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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
Kopp, Jeffrey 301-594-3403 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
Chauss, Daniel 301-496-2816 Deputy Lab Chief, Post-Doctoral Fellow
Cheru, Nardos 301-496-2290 Post-Baccalaureate Fellow
Freiwald, Tilo 301-827-6226 Post-Doctoral Fellow
Portilla, Didier 301-443-2056 Research Collaborator
Qureshi, Huzaifah 301-443-2056 Post-Baccalaureate Fellow

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 301-435-5055 Staff Clinician
Balow, James 301-496-4181 Senior Investigator
Chernick, Milica 301-496-3434 Medical Officer
Grazioli, Alison 301-827-7605 Staff Clinician
Park, Nguyen 301-456-9923 Physician Assistant
Shrivastav, Shashi 301-496-3116 Research Chemist
Waldman, Meryl 301-451-6990 Staff Clinican

Polycystic Kidney Disease Section

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

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
Yuen, Peter 301-402-6702 Staff Scientist