Faculty Mentors

Personalized Mentoring

A solid personalized mentoring program exists for Nephrology fellow advancement. Each fellow is assigned a clinic mentor, a clinical Core Faculty Advocate, and a research mentor to guide them through research. The fellows' progress is monitored closely using milestones, and assistance is provided when needed to achieve individual goals. Formal Meetings with the Faculty Advocate occur at three and nine months, with a report submitted to the Clinical Competency Committee.

Faculty Advocates and Clinic Mentors Division of Nephrology for Clinical Year 2025-2026

Executive Committee for IGNITE-KUH Grant

Mark D. Okusa, MD
Director, John C. Buchanan Distinguished Professor of Medicine
Division Chief, Nephrology

Didier Portilla, MD
Associate Director
Professor of Medicine
Division of Nephrology/CIIR

Ariel Gomez, MD
Harrison Distinguished Professor of Pediatrics
Associate Director
Director, Child Health Research Center
Director, NIDDK Center of Excellence in Pediatric Nephrology

Julia Scialla, MD, MHS
Associate Director
Associate Professor of Medicine
Division of Nephrology/CIIR

Shu Man Fu, MD, PhD
Margaret M. Trolinger Professor of Rheumatology
Division of Rheumatology/CIIR Mentors

Mentors-Kidney Disease Pathogenesis and Inflammation

Peter I. Lobo, MD
Mark D. Okusa, MD
Helmy M. Siragy, MD
Robert M. Carey, MD, MACP
Ariel Gomez, MD
Didier Portilla, MD
Jennifer Charlton, MD
Paula Q. Barrett, MD
Maria Luisa S. Sequeira-Lopez, MD
Rahul Sharma, PhD
Agnieska Swiatecka-Urban

Mentors – Inflammation and Vascular Biology

Michael G. Brown, PhD
Kodi Ravichandran, PhD
Victor H. Engelhard, PhD
Brant Isakson, PhD
Victor Laubach, PhD
Kevin R. Lynch, PhD

Mentors – Biomedical Engineering and Innovative Technology

John Hossack, PhD
Mark Kester, PhD
A.Sasha Klibanov, PhD
William Petri, MD, PhD

Mentors – Patient-Oriented Research

Steven S. Rich, PhD
Jennie Z. Ma, PhD
Victoria F. Norwood, MD
Guofen Yan, PhD
Sarah Ratcliff, PhD
Brendan Bowman, MD
Josyf Mychaleckyj, MD
Rajesh Balkrishnan, PhD

External Advisory Committee

David J. Salant, MD
Division Chief, Division of Nephrology
Boston Medical Center

John R. Sedor, MD
Ray W. Gifford, M.D., Endowed Chair in Kidney Research
Glickman Urology & Kidney Institute
Lerner Research Institute
Cleveland Clinic

Larry Holzman, MD
Mahlon Kline Professor of Medicine
Division Chief,
Renal-Electrolyte and Hypertension Division
University of Pennsylvania