| Georgetown Nephrology and Hypertension Physicians
| Aslam, Shakil, MD | Kawada, Noritaka, MD, PhD | Wang, Dan, MD, PhD | | Chen, Yifan, MD, PhD | Llach, Francisco, MD | Wilcox, Chris, MD, PhD | | Gonin, Joyce, MB, ChB | Papademetriou, Vasilios, MD | Zheng, Wei, MD | | Goody, AllanMD | Rubin, Robert, MD | | | Ji, Hong, MD | Umans, Jason, MD, PhD | |  Christopher Wilcox, MD, PhD
Chief of Nephrology and Hypertension
Director of Cardiovascular-Kidney Institute
Vice-Chair for Academic Affairs, Department of Medicine
George E. Schreiner Chair of Nephrology Biosketch | | Address: | 6 PHC, Suite F6003
Georgetown University Medical Center
3800 Reservoir Road, NW
Washington, DC 20007
Tel: (202) 687-8539 / Fax: (202) 687-7893
E-mail | | Medical degree: | Oxford University, UK, 1969 | | Doctoral Degree: | Oxford University, UK, 1974 | | Internship: | London University, UK, 1970 | | Residency: | London University, 1971 | | Fellowship: | London University, UK, 1973 | | Certifications: | Internal Medicine, 1986
Nephrology, 1992
Certified Hypertension Specialist, 1999 | | Special Clinical Interests: | ♦ Secondary forms of hypertension, including renovascular hypertension,
adrenal hypertension, and hypertension complicating renal failure
♦ Management of complicated and drug resistant hypertension
♦ Renal disease | Return to Top
|  Shakil Aslam, MD
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine | | Address: | Georgetown University Medical Center
Division of nephrology and Hypertension
4000 Reservoir Rd, NW, Bld D, R396
Washington D.C. 20007
E-mail | | Doctoral Degree: | Doctor of Medicine Degree (M.B.B.S.)1983-1988 King Edward Medical College Lahore, Pakistan | | Residency: | Internal Medicine1992-1995 State University of New York Brooklyn, NY | | Fellowship: | Renal Medicine1998-2000 State University of New York Brooklyn, NY | | Certifications: | American Board of Internal Medicine -1995
American Board of Nephrology - 2001 | | Special Interests: | ♦ Cardiovascular Diseases in patients with renal disease
♦ Hyperhomocysteinemia
♦ Clinical Nephrology
♦ Electrolyte Disorders | Return to Top
 Yifan Chen, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine
Georgetown University Medical Center Biosketch | | Address: | Division of nephrology and Hypertension
4000 Reservoir Rd, NW, Bld D, R396
Washington, D.C. 20007
Tel: (202) 687-6605 / Fax: (202) 687-4194
E-mail | | Medical degree: | National Research Institute of China Olympic Committee, Beijing, China; M.S. in Medicine, 1985
Jinzhou Medical College, Liaoning, China; B.S. in Medicine, 1982 | | Doctoral Degree: | Kent State University, Kent, OH; PhD in Physiology, 1997 | | Research Interests: | ♦ Physiology of the microcirculation: vascular communication mechanisms in
regulation of blood flow
♦ Functional coordination of endothelial and smooth muscle cells in response to
pressure, shear force and metabolites
♦ Vascular alterations in hypertension: effect of oxidative stress on afferent
arteriole | Return to Top
 Joyce Gonin, MB, ChB
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine Biosketch | | Address: | Georgetown University Medical Center
Division of Nephrology and Hypertension
PHC Building, Suite F 6003
3800 Reservoir Road, NW
Washington, DC 20007
Email | | Medical degree: | University of Cape Town, South Africa, 1984 | | Doctoral Degree: | | | Internship: | University of Cape Town, 1985 | | Residency: | Faulkner Hospital, Tufts University, 1989-1991 | | Fellowship: | Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard, 1993 | | Certifications: | Internal Medicine, 1992; Nephrology, 1994 | | Special Interests: | ♦ Transplant immunology
♦ Glomerular disease
♦ Hypertension in end stage renal disease | Return to Top
Allan Goody, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor | | Address: | Georgetown University Medical Center
Division of Nephrology and Hypertension
4000 Reservoir Rd, NW
Bld D, R396
Washington D.C. 20007 | Return to Top
 Hong Ji, MD
Associate Professor Biosketch | | Address: | Georgetown University Medical Center
Division of Nephrology and Hypertension
4000 Reservoir Rd, NW
Bld D, R396
Washington D.C. 20007
Email | Return to Top
 Noritaka Kawada, MD, PhD
Research Assistant Professor Biosketch | | Address: | Georgetown University Medical Center
Division of Nephrology and Hypertension
4000 Reservoir Rd, NW
Bld D, R396
Washington D.C. 20007 Email | Return to Top
 Francisco Llach, MD
Professor, Department of Medicine
Director of Clinical Nephrology Biosketch | | Address: | Georgetown University Medical Center
Division of nephrology and Hypertension
4000 Reservoir Rd, NW
Bld D, R396
Washington D.C. 20007
E-mail | | Medical degree: | University of Seville, Spain, 1968 | | Internship: | Englewood Hospital, NJ 1969 | | Residency: | George Washington University, 1971 | | Fellowship: | Cedars Sinai, VAMC/UCLA, 1973 | | Certifications: | Internal Medicine, 1972
Nephrology, 1974 | | Clinical Interests: | ♦ Clinical Nephrology
♦ Renal bone disease
♦ Parathyroid hormone and divalent iron abnormalities | | Research Interests: | ♦ Abnormalities in parathyroid gland function
♦ Role of hyperphosphatemia and hyperparathyroidism in increased morbidity and
mortality of renal patients
♦ Relationship between bone lesions and complications in renal patients | Return to Top
 Vasilios Papademetriou, MD
FACC, FACP, FACCP, DSC
Division of Nephrology & Hypertension | | Address: | Hypertension Research Clinic
151E VA Medical Center
50 Irving St., N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20422
Tel: 202-745-8334 / Fax: 202-745-8636
E-mail | | Medical degree: | MD Degree, Athens University Medical School, 1974 | | Doctoral Degree: | | | Internship: | Hellenic Anticancer Institute Athens, Greece, Feb-Aug 1975 | | Residency: | General State Hospital Athens, Greece, Aug 1975-Sep 1978
International Kidney Unit Athens, Greece, Sep 1978-Mar 1979
Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Washington, D.C., Jul 1982-Jul 1983 | | Fellowship: | Laboratory of Chemical Pharmacology National Institute of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, Mar 1979-Sep 1980
Fellow in Hypertension, Georgetown University School of Medicine, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Washington, DC, Sep 1980-Jun 1982
Fellow in Cardiology, Georgetown University, Jul 1983-Present | | Teaching Activities: | ♦ Regularly teaches ward and ICU teams of students and interns, residents and
fellows.
♦ Taught courses of clinical diagnosis, differential diagnosis.
♦ Gave numerous lectures from the podium and grand rounds. | Return to Top
 Robert Rubin, MD
Clinical Professor of Medicine | | Address: | Georgetown University Medical Center
Division of Nephrology and Hypertension
PHC Building, Suite F 6003
3800 Reservoir Road, NW
Washington, DC 20007
E-mail Biosketch | | Medical degree: | 1970 MD, Cornell University Medical College
1966 A.B., Williams College | | Internship: | New England Medical Center Hospitals, Boston, Intern, 70-71 | | Residency: | New England Medical Center Hospital, Boston
Jr Assistant Resident, 71-72 | | Fellowship: | New Eng Medical Center Hospital, Boston
Fellow, Nephrology 74-76 | | Special Research Interests: | Outcomes Research, Pharmacoeconomics, Health Care Policy. | Return to Top
 Jason Umans, MD, PhD, Fellowship Director
Associate Professor, Department of Medicine | | Address: | Division of Nephrology and Hypertension
Georgetown University Medical Center
Building D, Rm 391
4000 Reservoir Road, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20007-2145
Telephone: (202) 784-3006
E-mail | | Medical degree: | Cornell University, 1984 | | Doctoral Degree: | Pharmacology, Cornell University, 1982 | | Residency: | University of Chicago, 1987 | | Fellowship: | University of Chicago, 1989 | | Certifications: | Internal Medicine, 1988
Nephrology, 1990
Clinical Pharmacology, 1992
Specialist in Clinical Hypertension, 1999 | | Clinical Interests: | ♦ Hypertension
♦ Renal disease
♦ Medical disorders in pregnancy | | Research Interests: | ♦ Blood pressure control in normal and hypertensive pregnancy
♦ Vascular dysfunction in critical illness
♦ Resistance artery pharmacology
♦ Pharmacotherapy in patients with renal failure | Return to Top
 Dan Wang, MD, PhD
Instructor in Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Medicine
Biosketch | | Address: | Division of Nephrology and Hypertension
Department of Medicine
Georgetown University Medical Center
3800 Reservoir Road NW
Washington, DC 20007.
(202) 784-3003
E-mail | | Medical degree: | Sep. 1978-Sep. 1983: Sun Yat-Sen University of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, P.R.China, MD | | Doctoral Degree: | Dec. 1991- Sep. 1994: Sun Yat-Sen University of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, P.R.China, Ph.D in Nephrology | | Special Research Interests: | - Physiology of the microcirculation: endothelial function in resistance vessels
- Alterations of resistance vessels in hypertension:
a) Mechanisim effect of oxidative stress on afferent arteriole
and systemic resistance vessels
b) Mechanism of endothelial dysfunction of resistance vessels
in polycistic kidney disease
c) Glomerular afferent arterioles microperfusion technique | Return to Top
 Wei Zheng, MD
Research Assistant Professor | | Address: | Georgetown University Medical Center
Division of Nephrology and Hypertension
4000 Reservoir Rd, NW
Bld D, R396
Washington D.C. 20007
Email | Return to Top |
Christopher Wilcox, MD, PhD