Faculty and Staff

Jose A.L. Arruda, MD, FACP
Keeton Professor of Medicine
Chief, Section of Nephrology

Clinical Interests:
Acid-base disorders, electrolyte disorders, chronic kidney disease
Research Interests:
Acid-base physiology

Asad Bakir, MD, FACP
Professor of Medicine

Clinical Interests:
Lupus nephritis, glomerular diseases
Research Interests:
Proteinuria

Carolyn Brecklin, MD, FACP
Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine

Clinical Interests:
Chronic kidney disease, end stage renal disease, hypertension
Research Interests:
Acute and chronic renal failure

John Daugirdas, MD, FACP
Clinical Professor of Medicine

Clinical Interests:
End stage renal disease, dialysis
Research interests:
Dialysis, chronic kidney disease

George Dunea, MD, FACP
Chief Division of Nephrology
John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County

Clinical Interests:
Hypertension, glomerular diseases
Research Interests:
Proteinuria

Michael J. Fischer, MD, MSPH
Assistant Professor of Medicine

Clinical Interests:
Acute renal failure, chronic kidney disease, disorders of water balance
Research Interests:
Chronic kidney disease, pregnancy and kidney disease

Cheryl Gilmartin, PharmD

Clinical Interests:
Chronic kidney disease, diabetes
Research Interests:
Anemia management, renal osteodystrophy

James P. Lash, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine

Clinical Interests:
Chronic kidney disease, hypertension, transplantation
Research Interests:
Epidemiology progression of chronic kidney disease, hypertension
Active research protocols:
Chronic Renal Insufficiency Cohort (CRIC) Study
African American Study of Kidney Disease (AASK) Cohort Study, Hispanic Chronic Renal Insufficiency Cohort Study

Bruce Kaplan, MD
Professor of Medicine, Surgery and Pharmacology
Co-Director, UIMCC Transplant Center
Vice Chair Research, Department of Surgery
Adjunt Professor od Medicine, Applied Genomics Center University of Alberta

Research Interests:
Transplantation, Pharmacology of immune modulation

Jerrold Levine, M.D.
Associate Professor of Medicine

Research Interests
Autoimmunity; apoptotic cell-derived antigens in the regulation and maintenance of self-tolerance; abnormalities in the recognition and handling of apoptotic cells in lupus and other autoimmune diseases; macrophage dysfunction in autoimmune diseases.

Inate apoptotic immunity: effects of apoptotic cells on viable neighboring cells as a critical aspect of tissue homeostasis, modulating roles od apoptotic death on the course of acute and chronic renal injury
Clinical Interests
Antiphospholipid syndrome, glomerulonephritis, systemic lupus and other autoimmune diseases, water balance and hyponatremia, fluid and electrolyte abnormalities

Kalyani Perumal, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Associate Program Director Nephrology Fellowship
Director, Dialysis Unit-University of Illinois Medical Center

Clinical Interests:
Glomerular diseases, acute kidney injury, fluid and electrolyte disorders
Research Interests:
Chronic kidney disease, glomerular diseases, kidney diseases and pregnancy

Veerasamy K.G. Pillay, MD, FACP
Professor of Medicine

Clinical Interests:
Clinical nephrology

Ramin Sam, MD
Assistant Professor

Clinical Interests:
Clinical nephrology, liver and kidney disease
Research Interests:
Cell biology

Igantius Y.S. Tang, MD, PharmD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Director, Transplant Nephrology
Transplant Medicine and Nephrology

Clinical Interests:
Transplant medicine, kidney donor evaluation, critical care nephrology, acute renal injury, continuous renal replacement therapy, pregnancy in kidney disease, secondary hyperparathyriodism, anemia and clinical pharmacology
Research Interests:
Antibody-mediated syndromes (antibody-mediated rejection, accomodation, transplant glomerulopathy), BK viral kinetics and immunosuppression

Julio C. Vijil, Jr., MD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Medicine

Clinial Interests:
Chronic kidney disease, hemodialysis, renal ultrasonography, renal biopsy, acute kidney injury
Research Interests:
Quality of life in patients with chronic kidney disease, chronis kidney disease and outcomes in the Hispanic population, cardiovascular disease in CKD patients