awards for my research, including the top abstract award at two large international AKI conferences. I was awarded Top Abstract at the International Symposium on Acute Kidney Injury in Children (2018) and Top Fellow Abstract at the AKI and Continuous Renal Replacement Therapies (CRRT) Conference (2020). I was also given the Gold Snapshot Abstract Award at the Critical Care Congress (2019) and the Top Abstract Award at the Cincinnati Children's Boat Lectures (2020). As junior faculty, I was awarded a KL2 Career Development Grant to continue this research program, while gaining further training in the areas of clinical research, biostatistics and clinical informatics. I obtained my board certification in general pediatrics in 2017 and pediatric critical care medicine in 2020.
MD: Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI, 2014.
Residency: Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, 2017.
Certification: General Pediatrics, 2017.
Fellowship: Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, 2020.
Interests
Critical care nephrology
Services and Specialties
Interests
Acute kidney injury; sepsis
Research Areas
Publications
Furosemide Stress Test Use in Children at Risk for AKI. Kidney International Reports. 2025; 10:4241-4251.
Neutrophil dysregulation differentiates pediatric septic shock biomarker-based mortality-risk strata: insights from weighted gene co-expression network and transcriptomic analyses. Frontiers in Immunology. 2025; 16:1663704.
The Clinical View of Sepsis-Associated AKI: How Basic Science Can Help Solve This Problem. Seminars in Nephrology. 2025; 45:151665.
Functional outcomes in pediatric patients on renal replacement therapy in a worldwide registry. Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation. 2025; 40:1919-1930.
Derivation and Validation of Pediatric Sepsis-Associated Acute Kidney Injury Subphenotypes With Prognostic Relevance. Pediatric Critical Care Medicine. 2025; 26:e1084-e1095.
Hyperglycemia and kidney outcomes in critically ill children and young adults on continuous kidney replacement therapy. Pediatric Nephrology. 2025; 40:2957-2966.
Modification of the Cardiac Renal Angina Index for Predicting Adverse Kidney Events After Pediatric Cardiac Surgery. Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease. 2025; 14:e042941.
Thrombocytopenia in Children and Young Adults Undergoing Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy: A WE-ROCK Study. Blood Purification. 2025; 54:322-333.
PRoMPTing Practice Change in Pediatric Sepsis: Is There a Role for Acute Kidney Injury Biomarkers in Early Fluid Resuscitation?. Pediatric Critical Care Medicine. 2025; 26:e839-e841.
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