Sushrut S. Waikar, MD

Norman G. Levinsky Professor, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

Biography

Sushrut S. Waikar, MD, MPH received a BA in English and Neuroscience at Amherst College, his MD at Yale, and an MPH at Harvard. He is the Norman G. Levinsky Professor of Medicine at Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine and Chief of Nephrology at Boston Medical Center. Dr. Waikar's research interests and active projects include epidemiologic, translational, and interventional studies to address novel and clinically important questions in nephrology. Current areas of investigation include optimal diagnostic testing in acute kidney injury and chronic kidney disease; biomarkers of kidney pathology and kidney fibrosis; the identification of relevant targets for interventional trials in kidney disease; and randomized controlled trials. He is a Principal Investigator of several NIH grants including the Kidney Precision Medicine Project (U01 DK133092), Multi-omics and Chronic Kidney Disease: Correlation with Histology (R01 DK108803), Discovery Science Collaborative for CKDu (U01 DK130060), NAD Augmentation to Treat Diabetic Kidney Disease: A Randomized Controlled Trial (U01AG076789) andThe Boston University Kidney and Medical Engineering Program (BU-KIDMEP, R25 DK128858).

Publications

  • Published 10/20/2026

    Verma A, Schmidt IM, Claudel SE, Waikar SS. Prediction Utility of Urinary Albumin-Creatinine vs Protein-Creatinine Ratios in Chronic Kidney Disease. JAMA. 2026 Oct 20; 336(15):1366-1368. PMID: 42776523.

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  • Published 10/8/2026

    Claudel SE, Zhao R, Schmidt IM, Bjornstad P, Srivastava A, Waikar SS, Verma A. Phenotypes of diabetic kidney disease and cardiovascular outcomes. Eur J Intern Med. 2026 Oct 08; 107232. PMID: 42850142.

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  • Published 9/4/2026

    Solomon M, Vaidya A, Waikar SS, Verma A. Joint Impact of Aldosterone and Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol on Cardiovascular Risk in CKD. Am J Kidney Dis. 2026 Sep 04. PMID: 42692180.

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  • Published 8/21/2026

    Han SS, Surapaneni AL, Schmidt IM, Yun D, Ma X, Moon KC, Srivastava A, Palsson R, Stillman IE, Waikar SS, Grams ME, Rhee EP. Circulating Ephrin-Eph Signaling Reflects Interstitial Fibrosis and Tubular Atrophy in Diabetic Kidney Disease. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2026 Aug 21. PMID: 42627699.

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  • Published 7/31/2026

    Kwakyi E, Zhao R, Slear J, Raji YR, Solarin A, Amira CO, Manmak M, Braimoh R, Umeizudike T, Omotoso BA, Ripiye N, Eduful E, Olokode BF, Oluwadare T, Adebile T, Ijoma C, Mumuni AA, Ulasi I, Arogundade F, Salako BL, Gbadegesin R, Parekh RS, Dupuis J, Mitchel D, Adu D, Ojo A, Waikar SS, Anderson CAM, Ilori TO. Dietary patterns, blood pressure and proteinuria in West Africans with chronic kidney disease. Analysis from a West African CKD cohort: the Diet, Chronic Kidney Disease and Apolipoprotein L1 (DCA) Study. Nutr Metab Cardiovasc Dis. 2026 Jul 31; 104930. PMID: 42629212.

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Other Positions

  • Section Chief, Medicine
    Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
  • Graduate Medical Sciences Educator and Mentor (Primary Mentor of Graduate Students)
    Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Graduate Medical Sciences

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Education

  • Yale University, MD
  • Harvard School of Public Health, MPH
  • Amherst College, BA

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