Ashish Upadhyay, MD

Associate Professor, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

Biography

Dr. Upadhyay is a board-certified nephrologist with academic interests in examining the interactions between metabolic and vascular diseases and CKD. He has conducted epidemiologic research in the Framingham Heart Study, led the evidence review team for the Kidney Disease Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) clinical practice guidelines on lipid management, participated in the evidence review teams for the KDIGO clinical practice guidelines on blood pressure and anemia management, and, currently, serves as one of the site investigators for the Kidney Precision Medicine Project (KPMP). At BU, in addition to directing the nephrology fellowship program, Dr. Upadhyay oversees research and EBM curriculum of the medicine residency program, and is a key faculty in BU’s NIH R38-funded research in residency program. He also has a special interest in hemodialysis systems and serves as a voting member of the Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation’s Renal Disease and Detoxification Committee, the primary source of national and international consensus standards for hemodialysis technology and dialysis water sterilization processes. Dr. Upadhyay is the recipient of the 2021 Program Leadership Award from Boston Medical Center and the 2022 Robert Dawson Evans Special Recognition Teaching Award from the Department of Medicine.

Publications

  • Published 3/1/2025

    Bharati J, Baldino MC, Upadhyay A. A Young Man With an Unusual Pulmonary-Renal Syndrome: A Quiz. Am J Kidney Dis. 2025 Mar; 85(3):A16-A18. PMID: 39986701.

    Read at: PubMed

  • Published 9/20/2024

    Upadhyay A, Haider L. Mineralocorticoid Receptor Antagonists in Diabetic Kidney Disease: Clinical Evidence and Potential Adverse Events. Clin Diabetes. 2025; 43(1):43-52. PMID: 39829701.

    Read at: PubMed

  • Published 4/12/2024

    Karabulut K, Upadhyay A. Rhabdomyolysis: A lesser-known complication of hyperosmolar hyperglycemic coma. Journal of Clinical Images and Medical Case Reports. 2024; 4(5):2984.

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  • Published 3/25/2024

    Upadhyay A. SGLT2 Inhibitors and Kidney Protection: Mechanisms Beyond Tubuloglomerular Feedback. Kidney360. 2024 May 01; 5(5):771-782. PMID: 38523127.

    Read at: PubMed

  • Published 1/14/2023

    Kamel MH, Upadhyay A, Borkan SC. Intractable hyponatremia complicated by a reset osmostat: a case report. J Med Case Rep. 2023 Jan 14; 17(1):13. PMID: 36639685.

    Read at: PubMed

Other Positions

  • Member, Evans Center for Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research
    Boston University
  • Program Director, Nephrology Fellowship Program
    Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
  • Director, Scholarship and EBM, Internal Medicine Residency Program
    Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

Education

  • Tribhuvan University, MBBS