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Kidney Diseases Branch

Select staff are listed in alphabetical order by last name. Read a description of the Kidney Diseases Branch.

Name Email Address Phone Number Title
Balow, James 301-496-4181 Acting Chief

Immunoregulation Section

Select staff are listed in alphabetical order by last name. Read a description of the Immunoregulation Section.

Name Email Address Phone Number Title
Afzali, Behdad (Ben) 301-443-2055 Section Chief

Kidney Disease Section

Select staff are listed in alphabetical order by last name. Read a description of the Kidney Disease Section.

Name Email Address Phone Number Title
Kopp, Jeffrey 301-594-3403 Section Chief
Austin, Howard 240-205-6135 Senior Research Physician
Balow, James 301-496-4181 Senior Investigator
Chernick, Milica 301-496-3434 Medical Officer
Grazioli, Alison 301-827-7605 Staff Clinician
Heymann, Jurgen 301-496-6067 Staff Scientist
Howard, Lilian 301-594-0298 Nurse Practitioner
McDonald, Samantha 301-443-0646 Nurse Practitioner
Shrivastav, Shashi 301-496-3116 Research Chemist
Waldman, Meryl 301-451-6990 Senior Research Physician

Polycystic Kidney Disease Section

Select staff are listed in alphabetical order by last name. Read a description of the Polycystic Kidney Disease Section.

Name Email Address Phone Number Title
Germino, Gregory 301-496-5877 Section Chief
Menezes, Luis Fernando 301-451-9614 Staff Scientist
Zhou, Fang 301-451-9613 Biologist

Renal Diagnostics and Therapeutics Unit

Select staff are listed in alphabetical order by last name. Read a description of the Renal Diagnostics and Therapeutics Unit.

Name Email Address Phone Number Title
Star, Robert 301-496-6325 Section Chief
Hu, Xuzhen 301-402-6704 Biologist
Yuen, Peter 301-402-6702 Staff Scientist