Nephrology and Hypertension
Meet the Team

Meet the Nephrology Team

Faculty

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Elif Erkan, MD, MS

Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Proteinuria induced tubular injury; tubular apoptosis; albumin endocytosis.
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Stuart L. Goldstein, MD, FAAP, FNKF

Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Acute kidney injury epidemiology and biomarkers; heart failure associated chronic kidney disease; nephrotoxic medication associated acute kidney...
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Kyle McCracken, MD, PhD

Associate Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Kidney development; stem cell differentiation and organoids; tissue engineering and morphogenesis; kidney pathophysiology
Photo of {Mark M. Mitsnefes, MD, MS}

Mark M. Mitsnefes, MD, MS

Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Cardiovascular complications of chronic renal disease, clinical trials in hypertension
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Charles D. Varnell Jr., MD, MS

Associate Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
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