Sophie E. Claudel, MD

Clinical Instructor, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

Biography

Dr. Claudel is a Nephrology fellow at Boston Medical Center. She also completed her Internal Medicine residency and chief residency at BMC in the NIH R38-funded Promoting Research in Medical Residency (PRIMER) program. As a clinician-investigator, Dr. Claudel uses large secondary datasets to examine the epidemiology of chronic kidney disease (CKD) at the national level. Her research interests include preventing CKD progression, understanding the relationships between kidney, cardiovascular, and metabolic conditions, and using implementation science approaches to improve outcomes in CKD. Dr. Claudel is additionally involved in the CURE Consortium, a multinational research group studying CKD of unknown etiology (CKDu) in Central America and India. Dr. Claudel received her MD from Wake Forest University School of Medicine and participated in a year-long clinical research fellowship at the National Institutes of Health during her medical school training.

Publications

  • Published 7/29/2025

    Wittig M, Verma A, Bellavia A, Rosan S, Claudel SE, Surapaneni A, Palsson R, Srivastava A, Stillman IE, Henderson JM, Beck LH, Hodgin JB, Grams ME, Rhee EP, Huber TB, Waikar SS, Schmidt IM. The Associations of Foot Process Effacement with Kidney Histopathologic Lesions and Disease Progression. Kidney360. 2025 Jul 29. PMID: 40728890.

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  • Published 5/2/2025

    Claudel SE, Waikar SS, Verma A. Albuminuria References Ranges in Healthy US Adults. J Appl Lab Med. 2025 May 02; 10(3):767-771. PMID: 39981782.

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  • Published 4/1/2025

    Claudel SE, Schmidt IM, Waikar SS, Verma A. Albuminuria: A Marker of Adverse Kidney Outcomes in Heart Failure. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2025 Apr 01; 85(12):1372-1375. PMID: 40139894.

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  • Published 3/17/2025

    Schmidt IM, Verma A, Claudel SE, Palsson R, Srivastava A, Stillman IE, Beck LH, Waikar SS. Genetic Testing in Biopsy-Confirmed Kidney Disease. Kidney Med. 2025 May; 7(5):100994. PMID: 40321977.

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  • Published 3/10/2025

    Claudel SE, Verma A. Albuminuria in Cardiovascular, Kidney, and Metabolic Disorders: A State-of-the-Art Review. Circulation. 2025 Mar 11; 151(10):716-732. PMID: 40063723.

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Other Positions

  • Resident Physician, Nephrology
    Boston Medical Center