Faculty | Division of Nephrology | University of Washington

Nephrology Faculty

Arthur E. Anderson, MD

Clinical Associate Professor

Director, Outpatient Dialysis
Medical Director, Northwest Kidney Centers, Burien

Nayan Arora, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor

Nisha Bansal, MD, MAS

Associate Professor

Associate Director, Nephrology Fellowship Program
Director, Kidney Heart Service
Arthur Stach Family Endowed Professorship

Christopher Blosser, MD

Clinical Associate Professor

Fellowship Director, Transplant Nephrology

Briana E. Brewer, ARNP

Teaching Associate

Fionnuala Cormack, MD

Clinical Associate Professor

Section Head, University of Washington Medical Center, Northwest Campus

Ian de Boer, MD, MS

Professor

Adjunct Professor, Epidemiology
Associate Director, Kidney Research Institute

Iris C. De Castro, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor

Raghu 'Rags' Durvasula, MD, MHA

Associate Professor

Associate Medical Director for Inpatient Care, University of Washington Medical Center
Associate Chief Medical Officer, Northwest Kidney Centers

Margaret Fleet, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor

Physician Lead, ECHO (Extension for Community Health Care Outcomes), Renal, VA Puget Sound Veterans Affairs Health Care System

Benjamin 'Beno' Freedman, PhD

Associate Professor

Yoshio N. Hall, MD, MS

Professor

Director, Nephrology Fellowship Program
Medical Director, Northwest Kidney Centers, Scribner
Interim Medical Director, Harborview Kidney Clinic

Leah Haseley, MD

Clinical Professor

Jonathan Himmelfarb, MD

Professor

The Joseph W. Eschbach Endowed Chair in Kidney Research
Director, Kidney Research Institute
Director, Center for Dialysis Innovation
Director, Kidney Precision Medicine Project

J. Ashley Jefferson, MD, FRCP

Professor

Section Head, University of Washington Medical Center, Montlake Campus
Director, SoM MedSci, Urinary System Section, Circulatory Block

Bryan Kestenbaum, MD, MS

Professor

Director, SoM MedSci, Epidemiology and Biostatistics Course

Abbal Koirala, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor

Daniel Lam, MD

Clinical Associate Professor

Medical Director, Harborview Medical Center Palliative Care Services
Palliative Care Medical Advisor, Northwest Kidney Centers

Nicolae Leca, MD

Associate Professor

Medical Director, Kidney and Pancreas Transplantation

Karen Leung-Waite, MS, MCHS, PA-C

Teaching Associate

A. Bilal Malik, MD

Clinical Associate Professor

David Mariuma, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor

Rajnish 'Raj' Mehrotra, MD, MS

Professor

Interim Head, Division of Nephrology
Section Head, Harborview Medical Center
David S. And Nayda Utterberg Endowed Professorship in Nephrology in Honor of Dr. Rajnish Mehrotra

Kimberly A. Muczynski, MD, PhD

Associate Professor

Yue-Harn Ng, MD

Clinical Associate Professor

Ann M. O'Hare, MD

Professor

Cary Paine, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor

Medical Director, Dialysis Services, University of Washington Medical Center

Neal Paragas, PhD

Research Assistant Professor

Raimund Pichler, MD

Associate Professor

Matthew Rivara, MD

Assistant Professor

Medical Director, Northwest Kidney Centers, Elliott Bay

Rudolph A. Rodriguez, MD

Professor

Vice-Chair, Department of Medicine, VA Puget Sound Health Care System

Michael Ryan, MD

Associate Professor

Associate Dean for Curriculum, UW School of Medicine

Sarah Sanghavi, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor

Stuart J. Shankland, MD, MBA, FRCP

Professor

(Formerly) Head, Division of Nephrology
Belding H. Scribner Endowed Chair of Medicine

M. Brendan Shannon, MD

Clinical Associate Professor

Medical Director, Northwest Kidney Centers, Everett

Margaret Siegfried, MN, ARNP, ANP-BC

Teaching Associate

Nurse Practitioner

Sharon Tugwell, ARNP

Teaching Associate

Katherine Tuttle, MD, FACP, FASN

Clinical Professor

Medical & Scientific Director, Providence Medical Research Center/Sacred Heart Center
Professor of Basic Medical Sciences, WWAMI Program Washington State University

Suzanne Watnick, MD

Professor

Chief Medical Officer, Northwest Kidney Centers

Susan P. Y. Wong, MD, MS

Assistant Professor

Bessie Young, MD, MPH

Professor

Section Head, VA Puget Sound Health Care System
Associate Chair for Diversity and Inclusion

Leila Zelnick, PhD

Research Assistant Professor

Director of Biostatistics, Kidney Research Institute