Rajnish

Mehrotra

MD

MS

FASN

Bio

Dr. Rajnish Mehrotra is Head of the Division of Nephrology at the University of Washington, Seattle, and practices medicine at Harborview Medical Center. Dr. Mehrotra is Editor-in-Chief of the Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, as well as having many additional national and international responsibilities. Dr. Mehrotra's clinical and research specialties are in dialysis care and outcomes.

National and International Responsibilities

Editor-in-Chief, Journal of the American Society of Nephrology
2024-2029

Senior Editor-in-Chief, ASN Journal Portfolio
2024-2029

President, International Society for Peritoneal Dialysis
2024

Chair, Board of Trustees, Northwest Kidney Centers
2021-2023

Chair, Nephrology Approval Committee, American Board of Internal Medicine

Chair, Standards and Guidelines Committee, International Society for Peritoneal Dialysis

Member, NIDDK Strategic Planning Workgroup
2020-2021

Chair, VA NEPH Merit Review Committee
2018-2020

Editor-in-Chief, Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology
2017-2022

Member, Program Committee Kidney Week, American Society of Nephrology
2016

Associate Editor, Journal of the American Society of Nephrology 2015-2016

President, North American Chapter, International Society for Peritoneal Dialysis
2015-2017

Member, Nephrology Exam Committee, American Board of Internal Medicine
2014-2020

Treasurer, International Society for Peritoneal Dialysis
2014-2016

Co-Chair, In-Depth Course on Maintenance Dialysis, American Society of Nephrology
2010-2015

Chair, Dialysis Advisory Group, American Society of Nephrology 2009-2015

Board of Advisors, American Society of Nephrology
2009-2015

Associate Editor, NephSAP
2006-2012

Councilor, International Society for Peritoneal Dialysis
2006-2010

honors

The National Kidney Foundation J. Michael Lazarus
Distinguished Award
2022

CSN Dimitrios Oreopoulos Award 
2022

National Journalism Award, American Association of Kidney Patients
2019

Academic Excellence Award, American Nephrologists of Indian Origin 
2019

Fellow, National Kidney Foundation
2011

Hind Rattan Award, Non-Resident Indians Welfare Society
2010

John Maher Award, International Society for Peritoneal Dialysis
2006

Member, Western Society of Clinical Investigation
2006

Fellow, American College of Physicians
2004

Fellow, American Society of Nephrology
2004

Fellow, American Society of Nephrology
1999

Institute Medal, Best Medical Student, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
1989

Education & Training

Master of Science, Clinical Research
University of California, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA
2008

Nephrology Fellowship 
University of Missouri-Columbia
Columbia, MO
1996

Medicine Residency
Medical College of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
1998

Medicine Residency
All India Institute of Medical Sciences
New Delhi, India
1992

Medical School
All India Institute of Medical Sciences
New Delhi, India
1989

Clinical interests

• Peritoneal Dialysis
• Hemodialysis
• Chronic kidney disease

research interests

• Patient-Reported Outcomes in Dialysis Patients
• Biological Determinants of Peritoneal Dialysis
• Comparative Effectiveness of Dialysis Modalities
• Cardiovascular Outcomes in Dialysis Patients

publications

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