Nephrology Fellowship Research
Nephrology fellows will have the opportunity to design, implement and complete clinical research projects during their fellowship. They will acquire the skills and knowledge to conduct ethical clinical research introduced to research design, statistics, interpretation of research studies, and critical review of the literature.
Fellows present their research each year at national meetings such as the National Kidney Foundation Spring Clinical Meetings, American Transplant Congress, and the American Society of Nephrology Kidney Week. Fellows also have the opportunity to present their work locally at institutional conferences such as the annual Graduate Medical Education Patient Safety and Performance Improvement Research Challenge and the Department of Medicine Research Day Poster Competition.
2023
Vavrenyuk A, Sureshkumar K, Khalil P. Not All Those Kidney Cysts Are From ADPKD. NKF Spring Clinical Meeting, Austin, TX, April 2023 [Poster]
Ryhal R, Daloul R, Nashar K, Sureshkumar KK. Successful outcomes in post-transplant thrombotic microangiopathy with novel immunosuppression strategy. NKF Spring Clinical Meeting, Austin, TX, April 2023 [Poster]
Abd Algayoum R, Daloul R, Sureshkumar K. Kidney transplantation from donors infected with Sars-Cov2 (COVID-19): A single center experience. Accepted for Poster presentation, AHN Research Day, Pittsburgh, PA May 2023
Sureshkumar KK, Chopra B, McGill RL. Impact of recipient Hepatitis C virus (HCV) sero-status on the outcomes following kidney transplantation from HCV viremic donors in the era of directly acting anti-HCV agent use. Submitted to ASK Kidney Week, Philadelphia, Nov 2023
Ryhal RF, Daloul R, Nashar K, Sureshkumar KK. Progressive dysphagia in kidney transplant recipient: An unusual cause. Submitted to ASK Kidney Week, Philadelphia, Nov 2023
Brooker DM, Soundranayagam S, Sureshkumar KK, Daloul R. An unusual cause of reversible nephrotic syndrome in kidney transplant recipient. Submitted to ASK Kidney Week, Philadelphia, Nov 2023
Canizares S, Montalvan A, Eckhoff D, Fleishman A, Sureshkumar KK, Chopra B. Long term outcomes comparing belatacept vs. tacrolimus based maintenance immunosuppression in kidney transplant recipients: A UNOS Database Analysis. Submitted to ASK Kidney Week, Philadelphia, Nov 2023
Canizares S, Montalvan A, Eckhoff D, Sureshkumar KK, Lee D, Chopra B. Long term outcomes comparing belatacept vs tacrolimus in older and marginal kidney transplant recipients: A UNOS database analysis. Submitted to ASK Kidney Week, Philadelphia, Nov 2023
2022
Nashar K, Khalil P. Clinical Evaluation of Dapagliflozin in the Management of CKD: Focus on Patient Selection and Clinical Perspectives. Int J Nephrol Renovasc Dis. 2022;15:289-308. Published 2022 Nov 1. doi:10.2147/IJNRD.S234282
Vavrenyuk A, Chopra B, Nashar K, Sureshkumar KK. From typical to atypical HUS. NKF Spring Clinical Meeting, Boston, MA, April 2022 (Poster)
Turk M, Gupta N, Sureshkumar KK. Dyspnea in a kidney transplant recipient: When you hear hooves….May be there are two zebras. NKF Spring Clinical Meeting, Boston, MA, April 2022 (Poster).
Kipp G, Persun N, Grazer A, Sureshkumar KK. Outcomes of casirivimab + imdevimab therapy in kidney transplant recipients with COVID-19: A single center experience. American Transplant Congress, Boston MA, June 2022.
Sureshkumar KK, Grazier A, Chopra B. Impact of donor type, cold ischemia time, and induction type on baseline donor derived cell free DNA in kidney transplant recipients. American Transplant Congress, Boston MA, June 2022 (Poster).
Sureshkumar KK, Grazier A, Chopra B. Impact of varying levels of normal range baseline donor derived cell free DNA on medium-term outcomes following kidney transplantation. American Transplant Congress, Boston MA, June 2022 (Poster)
Sureshkumar KK, Josephson MA, Chopra B, McGill RL. Should “marginal kidneys” be offered for repeat kidney transplantation? A mate-kidney analysis. Poster presentation, ASN Kidney Week, Orlando, FL, November 2022, [SA-PO799].
Leone MA, Daloul R, Landau M, Nashar K, Sureshkumar KK. Refractory diarrhea following kidney transplantation: A management challenge. Poster presentation, ASN Kidney Week, Orlando, FL, November 2022, [SA-PO842].
Abd algayoum R, Leone MA, Nashar K, Daloul R, Sureshkumar KK. Paxlovid use in Covid-19 infection: An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. Poster presentation, ASN Kidney Week, Orlando, FL, November 2022, [FR-PO051].
Abd algayoum R, Andrea T, Sureshkumar KK. A bubbly catastrophe: A case of air embolism presenting as ischemic stroke in a hemodialysis patient. Poster presentation, ASN Kidney Week, Orlando, FL, November 2022, [SA-PO438].
Rizvi AW, Turk M, Alhuneafat L, Gupta N, Shah A, Rana T, Gutta R, Barnett K, Mealy S, Sharma A, Osman O, Sureshkumar KK. Characteristics of vaccinated kidney transplant recipients requiring hospitalization for COVID-19 infection. Poster presentation, ASN Kidney Week, Orlando, FL, November 2022, [TH-PO951].
Turk M, Alhuneafat L, Rizvi AW, Gupta N, Barnett K, Gutta R, Mealy S, Rana T, Shah A, Sharma A, Osman O, Sureshkumar KK. COVID-19 mortality in kidney transplant recipients: Analysis of risk factors. Poster presentation, ASN Kidney Week, Orlando, FL, November 2022, [TH-PO963].
Turk M, Rizvi AW, Alhuneafat L, Gupta N, Mealy S, Sharma A,
Osman O, Gutta R, Shah A, Rana T, Barnett K, Sureshkumar KK. Outcomes of COVID-19 hospitalization in kidney transplant recipients: Publication, ASN Kidney Week, Orlando, FL, November 2022, [PUB012].
2021
Sureshkumar KK, Chopra B, McGill. Outcomes of kidney transplantation from hepatitis C virus (HCV) infected donors stratified by recipient HCV serostatus: A mate kidney analysis, American Transplant Congress, June 2021(Rapid fire oral abstract)
Sureshkumar KK, Grazier A, Chopra B. Allograft function and baseline donor derived cell free DNA in kidney transplant recipients: One size doesn’t fit all. American Transplant Congress, June 2021 ( Poster Video Chat Abstract)
Chopra B, Grazier A, Sureshkumar KK. Impact of deceased donor mode of death and kidney donor profile index on baseline donor derived cell free DNA in kidney transplant recipients. American Transplant Congress, June 2021( Poster Video Chat Abstract)
Chopra B, Sureshkumar KK, Rajasundaram D, Rodrigo EC. Outcomes of kidney transplant recipients comparing brain dead donors vs. donation after cardiac death stratified by KDPI: Focus on marginal kidneys: A UNOS database analysis. American Transplant Congress, June 2021(Rapid fire oral abstract)
Khokhar A, Chopra B, Sureshkumar KK. Graft failure from thrombotic microangiopathy in an African American kidney transplant recipient with homozygous familial APOL1 mutation. NKF Spring Clinical Meeting, April 2021 (Poster)
Routray S, Kumar A, Chopra B, Sureshkumar KK. Sirolimus in C3 glomerulonephritis: Friend or Foe? NKF Spring Clinical Meeting, April 2021 (Poster)
Chopra B, Grazier A, Sureshkumar KK. Impact of delayed graft function on baseline donor derived cell free DNA (dd-cfDNA) in kidney transplant recipients. European Society of Organ Transplantation Congress 2021, Milan, Italy August 2021 (Oral).
Sureshkumar KK, Grazier A, Chopra B. Impact of low-normal vs. high-normal baseline door derived cell free DNA levels on two year allograft function following kidney transplantation. ASN Kidney Week, November 2021, PO2185 (ePoster).
Sureshkumar KK, Khokhar A, Gregory K, Nashar K, Chopra B. Elevation in donor derived cell free DNA triggered by Covid-19 vaccination ASN Kidney Week, November 2021, (Pub).
Routray S, Chopra B, Nashar K, Sureshkumar KK. Reversal of prolonged delayed graft function following kidney transplantation with a belatacept-based regimen. ASN Kidney Week, November 2021, PO2170 (ePoster).
Rizvi A, Chopra B. Marshall C, Sureshkumar KK. Hypercalcemia in Immunocompromised Host: Beware of Zebras. ASN Kidney Week, November 2021, PO2208 (ePoster).
National Kidney Foundation Conference, Long Beach, CA 2024
2020
Sureshkumar KK, Chopra B. Impact of donor ethnicity on long term kidney transplant outcomes: Analysis by KDPI categories. Exp Clin Transplant;18(2): 144-48, 2020.
Sureshkumar KK, Chopra B, Josephson MA, Shah PB, McGill RL. Recipient obesity and kidney transplant outcomes: A paired kidney analysis. Submitted to Am J Kidney Dis, May 2020.
Hussain SM, Tabar K, Krupa K, Sureshkumar KK: Successful kidney transplantation in atypical HUS utilizing a unique immunosuppression strategy. Submitted to BMJ Case Reports, July 2020
Sureshkumar KK, Chopra B. Impact of kidney transplant type and previous transplant on baseline Donor-derived cell free DNA. American Transplant Congress June 2020, Philadelphia, PA, Am J Transplant; 20(S3): C-334, 2020.(Poster)
Sureshkumar KK, Chopra B. Patterns of donor derived-cell free DNA levels in kidney transplant recipients: Analysis by type of rejection: Accepted to 28th International Congress of The Transplantation Society, Seoul, South Korea, Sept 2020
Yokota S, Chopra B, Uemura T, Thai NL, Sureshkumar KK. Use of high kidney donor profile index (≥85%) kidneys for transplantation with improved outcomes. Submitted to ASN Kidney week 2020, October 2020, Denver, CO
Sureshkumar KK, Chopra B, McGill RL. Impact of ethnicity matching on kidney transplant outcomes among African Americans: A mate kidney analysis. Submitted to ASN Kidney week 2020, October 2020, Denver, CO
Muaddi L, Sureshkumar K, Chopra B. Unexplained persistent hypercalcemia post liver transplantation. Submitted to ASN Kidney week 2020, October 2020, Denver, CO
Sharma A, Sureshkumar KK, Chopra. Hypercalcemia secondary to hyperthyroidism: A unique cause of renal failure in a kidney donor. Submitted to ASN Kidney week 2020, October 2020, Denver, CO
Andrea TM, Chopra B, Hussain SM, Sureshkumar KK. COVID-19 infection in kidney transplant recipients: A single center experience. Submitted to ASN Kidney week 2020, October 2020, Denver, CO
Aramada H, Chopra B, Sureshkumar KK. Impact of body mass index on baseline donor derived cell free DNA in kidney transplant recipients. Submitted to ASN Kidney week 2020, October 2020, Denver, CO
2019
Arora S, Kipp G, Bhanot N, Sureshkumar KK: Vaccinations in kidney transplant recipients: Clearing the muddy waters World Journal of Transplantation; 9(1): 1-13, 2019.
Velliyattikuzhi, SM, Ma K, Bihler EJ, Sureshkumar KK, Cheema T. Acute kidney injury in the context of acute respiratory distress syndrome. Crit Care Nurs Q; 42(4):362-370, 2019.
Sureshkumar KK, Chopra B. Does induction type influence outcomes in kidney transplant recipients at different phases of hepatitis B Infection? Experimental and Clinical Transplantation; 17(4):457-60,2019.
Sureshkumar KK, Thai NL, Chopra B. Kidney transplantation in older recipients with HLA-DR mismatch: Impact of induction type on outcomes. American Transplant Congress, June 2019, Boston, MA [B193](Poster)
Sambharia M, Sureshkumar KK, Chopra B. Complete resolution of Hepatitis C- associated MPGN with direct acting anti-viral agents in a Renal Allograft. NKF Spring Clinical Meeting, May 2019, Boston, MA [#164] (Poster)
Zahid S, Sureshkumar KK. Urogenital cancer associated kidney diseases: Beware of zebras. NKF Spring Clinical Meeting, May 2019, Boston, MA [#183](Poster)
Aramada H, Kipp G, Rancerello M, Olenzac S, Sureshkumar KK, Chopra B. Successful treatment of calcineurin inhibitor related psychosis in a kidney transplant recipient by switching to belatacept. NKF Spring Clinical Meeting, May 2019, Boston, MA [#55] (Poster)
Chopra B, Sureshkumar KK. Kidney transplantation in females: Impact of living donor relationship on the outcomes. ASN Kidney Week, Nov 2019, Washington, DC [TH-PO1169] (Poster)
Aramada H, Sureshkumar KK, Chopra B. A unique case of Hyponatremia. ASN Kidney Week, Nov 2019, Washington, DC [FR-PO681] (Poster)
Zahid S, Krupa K, Tabar KR, Sureshkumar K, Hussain S. A unique immunosuppression strategy in a patient with atypical HUS undergoing renal transplant. ASN Kidney Week, Nov 2019, Washington, DC [SA-PO1130] (Poster)
Sambharia M, Sureshkumar KK, Zahid S, Chopra B. Donor derived cell-free DNA positivity - Does it always denote allograft rejection? ASN Kidney Week, Nov 2019, Washington, DC [SA-PO1133] (Poster)
2018
“Does Induction Type Influence Outcomes in Kidney Transplant Recipients at Different Phases of Hepatitis B Infection?”
Kalathil Sureshkumar MD, Bhavna Chopra MD
Published in Experimental and Clinical Transplantation; July 2018
“Kidney Transplantation in Older Recipients: Preemptive High KDPI Kidney vs Lower KDPI Kidney after Varying Dialysis Vintage”
Bhavna Chopra MD, Sabiha Hussain MD
Presented June 2018 at American Transplant Congress; Seattle, WA
“DONOR ETHNICITY AND KIDNEY TRANSPLANT OUTCOMES IN AFRICAN AMERICANS”
Kalathil Sureshkumar MD
Accepted May 2018 for presentation at 55th ERA-EDTA Congress; Copenhagen, Denmark
“OXALATE NEPHROPATHY: WHEN DIETARY HISTORY IS CRUCIAL TO THE DIAGNOSIS OF ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY”
Mohammad Wisam Baqdunes MD, Dipesh Maan MD, Syed Yasin MD, Khaled Nashar MD, Barbra Clark MD
Presented April 2018 at NKF Spring Clinical Meeting; Austin, TX
“RENAL ALLOGRAFT MALAKOPLAKIA: FAVORABLE OUTCOME WITH EARLY DIAGNOSIS AND PROLONGED ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY”
Syed Yasin MD, Mohammad Wisam Baqdunes MD, Kalathil Sureshkumar MD
Presented April 2018 at NKF Spring Clinical Meeting; Austin, TX
“Unmeasurable severe hypernatremia: A different way of using the calculated serum osmolality formula”
Aravindhan Arumugarajah DO, Christopher Webster DO, Luis Ortega MD
Published in Nefrología; April 2018
“Refining the Role of Simultaneous Liver Kidney Transplantation”
Kalathil Sureshkumar MD, Sabiha Hussain MD
Published in Journal of Clinical and Translational Hepatology; March 2018
2017
“Diagnosing a missed diagnosis”
Reilly J. B, Webster C
AHRQ WebM&M; April, 2017
“UNMEASURABLE SEVERE HYPERNATREMIA: A CASE REPORT”
Aravindhan Arumugarajah, DO; Luis Ortega
Presented April 2017 at National Kidney Foundation Spring Clinical Meeting; Orlando, FL
“Is Idiopathic Membranoproliferative Glomerulonephris Truly idiopathic?”
Dipesh Maan MD, Jennifer Sheyman DO, Vinai Kumar Katragadda MD, Swati Arora MD. Presented April 2017 at National Kidney Foundation Spring Clinical Meeting; Orlando, FL
“DELAYED RECURRENCE OF FIBRILLARY GLOMERULONEPRHITIS IN A RENAL ALLOGRAFT TRIGGERED BY MALIGNANCY”
Sreejith Velliyattikuzhi, Vinai Katragadda, Kalathil K Sureshkumar. Presented April 2017 at National Kidney Foundation Spring Clinical Meeting; Orlando, FL
“A RARE CASE OF FIBRILLARY GLOMERULONEPHRITIS PRESENTING WITH HEMOPTYSIS”
Swathi Lavudi, MD, Christopher Webster, DO, Saleha Rizwan, MD, Alyson Malarkey, DO, James Reilly, MD, Tina Ko , DO. Presented April 2017 at National Kidney Foundation Spring Clinical Meeting; Orlando, FL.
“Role of Induction Therapy in Low Immune Risk Kidney Transplant Recipients: A Mate Kidney Analysis” Marcelo Sampaio, MD, Kalathil Sureshkumar, MD Presented In May 2017 at American Transplant Congress; Chicago, IL.
2016
“Positive Cross-Match is not a Barrier for Successful Combined Liver-Kidney Transplantation”
Vinai Katragadda, M.D., Kalathil K. Sureshkumar, M.D.
Presented April 2016 at National Kidney Foundation Spring Clinical Meetings; Boston, MA.
“Parathyroid Hormone Improvement after Implementation of Mineral Bone Disease Rounds in the Dialysis Unit: A Quality Improvement Initiative”
Jennifer Sheyman, D.O., Vinai Katragadda, M.D., Barbara A. Clark, M.D.
Presented in April 2016 at GME Patient Safety/Quality Improvement Resident Research Challenge and April 2016 at National Kidney Foundation Spring Clinical Meetings; Boston, MA.
“Acute Kidney Injury in the Setting of Warfarin Toxicity”
Jennifer Sheyman, D.O., Amr Habbach, M.D., Sala Siddiqui, M.D., Kalathil Sureshkumar, M.D., Swati Arora, M.D.
Presented April 2016 at National Kidney Foundation Spring Clinical Meetings; Boston, MA.
“Gordon's Syndrome of Pseudohypoaldosteronism Type II: A Case Report”
Christopher Webster, D.O., Sabiha Hussain, M.D.
Presented in April 2016 at National Kidney Foundation Spring Clinical Meetings; Boston, MA.
“Clinical Measures to Reduce Early Urinary Tract Infections Following Kidney Transplantation: A Single Center Experience”
Bhavna Chopra, M.D., Tina Y. Ko, D.O, Christopher Webster, D.O., Jennifer Sheyman, D.O., Aravindhan Arumugarajah, D.O., Vinai Katragadda, M.D., Richard J. Marcus, M.D., Kalathil K. Sureshkumar, M.D. Presented June 2016 at American Transplant Congress; Boston, MA.
Update on kidney transplantation in human immunodeficiency virus infected recipients
Nashar K, Sureshkumar KK.
World J Nephrol. 2016 Jul 6;5(4):300-7.
“Rasburicase for Tumor Lysis Syndrome”
Vishwanathan S, Arumugarajah A, Ortega LM, Bousamra A
American Journal of Therapeutics; August, 2016
Common chronic conditions do not affect performance of cell cycle arrest biomarkers for risk stratification of acute kidney injury.
Heung M, Ortega LM, Chawla LS, Wunderink RG, Self WH, Koyner JL, Shi J, Kellum JA; Sapphire and Topaz Investigators.
Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2016 Oct;31(10):1633-40. Epub 2016 Jun 23.
“Loop Mediated Amplification Assay Versus Culture for Detection of Escherichia Coli in Urine: A Single Center Pilot Study”
Vinai Kumar Katragadda, M.D., Aravindhan Arumugarajah, D.O., Jennifer Sheyman, D.O., Christopher J. Webster, D.O., Kalathil K. Sureshkumar, M.D., Richard J. Marcus, M.D., Abhay N. Vats, M.D., Michelangelo Di Giuseppe, M.D., Swati Arora, M.D. Presented November 2016 at American Society of Nephrology’s Kidney Week; Chicago, IL.
2015
Changing organ allocation policy for kidney transplantation in the United States.'
Chopra B, Sureshkumar KK
World J Transplant. 2015 Jun24; 5(2):38-43
Crystal-induced acute kidney injury due to ciprofloxacin.
Ortega LM, Harmouch I, Nayer A
J Nephropathol. 2015 Jan; 4(1):29-31
Successful Treatment of Post-Transplant Collapsing Glomerulopathy with a Rituximab Regimen.
Davda G, Chopra B, Hussain SM, Nashar K, Ko TY, Jasnosz KM, Sureshkumar KK:
National Kidney Foundation Spring Clinical Meetings(Mar 25-29) : Dallas, TX, 2015.
Successful Treatment of Atypical HUS in a Kidney Transplant Recipient with Eculizumab and Belatacept. Zhang J, Hussain SM, Chopra B, Ko TY, Kaplan R, Jasnosz KM, Sureshkumar KK: National Kidney Foundation Spring Clinical Meetings(Mar 25-29) : Dallas, TX, 2015.
De Novo Proliferative Glomerulonephritis with Monoclonal IgG Deposits in a Kidney Allograft - a Case Report.
Sedki E, Hussain SM, Jasnosz KM, Sureshkumar KK: National Kidney Foundation Spring Clinical Meetings(Mar 25-29) : Dallas, TX, 2015.
Does Induction Type Influence Outcomes in Kidney Transplant Recipients at Different Phases of Hepatitis B Infection?
Sureshkumar KK, Marcus RJ, Chopra B: American Society of Nephrology Annual Meeting(Nov 3-8) : San Diego, CA, 2015.
Human Leukocyte Antigen Mismatch and Steroid Maintenance in Kidney Transplantation. 2015. Sureshkumar KK, Marcus RJ, Chopra B:
Does Hepatitis B Virus Impact the Outcomes in Kidney Transplant Recipients? Analysis by Phases of Infection.Chopra B, Arora S, Marcus RJ, Hussain SM, Nashar K, Ko TY, Sureshkumar KK: American Society of Nephrology Annual Meeting(Nov 3-8) : San Diego, CA, 2015.
Heung M, Ortega LM, Chawla LS, Kellum JA: Common Chronic Comorbid Conditions Do Not Affect Performance of Cell Cycle Arrest Biomarkers for Risk Stratification of Acute Kidney Injury. The 20th International Conference on Advances in Critical Care Nephrology AKI CRRT 2015(February 17-20) : San Diego, CA, 2015.
Arora S, Marcus RJ, Nashar K, Chopra B, Zhang J, Davda G, Sedki E, Reilly JB,Sureshkumar KK: ABCD of CKD Management Among Internal Medicine Residents: Are Interactive Workshops and Web-based Tools Useful?. American Society of Nephrology Kidney Week(Nov 3-8) : San Diego, CA, 2015.
2014
Outcomes of paired-exchange live-donor kidney transplantation: a single-center experience.
Bhargava A, Arora S, Marcus RJ, Sureshkumar KK
Transplant Proc. 2014 Dec; 46(10):3420-2
Alemtuzumab induction and antibody-mediated rejection in kidney transplantation.
Noureldeen T, Albekioni Z, Machado L, Muddana N, Marcus RJ, Hussain SM, Sureshkumar KK
Transplant Proc. 2014 Dec; 46(10):3405-07
Contrast-induced nephropathy: pathogenesis and new therapeutic options for prevention.
Ortega LM, Harmouch I, Nayer A.
Am J Ther. 2014 Dec 2 [Epub ahead of print]
Necrotizing crescentic glomerulonephritis in a patient with positive serologies for lupus and antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies.
Bhargava A, Ortega LM, Nayer A, Burguera V, Jasnosz K
Nefrologia. 2014 Sep 26; 34(5):678-81
Use of Extracorporeal Techniques in the Removal of Dabigatran.
Muddan N, Thuyanh C, Nayer A, Nashar K, Ortega LM
Am J Ther. 2014 Jul 1 [Epub ahead of print]
Effect of allopurinol on slowing allograft functional decline in kidney transplant recipients.
Osadchuk L, Bashir MH, Tangirala B, Marcus RJ, Nashar K, Hussain SM, Sureshkumar KK
Exp Clin Transplant. 2014 Jun; (1293):190-4.
Drs. Ryhal and Sureshkumar, MI Trainee Research Day 2024.