| Georgetown Nephrology and Hypertension Faculty
| Aslam, Shakil, MD | Papademetriou, Vasilios, MD | Wang, Dan, MD, PhD | | Gonin, Joyce, MB, ChB | Rubin, Robert, MD | Welch, William, PhD | | Goody, AllanMD | Sandberg, Kathryn, PhD | Wilcox, Chris, MD, PhD | | Ji, Hong, MD | Umans, Jason, MD, PhD | Zheng, Wei, MD |  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: | Georgetown University Medical Center
Division of Nephrology and Hypertension
3800 Reservoir Road, NW, 6PHC, Suite F6003
Washington, DC 20007
Tel: (202) 444-9183 / Fax: (202) 444-7893
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
Director, Nephrology Fellowship Program Biosketch | | Address: | Georgetown University Medical Center
Division of nephrology and Hypertension
3800 Reservoir Road, NW, 6PHC, Suite F6003
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
 Joyce Gonin, MB, ChB
Assistant Professor Biosketch | | Address: | Georgetown University Medical Center
Division of Nephrology and Hypertension
3800 Reservoir Road, NW, 6PHC, Suite F6003
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 Womens 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
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine | | Address: | Georgetown University Medical Center
Division of Nephrology and Hypertension
3800 Reservoir Road, NW, 6PHC, Suite F6003
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, Building D, D391
Washington D.C. 20057
Tel: (202) 687-8267
Email | Return to Top
 Vasilios Papademetriou, MD
Professor | | 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 Biosketch | | Address: | Georgetown University Medical Center
Division of Nephrology and Hypertension
3800 Reservoir Road, NW, 6 PHC, Suite F 6003
Washington, DC 20007
E-mail | | 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
 Kathryn Sandberg, PhD
Professor
Director, Center for Sex Differences Biosketch
Personal Website | | Address: | Georgetown University Medical Center
4000 Reservoir Road, NW, Building D, D232
Washington, D.C. 20057
Tel: (202) 687-4179, Fax: (202) 687-7278
E-Mail | | Masters degree: | Biochemistry, Cellular and Molecular Biology Program, Johns Hopkins University | | Doctoral Degree: | Biological Chemistry, University of Maryland | | Postdoctoral Fellowships: | Intramural Research Training Award, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, NIH | | Special Research Interests: | What molecular mechanisms regulate angiotensin receptor and other G
protein-coupled receptor mRNA translation?
What is the role of alternative splicing and minicistrons in regulating
angiotensin receptor and other G protein-coupled receptor expression?
What impairment of the renin angiotensin system underlies why men have
more progressive renal and cardiovascular disease than women?
How do sex steroids regulate the activity of the renin angiotensin system? | Return to Top
 Jason Umans, MD, PhD
Associate Professor | | Address: | Division of Nephrology and Hypertension
Georgetown University Medical Center
3800 Reservoir Road, NW, 6 PHC, Suite F6003
Washington, D.C. 20007
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
Assistant Professor
Biosketch | | Address: | Georgetown University Medical Center
Division of Nephrology and Hypertension
4000 Reservoir Road NW, Building D, D232
Washington, DC 20057
(202) 687-0887
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
 William Welch, PhD
Professor, Department of Medicine
Biosketch | | Address: | Georgetown University Medical Center
Division of Nephrology and Hypertension
4000 Reservoir Road, NW, Building D, D395
Washington, D.C., 20057
Tel (202) 687-4082, FAX (202) 687-4194
E-mail | | Doctoral Degree: | Physiology, University of Kentucky, 1983 | | Postdoctoral Training: | Hypertension endocrinology with T.A. Kotchen, MD, 1983-85 | | Special Research Interests: | Physiologic regulation of systemic blood pressure by the kidney
Individual nephron function
Micropuncture and microperfusion techniques | Return to Top
 Wei Zheng, MD
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