Associate Professor of Pediatrics

• Nephrology

My special interests include evaluation of kidney function, electrolyte disorders (including inherited disorders), transplant medicne and pediatric pharmacology. The latter two include special interest in immunosuppressive medications, differences between children and adults in drug metabolism and dosing, and the chronic complications of tranplant recipients.

Education

• Case Institute of Technology/Case Western Reserve University, 1976-1980
• Churchill College/Univ of Cambridge, Cambridge, U.K., 1980-1981
• School of Graduate Studies/Case Western Reserve University, 1981-1987
• School of Medicine/Case Western Reserve University, 1987-1989

Training

• SLCH, Resident in Peds/Wash U, 1989-1991
• Fellow in Pediatric Nephrology/Wash U, 1991-1994
• Medical Scientist Training Program/Case Western Reserve University, 1981-1989
• Post-Graduate med Scientist Training Program/Wash U, 1989-1994

Licensure and Board Certification

• Missouri License, 1993
• American Board of Pediatrics - Pediatrics, 1994
• American Board of Pediatrics - Pediatric Nephrology, 1995
• Fellow, American Board of Pediatrics, 1999

Honors

• National Kidney Foundation/Amer Soc of Nephrology Fellow, 1993-1994
• National Kidney Foundation of Eastern MO and Metro East, Research Fellow, 1992-1993
• Saunders Award in Peds/School of Medicine/Case Western, 1989
• Upjohn Award in Clinic Pharm/Case Western, 1989
• Churchill Scholar, Churchill College, Cambridge, U.K., 1980