University of Southern California/Los Angeles General Medical Center (USC/LA General)
Nephrology fellowship · Los Angeles, CA · Program website
Internal Medicine residency here · Other fellowships: Rheumatology · Gastroenterology · Infectious Disease
Some matches pending. 3 people are awaiting a decision between possible publication profiles, so these numbers may change.
Fellows here publish less than most (5th of 5 nephrology fellowships with complete rosters, by share who have published). How fellows publish ↓
- 9
- Fellows
- 0%
- Have published here
- 0.00
- Papers per fellow-year
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- Papers led by a fellow
Roster from the program's own page keck.usc.edu, collected 2026-11-08: 9 current fellows in 2 classes. Something off? Tell us
Papers
By this program's leadership and fellows since 2022, 25 in all. Updated 2026-11-08.
- Proximal tubule ACE2 mediates early responses to hypertension by regulating intrarenal RAS and sodium homeostasisJacqueline M. Emathinger et al. · JCI Insight · 2026 · PubMed
- Sex-dependent epigenomic and transcriptomic reprogramming links maternal obesity to cardiac remodeling in adult offspringTim D. Wilson et al. · American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology · 2026 · PubMed · cited 3
- Renal Proximal Tubule ACE2 Knockout Exacerbates Pregnancy Outcomes in a Mouse Model of Recovered Acute Kidney InjuryJessica F. Hebert et al. · Physiology · 2026
- Systems Genetics Identifies a Podocyte Activity Network in Diabetic NephropathyKunal Mishra et al. · Journal of the American Society of Nephrology · 2025
- Molecular Dissection of the Juxtaglomerular ApparatusJonathan W. Nelson et al. · Journal of the American Society of Nephrology · 2025
- Cardiac LIM Protein, Kidney Fibrosis, and Vascular Change after Acute Cardiorenal SyndromeY. Funahashi et al. · Journal of the American Society of Nephrology · 2025 · PubMed · cited 1
- ACE2 deficiency protects against heme protein-induced acute kidney injuryAnthony J. Croatt et al. · American Journal of Physiology-Renal Physiology · 2025 · PubMed · cited 3
- Kidney cell response to acute cardiorenal and isolated kidney ischemia-reperfusion injuryKevin G. Burfeind et al. · Physiological Genomics · 2025 · PubMed · cited 6
- Defining Stromal Cell Heterogeneity in the Kidney with Single-Nucleus RNA SequencingArjun Lakshmanan et al. · Journal of the American Society of Nephrology · 2024
- Angiotensin II Directly Increases Endothelial Calcium and Nitric Oxide in Kidney and Brain Microvessels In Vivo With Reduced Efficacy in HypertensionAlejandra Becerra Calderon et al. · Journal of the American Heart Association · 2024 · PubMed · cited 21
How fellows publishauthor positions, co-authorship, ranks
Papers by current residents and fellows, and alumni within two years, published during training. Based on 0 of 9 trainees matched to publication records. Trainees with no match count as not yet published, so these figures are a floor.
Faculty detailsh-index, papers and author positions per person
Program leadership from the program's own pages, matched to publications. Leadership is mostly clinician-educators, so these numbers describe the teaching team, not the department's research. Works since 2022-01-01.
| Name | Research topics | h (lifetime) | Works | 1st | Last | Median FWCI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neeraj Sharma, MDPD (unresolved) | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Sapna Shah, MDAPD (unresolved) | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Susan B. Gurley, MD, PhD | Renin-Angiotensin System Studies; Acute Kidney Injury Research | 40 | 25 | 0 | 5 | 1.11 |
9 trainees are counted above but never listed by name.
Nephrology at University of Southern Californiashared by every program there, not this program's own
Institution-level: all nephrology publications from University of Southern California + LAC+USC Medical Center + University of Colorado Hospital and affiliated institutions, since 2022. Updated 2026-11-08; refreshed daily.
Works per year · * 2026 so far
Nephrology research topics at University of Southern California
Papers in the window; each links to the list on OpenAlex.
Most cited at University of Southern California since 2024
All nephrology papers there on OpenAlex
- A meta-analysis of albuminuria as a surrogate endpoint for kidney failureHiddo J.L. Heerspink et al. · Nature Medicine · 2025 · PubMed · cited 38
- Associations Between Serum Sodium, Peritoneal Dialysis–Associated Peritonitis, and Mortality in the Peritoneal Dialysis Outcomes and Practice Patterns Study (PDOPPS)Isaac Teitelbaum et al. · American Journal of Kidney Diseases · 2025 · PubMed · cited 11
- Human iPSC–derived nephron progenitor cells treat acute kidney injury and chronic kidney disease in mouse modelsToshikazu Araoka et al. · Science Translational Medicine · 2025 · PubMed · cited 19
- Attenuated kidney oxidative metabolism in young adults with type 1 diabetesYe Ji Choi et al. · Journal of Clinical Investigation · 2024 · PubMed · cited 17
- Proteomic Analysis Uncovers Multiprotein Signatures Associated with Early Diabetic Kidney Disease in Youth with Type 2 Diabetes MellitusLaura L. Pyle et al. · Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology · 2024 · PubMed · cited 10
- Sparsentan improves glomerular hemodynamics, cell functions, and tissue repair in a mouse model of FSGSGeorgina Gyarmati et al. · JCI Insight · 2024 · PubMed · cited 15
- Recommendations for clinical trial design in acute kidney injury from the 31st acute disease quality initiative consensus conference. A consensus statementAlexander Zarbock et al. · Intensive Care Medicine · 2024 · PubMed · cited 48
- Female Protection Against Diabetic Kidney Disease Is Regulated by Kidney-Specific AMPK ActivityHak Joo Lee et al. · Diabetes · 2024 · PubMed · cited 14
- The spatially resolved transcriptome signatures of glomeruli in chronic kidney diseaseGérémy Clair et al. · JCI Insight · 2024 · PubMed · cited 23
- C3aR-initiated signaling is a critical mechanism of podocyte injury in membranous nephropathyQi Zhang et al. · JCI Insight · 2024 · PubMed · cited 25
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