Lois J. Arend, MD, PhD

Pathology

Highlights

Languages

English

Gender

Female

Johns Hopkins Affiliations:

Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Faculty

About Lois J. Arend

Professional Titles

Director, Pathology Clinical Fellowship Programs
Program Director, Renal Pathology Fellowship Training Program

Primary Academic Title

Associate Professor of Pathology

Background

Dr. Lois Arend is an associate professor of pathology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Her areas of clinical expertise include renal pathology and transplant pathology. Dr. Arend serves as the program director of the Renal Pathology fellowship training program and is director of the Pathology Department clinical fellowships.

Dr. Arend earned her Ph.D. and M.D. from Michigan State University. She completed her residency in Anatomic Pathology and fellowship in Renal Pathology at the University of Michigan Medical School.

Her research interests include renal and transplant pathology. She is on the Editorial Boards of Modern Pathology, BMC Nephrology and Kidney360.

Dr. Arend was Treasurer of the Renal Pathology Society (RPS) from 2015-2019, was elected Councilor for 2019-2021, Vice-President for 2022, and is currently RPS President.

Centers and Institutes

Comprehensive Transplant Center

Research Interests

Renal and Transplant pathology

Research Summary

Dr. Arend's research interests are in the area of pathologic aspects of kidney disease.

PubMed

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Arend+LJ+OR+Arend+L+kidney

Selected Publications

Costigliolo F, Lombardo K, Arend LJ, Rosenberg AZ, Matoso A, Carter-Monroe N, Bagnasco SM. BK Virus RNA in Renal Allograft Biopsies. J Histochem Cytochem. 2020 May;68(5):319-325. doi: 10.1369/0022155420922604. Epub 2020 Apr 30. PMID: 32352851
Giannini G, Arend LJ. The prevalence of mesangial deposits in PLA2R-positive membranous nephropathy. Nephron. 2021 Nov 19:1-5. doi: 10.1159/000519912. PMID: 3480200
Gupta RK, Rosenberg AZ, Bagnasco SM, Arend LJ. Renal crystal-storing histiocytosis involving glomeruli - A comprehensive clinicopathologic analysis. Ann Diagn Pathol. 2019 Aug 29; 43:151403. doi: 10.1016/j.anndiagpath.2019.151403. [Epub ahead of print]. PMID: 31494491
Uner M, Demirkol S, Arend LJ. Quality Assurance: Evaluation and comparison of methods for electron microscopic measurement of GBM width and the effect of in-lab calibration in diagnostic renal pathology. Microsc Res Tech. 2022 Jan;85(1):290-295. doi: 10.1002/jemt.23904. Epub 2021 Aug 12. PMID: 34387014
Wilson AV, Costigliolo F, Farris AB, Rengen R, Arend LJ. Collagen type III glomerulopathy. Kidney Int Rep. 2021 June; 6(6):1738-1742. doi.org/10.1016/j.ekir.2021.03.887. PMID: 34169215

Memberships

Renal Pathology Society
American Society of Nephrology
International Society of Nephrology
United States & Canadian Academy of Pathology

Additional Training

Dr. Arend is an International Society of Nephrology Educational Ambassador and has assisted pathologists in Mongolia and Ethiopia to establish Nephropathology diagnostic services for their countries.