Nephrology

About Us

The mission of the Division of Nephrology is to provide excellence in patient care, training and research for children and young adults with kidney disease.

Our faculty consists of seven pediatric nephrologists, one PhD investigator and three advanced practice provider. Drs. Cassandra Formeck, Juhi Kumar, Katherine Kurzinski, Yifeng Zhang and Kathryn O'Brien are focused primarily on clinical activities. Drs. Jacqueline Ho and Aidan Porter are focused on research, including basic, translational and patient-oriented discovery. Dr. Rannar Airik, PhD is engaged in basic science research.  Emily Horosko, Jessica Srock and Sarah Butler are our APPs and see children with kidney problems in the outpatient setting. 

The division has robust external funding for research, including six faculty who are supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The division is a leading recruitment site for the NIH funded CureGN program. The division has active research projects in association with the Pediatric Nephrology Research Consortium. Our division co-hosts the annual Acute Kidney Injury Symposia along with other University of Pittsburgh and UPMC nephrologists and critical care physicians that feature speakers and participants from across the world.  

We are a member of the national Improving Renal Outcomes Collaborative, an organization devoted to eliminating the survival disparity between children with kidney diseases and the general population, and Standardizing Care to Improve Outcomes in Pediatric Endstage Kidney Disease (SCOPE) collaborative, which has the goal to prevent infections in children and adolescents on peritoneal dialysis and hemodialysis and spread effective interventions across pediatric care settings. 

Check out PCT-KUH's website! Pittsburgh Center for Training in Kidney, Urology, and Hematology.

Also: The O’Brien Kidney Center and the center for population health management.