Bessie A.
Young
MD, MPH, FACP, FASN
University of Washington
Division of Nephrology
1959 NE Pacific Street
Box 357237
Seattle, WA 98195
National Responsibilities
Dean's Standing Committee on Minority Faculty Affairs
2011-present
NIH-NIDDK Network of Minority Research Investigators (NMRI) Oversight Committee
2004-present
Editorial Board, Current Diabetes Reviews
2004-present
Editorial Board, Journal of the American Society of Nephrology
Editorial Board, Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology
Honors:
Paul Beeson Award, Washington Physicians for Social Responsibility
2023
Seattle Top Docs, Seattle Met Magazine
2017
Dialysis Advisory Group, American Society of Nephrology
2010-2013
UW Office of Multicultural Affairs, Charlie Garcia Service Award
2007
Women of Color, Excellence in Science
2006
National Association of Minority Medical Educators (NAMME) Award
2005
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Community Action Award
2004
Robert Wood Johnson Harold Amos Faculty Development Fellowship
2002-2006
American Diabetes Association Career Development Award
2001-2006
Community Service Award, University of Washington School of Medicine
2000
Education & Training
Masters in Public Health, Epidemiology
University of Washington
Seattle, WA
2001
General Internal Medicine Fellow, HSRD
VA Puget Sound Health Care System
Seattle, WA
2001
Nephrology Fellowship
University of Washington
Seattle, WA
1994
Chief Medical Resident
University of Washington
Seattle, WA
1990
Medicine Residency
University of Washington
Seattle, WA
1990
Medical School
University of Washington
Seattle, WA
1987
Clinical Interests
- Home Dialysis
- Diabetic Nephropathy
- Chronic Kidney Disease
- Glomerulonephritis
Research Interests
- Home hemodialysis: New technologies, survival, cardiac arrest, and quality of life
- Racial and ethnic differences: Dialysis outcomes, diabetes, CKD
- Diabetic nephropathy: Racial and ethnic differences in access to care, quality of care, progression of care, progression/survival, and other outcomes
- Glomerulonephritis: Mechanisms, outcomes, predictors of progression