BU Nephrology Fellowship Program has trained close to 200 nephrologists over the last 60 years. Our graduates have attained prominent positions both in clinical nephrology and academic medicine in the United States and abroad.

Notable alumni of BU Nephrology Fellowship Program

Name Position
Sumant S. Chugh MD Dr. Andrew and Peg Thompson Professor and Executive Vice Chair, Department of Medicine, Rush Medical College, Chicago, IL
Andrey V. Cybulsky MD The Catherine McLaughlin Hakim Chair in Medicine, Director of Nephrology, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Canada
Hiroshi Kawachi MD Professor and Head, Center of Nephrology, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Japan
Clare Lloyd PhD Professor and Vice Dean, Faculty of Medicine, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College, London, UK
Michael P. Madaio MD Professor of Medicine and Chairman, Department of Medicine, Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University, Augusta, GA
Gregorio T. Obrador MD Professor of Medicine and Dean, Universidad Panamericana School of Medicine, Mexico City, Mexico
David L. Perkins MD, PhD Professor of Medicine, Surgery, and Bioengineering, Director of Research for Transplantation, University of Illinois College of Medicine, Chicago, IL
Ronald D. Perrone MD Professor Medicine, and Scientific Director, Clinical and Translational Research Center, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA
Itzchak Slotki MD Professor, Hadassah Hebrew University, Head of Nephrology, Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
David C. Wheeler MD Professor of Kidney Medicine, University College London, UK, and Co-chair, Kidney Disease Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO)
Richard J. Quigg MD Arthur M. Morris Professor and Chief, Division of Nephrology, University of Buffalo, NY

 Alumni on the Current Faculty of the Nephrology Section

Name
(Fellowship Graduation)

Selected Accomplishments
David J. Salant MD

(1978)

 Evans Distinguished Professor of Medicine, BU;                Norman Levinsky Professor Emeritus;                                    Vice Chair for Research, Department of Medicine, BU;
Former Chief of Nephrology, BU;
Elected Member, the American Society of Clinical Investigation;
Elected Member, the Association of American Physicians
 

Steven C. Borkan MD

(1989)

 

 Associate Professor of Medicine, BU;
Co-Director, MD PhD Program, BU;
Former Vice Chair for Education, Department of Medicine, BU;
Former Program Director, Internal Medicine Residency, BU;
Recipient, multiple NIH R0-1 grants
 

Ian Rifkin MD, PhD

(1996)

 

 Associate Professor of Medicine, BU;
Chief of Nephrology, Boston VA;
Recipient, multiple NIH R0-1 grants
 

Jasvinder S.Bhatia

(2003)

 

 Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine, BU;
Director of Nephrology Clinical Services, BMC;
Boston Top Nephrologist Awardee, Boston Magazine
 

Ramon GB. Bonegio MD, PhD

(2004)

 

 Assistant Professor of Medicine, BU;
Clinical Chief of Nephrology, Boston VA;
Recipient, NIH R0-1 grant
 

Laurence J. Beck Jr MD, PhD

(2006)

 

 David. J Salant Professor of Nephrology:                              Associate Professor of Medicine, BU;
Recipient, NIH R0-1 and other extra-mural grants
Vipul C.Chitalia MD, PhD

(2007)

 Associate Professor of Medicine, BU;
Recipient, multiple NIH R0-1 grants                                        Inaugural Director, BU’s Center for Cross Organ Vascular Pathology

 
Andrea Havasi MD

(2008)

 Adjunct Associate Professor of Medicine, BU;
Recipient, the NKF Fellow Research Award;
Recipient, the AHA Scientist Development Award;
Recipient, NIH- K08 Award
 

Ashish Upadhyay MD

(2009)

 

 Associate Professor of Medicine, BU;
Program Director, Nephrology Fellowship, BU;
Director of Residency Research and Scholarship, Internal Medicine Residency Program, BU;
Former Associate Program Director, Internal Medicine Residency, BU
 

Sandeep Ghai MD

(2011)

 

 Assistant Professor of Medicine, BU;
 

Rivka Ayalon MD

(2013)

 

 Assistant Professor of Medicine, BU;
Recipient, the Nephrotic Syndrome Study Network Career Development Fellowship Grant                                Co-Director, Comprehensive Hypertension Center
 

Hanni Menn-Josephy MD

(2015)

 

 Assistant Professor of Medicine, BU;
Recipient, the NKF Young Investigators Grant;
Co-Director, BMC Multi-disciplinary Lupus Clinic
Aala Jaberi MD

(2016)

 Assistant Professor of Medicine, BU                                        Medical Director, Acute Dialysis Services

Career Choices of 2022 Graduates:

Najia Idrees MD – Faculty in Nephrology, Boston VA Health System, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts

Kwon Soo Kim MD – Faculty in Nephrology, Pennsylvania Hospital, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Helena Kurniawan DO – Fellow in Advanced Nephrology – Palliative Care and Quality Improvement, Boston VA Health System, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts

Joanna Mangio, DO – Private Practice Nephrology, Chicago, Illinois

Ralph Nader MD (graduated from fellowship in 2020 and BMC internal medicine residency in 2022) – Faculty in Nephrology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Career Choices of 2021 Graduates:

Natasha Awais MD – Private Practice Nephrology, Salem, Massachusetts

Mohamed Hassan Kamel MD – Critical Care Medicine Fellowship, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio

Hassan Mahmoud MD – Faculty in Nephrology, Maine Medical Center, Tufts University School of Medicine, Portland, Maine

Aileen Zhen DO – Private Practice Nephrology, Springfield, Illinois

Career Choices of Fellows (2003 – 2020 Graduates)

The breakdown of career choices of our graduates are shown in the figure below. Among fellows graduating between 2003-2020, approximately 20% have taken up a transplant nephrology career. 

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