Ashish Upadhyay MD
Associate Professor, Nephrology
Program Director, Nephrology Fellowship Program
72 East Concord Street | (617) 638-6500ashish.upadhyay@bmc.org
ashishu@bu.edu
Sections
Nephrology
Centers
Evans Center for Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research
Biography
Dr. Upadhyay is a clinical nephrologist and Director of the Nephrology Fellowship Program at Boston Medical Center (BMC). He also leads the research and evidence-based medicine curriculum for the Internal Medicine Residency Program and is a key faculty in BU’s NIH R38-funded Research in Residency Program. Previously, Dr. Upadhyay led evidence review teams for international clinical practice guidelines in nephrology (2009-2012), was Associate Director of the Internal Medicine Residency Program at BMC (2012-2018) and was Director of Nephrology Clerkship at BUCASM (2018-2025). His scholarly contributions span clinical nephrology and medical education, with his publications, excluding clinical practice guidelines, achieving over 5,500 citations. In addition, he is an investigator on several kidney disease–related clinical studies at BMC. Nationally, he 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. At BUCASM, he chairs the Committee on Appeals and is a member of the Medical Education Committee. He 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.
Other Positions
Education
MBBS, Tribhuvan University
Publications
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.
Published on 9/20/2024Upadhyay 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.
Published on 4/12/2024Karabulut K, Upadhyay A. Rhabdomyolysis: A lesser-known complication of hyperosmolar hyperglycemic coma. Journal of Clinical Images and Medical Case Reports. 2024; 4(5):2984.
Published on 3/25/2024Upadhyay A. SGLT2 Inhibitors and Kidney Protection: Mechanisms Beyond Tubuloglomerular Feedback. Kidney360. 2024 May 01; 5(5):771-782. PMID: 38523127.
Published on 1/14/2023Kamel 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.
Published on 1/1/2022Bonner R, Stewart J, Upadhyay A, Bruce RD, Taylor JL. A Primary Care Intervention to Increase HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) Uptake in Patients with Syphilis. J Int Assoc Provid AIDS Care. 2022 Jan-Dec; 21:23259582211073393. PMID: 35001723.
Published on 8/13/2021Ataklte F, Song RJ, Upadhyay A, Musa Yola I, Vasan RS, Xanthakis V. Association of Mildly Reduced Kidney Function With Cardiovascular Disease: The Framingham Heart Study. J Am Heart Assoc. 2021 08 17; 10(16):e020301. PMID: 34387110.
Published on 6/4/2021Kamel MH, Mahmoud H, Zhen A, Liu J, Bielick CG, Mostaghim A, Lin N, Chitalia V, Ilori T, Waikar SS, Upadhyay A. End-stage kidney disease and COVID-19 in an urban safety-net hospital in Boston, Massachusetts. PLoS One. 2021; 16(6):e0252679. PMID: 34086775.
Published on 9/23/2020Bonner R, Albajrami O, Hudspeth J, Upadhyay A. Diabetic Kidney Disease. Prim Care. 2020 Dec; 47(4):645-659. PMID: 33121634.
Published on 4/21/2020Verma A, Patel AB, Upadhyay A, Waikar SS. CREDENCE: Significant Victory for Diabetic Kidney Disease. Trends Endocrinol Metab. 2020 06; 31(6):391-393. PMID: 32327275.