Faculty

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Division Head

    • Appointments and titles

      • Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, School of Medicine
      • Division Head, Medicine, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, School of Medicine
      • Medical Director, OHSU Inpatient Dialysis Unit, Medicine, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, School of Medicine

    • Areas of interest

      • Vascular access management
      • Estimating GFR in kidney transplant donors

General Nephrology & Hypertension Faculty

    • Appointments and titles

      • Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, School of Medicine

    • Areas of interest

      • Glomerular diseases

    • Appointments and titles

      • Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, School of Medicine
      • Associate Program Director, General Nephrology Fellowship Program

    • Areas of interest

      • Cardiorenal Syndrome
      • Diabetic kidney disease

    • Appointments and titles

      • Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, School of Medicine
      • Director, Glomerular Disease Program

    • Areas of interest

      • Glomerulonephritis clinical outcomes

    • Appointments and titles

      • Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, School of Medicine
      • Director, OHSU Outpatient Dialysis Services
      • Director, Quality and Safety for the OHSU Department of Medicine Ambulatory Practice

    • Areas of interest

      • Dialysis outcomes and quality improvement

    • Appointments and titles

      • Professor of Medicine, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, School of Medicine
      • Professor of Cell, Developmental and Cancer Biology, School of Medicine
      • Associate Chief of Staff for Research and Development at VA Portland Health Care System
      • Director, Genetics of Water Balance Consortium
      • Local Site Investigator, VA Million Veteran Program
      • Local Site Investigator, All of Us (Formerly the NIH Precision Medicine Initiative)

    • Areas of interest

      • Genetic factors in systemic water balance
      • Clinical disorders of water and electrolyte balance
      • Pathophysiology of diabetic nephropathy

    • Appointments and titles

      • Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, School of Medicine
      • Section Chief, VA Portland Health Care System, Nephrology Section
      • Medical Director, VA Portland Dialysis Unit

    • Areas of interest

      • Dialysis and bone-mineral disease management

    • Appointments and titles

      • Professor of Physiology and Pharmacology, School of Medicine
      • Professor of Medicine, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, School of Medicine
      • Associate Vice President for Clinical and Translational Research, OHSU Research & Innovation

    • Areas of interest

      • Interactions between diet, genes, and aldosterone in causing and treating high blood pressure
      • Causes and treatment of diuretic resistance and kidney tubule remodeling

    • Appointments and titles

      • Instructor of Medicine, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, School of Medicine
      • Clinical APP Lead, Medicine, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, School of Medicine

    • Areas of interest

      • Nephrology and hypertension

    • Appointments and titles

      • Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, School of Medicine

    • Areas of interest

      • Critical care nephrology
      • Pharmacology

    • Appointments and titles

      • Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, School of Medicine

    • Appointments and titles

      • Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, School of Medicine
      • Renal Clinic Director, Portland VA Medical Center

    • Areas of interest

      • Chronic kidney disease
      • Geriatric nephrology

    • Appointments and titles

      • Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, School of Medicine

    • Areas of interest

      • General nephrology
      • Critical care
      • Medical education

    • Appointments and titles

      • Instructor of Medicine, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, School of Medicine

    • Areas of interest

      • Geriatric Nephrology and ESRD

    • Appointments and titles

      • Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, School of Medicine

    • Areas of interest

      • Geriatric Nephrology
      • Intersection of climate change and kidney health, including sustainability of dialysis
      • Comparative renal physiology
      • Metabolic changes in kidney disease

    • Appointments and titles

      • Instructor of Medicine, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, School of Medicine

    • Areas of interest

      • Dialysis care
      • Chronic kidney disease
      • Hypertension

    • Appointments and titles

      • Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, School of Medicine
      • Director, Comprehensive Hypertension Program

    • Areas of interest

      • Hypertension
      • Chronic kidney disease

    • Appointments and titles

      • Adjunct Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, School of Medicine

    • Appointments and titles

      • Professor of Medicine, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, School of Medicine

    • Areas of interest

      • Drug dosing in kidney disease
      • Complications of long-term use of immunosuppressive drugs

    • Appointments and titles

      • Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, School of Medicine
      • Program Director, General Nephrology Fellowship Program

    • Areas of interest

      • General nephrology
      • Nephrology education
      • Community outreach

    • Appointments and titles

      • Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, School of Medicine
      • Medical Director, General Nephrology Ambulatory Clinics

    • Areas of interest

      • Hypertension
      • Medical Education
      • Interdisciplinary Provider Education/Collaboration
      • Medicine and politics
      • CKD Management

    • Appointments and titles

      • Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, School of Medicine

    • Areas of interest

      • Secondary causes of hypertension
      • Glomerular diseases

    • Appointments and titles

      • Instructor of Medicine, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, School of Medicine

    • Areas of interest

      • Dialysis care and hypertension

    • Appointments and titles

      • Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, School of Medicine
      • Medical Director, HMC Inpatient Nephrology Service

    • Areas of interest

      • Optimal blood pressure control for older adults with chronic kidney disease
      • Manifestations and outcomes of anemia in older adults with chronic kidney disease
      • Risk score development to predict mortality among older adults with chronic kidney disease

Transplant Faculty

    • Appointments and titles

      • Professor of Medicine, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, School of Medicine
      • Clinical Director, OHSU Kidney Transplantation Medicine

    • Areas of interest

      • Transplant allocation

    • Appointments and titles

      • Instructor of Medicine, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, School of Medicine

    • Appointments and titles

      • Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, School of Medicine
      • Medical Director, Renal Transplant Ambulatory Clinics

    • Areas of interest

      • BK Virus nephropathy
      • Dyslipidemia in kidney transplant
      • Living donor kidney transplantation

    • Appointments and titles

      • Professor of Medicine, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, School of Medicine
      • Medical Director, OHSU Pancreas Transplantation Medicine
      • Program Director, Transplant Nephrology Fellowship Program

    • Areas of interest

      • BK Virus nephropathy
      • High immunological risk transplantation

    • Appointments and titles

      • Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, School of Medicine

    • Areas of interest

      • Transplantation
      • Aging transplant population

    • Appointments and titles

      • Instructor of Medicine, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, School of Medicine

    • Areas of interest

      • Transplantation

Research Faculty

    • Appointments and titles

      • Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, School of Medicine

    • Areas of interest

      • COP9 signalosome regulation of cullin-RING ligases in kidney, hypertension, and kidney disease

    • Appointments and titles

      • Post Doctoral Scholar , Research in Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, School of Medicine

    • Appointments and titles

      • Professor of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, School of Medicine

    • Areas of interest

      • Cardiovascular Critical Care
      • Surgical Critical Care
      • Acute Cardiorenal Syndrome
      • Cardiac Arrest and Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
      • Acute Kidney Injury to Chronic Kidney Disease Transition
      • Renal Physiology

    • Appointments and titles

      • Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, School of Medicine

    • Areas of interest

      • Membranes and sorting, cell signaling, cell proliferation and differentiation, lipid signaling disorders, and cell proliferative diseases

    • Appointments and titles

      • Professor of Medicine, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, School of Medicine
      • Renal Research Director, Medicine, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, School of Medicine

    • Areas of interest

      • Mouse models to examine mechanisms of blood pressure regulation

    • Appointments and titles

      • Research Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, School of Medicine

    • Areas of interest

      • Mechanisms by which WNK kinases modulate renal transporters and how mutations of WNK kinases cause human hypertension

Emeritus Faculty

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Sharon Anderson, M.D.

Dean and Professor Emeritus, OHSU School of Medicine

Undergraduate: University of Maryland

M.D.: Louisiana State University Medical Center

Residency: Oregon Health & Science University

Fellowship: Beth Israel Hospital (Clinical), Brigham and Women's Hospital (Research)

 

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Susan Bagby, M.D.

Professor Emeritus, OHSU School of Medicine

Undergraduate: University of Texas

M.D.: Baylor College of Medicine

Residency: University of California San Diego School of Medicine

Fellowship: University of California San Diego School of Medicine, OHSU

 

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Douglas Norman, M.D.

Professor Emeritus, OHSU School of Medicine

Undergraduate: Stanford University

M.D.: University of Washington

Residency: University of California at San Francisco, Beth Israel Hospital

Fellowship: Brigham and Women’s Hospital (general nephrology and transplant immunology)

 

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Richard Parker, M.D., F.A.C.P

Professor Emeritus, OHSU School of Medicine

Undergraduate: Indiana University 

M.D.: Indiana University School of Medicine

Residency: Oregon Health & Science University

Fellowship: Oregon Health & Science University