January 2019

NEPHROLOGY

CATALYZING DISCOVERIES TO TREAT KIDNEY DISEASE

Featuring: Dr. Susan Quaggin, MD, FRCP(C), FASN

Episode Summary

Dr. Susan Quaggin, MD, FRCP(C), FASN discusses the prestigious National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases grant her team received and what type of research her team focused on. She shares her vision on how to bring these discoveries to patients and what's on the horizon for treating Kidney Disease. ​
Dr. Susan Quaggin, MD, FRCP(C), FASN is a physician-scientist and nephrologist in Chicago, Illinois. She is currently licensed to practice medicine in Illinois and Ontario, Canada. She is the Chief of the Division of Nephrology and Hypertension at Northwestern Medicine and the Director of the Cardiovascular and Renal Research Institute. Her work bridges clinical and basic discovery with a goal to develop and implement new treatments for patients with kidney and vascular diseases. Areas of focus include glomerular diseases, thrombotic microangiopathy and diabetic kidney disease. 

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