Nephrology and Hypertension
About UsThe faculty in the Division of Nephrology and Hypertension are dedicated to clinical practice, research and education focused on kidney diseases and hypertension disorders.
We are committed to improving health outcomes in patients with kidney diseases and hypertensive disorders through excellence in clinical care and innovations in research and education.”
–Tamara Isakova, MD, MMSc
What We Do
Faculty: Meet the Team
View individual profiles of our faculty members and learn about their research and clinical specialties.
Professor of Medicine (Nephrology and Hypertension)
Dr. Isakova is a clinical nephrologist with experience in patient-oriented and epidemiological research of disordered mineral metabolism in chronic kidney disease. Dr. Isakova provides clinical care for patients with chronic kidney disease and bone and mineral metabolism disorders and for patients with kidney stones.
Professor of Medicine (Nephrology and Hypertension)
I am a developmental biologist studying the molecular regulation of pancreas and liver organogenesis. I received a bachelor and Master's degree in Biological Sciences from the National University of Mexico, and a PhD degree in Biological Sciences from the University of Uruguay. I did my postdoctoral training at the Max Planck Institute in Göttingen (Germany) in the laboratory of Peter Gruss, a well-known field leader. Subsequently, I moved to the USA and started my new independent lab at St. Jude Children's Hospital (Memphis) where I worked until 2015. Currently, I am Associate Professor of t...
Professor of Medicine (Nephrology and Hypertension)
Hypertension; Racial differences in electrolyte metabolism and water balance; chronic renal failure.
Professor of Medicine (Nephrology and Hypertension) and Surgery (Organ Transplantation)
Living Kidney Donation, Kidney allocation, Highly Sensitized and incompatible patients, Kidney Paired Donation, Transplant Genomics and Biomarker Development, acute renal failure, humoral allograft rejection
Associate Professor of Medicine (Nephrology and Hypertension)
Interested in clinical research on polycystic kidney disease.
Professor of Pathology (Experimental Pathology), Medicine (Nephrology and Hypertension) and Pathology (Renal Pathology)
Diagnostic immunology and Renal pathology
Assistant Professor of Medicine (Nephrology and Hypertension)
Obstetric nephrology, primary and secondary glomerular diseases
Professor of Medicine (Nephrology and Hypertension) and Surgery (Organ Transplantation)
I am currently the Medical Director of the Translational Medicine Program, the Director of International Relations and the Director of the Renal Transplant Fellowship. My primary research interests are: Role of immunosuppressive medications in modulating the immune system, Genomic of chronic renal allograft rejection, Chronic kidney disease after liver transplant, Prednisone-free and Calcineurin inhibitors free immunosuppressive protocols, new immunosuppressive strategies, FSGS, Aging and impact of physical exercise after kidney transplantation, tolerance induction.
Associate Professor of Medicine (Nephrology and Hypertension)
Clinical and research interests include home hemodialysis / home peritoneal dialysis /Nocturnal dialysis, Onco-nephrology and kidney transplant.
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