Vision
Transform the care of patients with kidney disease, from prevention to diagnosis to treatment, strive to provide patient-centered and best-practice care, and provide diverse opportunities for patients to participate in cutting- edge research to potentially alter the landscape of kidney disease.
Mission
Change how we care for patients at risk of and suffering from kidney disease.
Kidney Disease Research and Precision Medicine
Questions we're asking that inform us on how to best care for patients include:
Diagnosis & Prevention
Can improved clinical phenotyping aid in the early diagnosis and management of acute kidney injury? Can real-time interrogation of the electronic health record prevent iatrogenic kidney injury?
Measure Outcomes
Can prevention of acute kidney injury reduce subsequent chronic kidney disease? Does a multipronged approach, including implementation of risk tools in electronic medical records, lead to better outcomes in patients with kidney disease?
Discovery
Can we efficiently identify opportunities for enrollment in clinical trials and biorepository registries that will lead to new discoveries for treatment and prevention?
Key Articles
- External Validation of an Electronic Health Record–Based Diagnostic Model for Histological Acute Tubulointerstitial Nephritis
- Implementation of the Kidney Failure Risk Equation in a United States Nephrology Clinic
- Early, Individualized Recommendations for Hospitalized Patients With Acute Kidney Injury A Randomized Clinical Trial
- Dissemination and Early Experiences of an Electronic Patient-Reported Outcome Measure in Nephrology Clinic
- Safety and Adequacy of Kidney Biopsy Procedure in Patients with Obesity
- An Atlas of Healthy and Injured Cell States and Niches in the Human Kidney
- Evaluation of Plasma Biomarkers to Predict Major Adverse Kidney Events in Hospitalized Patients With COVID-19*
- Prognostic Significance of Urinary Biomarkers in Patients Hospitalized With COVID-19*
*All patient data from Johns Hopkins were obtained from JH-CROWN (COVID-19 Precision Medicine Analytics Platform Registry)
Patient Care for Kidney Disease
The Johns Hopkins Division of Nephrology is an international leader in the diagnosis and management of kidney disease, kidney transplantation, and related disorders. Find out more about patient care for kidney disease.
Center Directors
Center Team
Prakash Nadkarni
Steven Philip Menez, M.D., M.H.S.
Heather Thiessen Philbrook
Dipal Patel, M.D., Ph.D.
Jack Bitzel
