Physicans listed here keep busy schedules, so please respect that time limitations will not allow them to take individual patient phone calls or to answer patient emails. This directory is intended for physician-to-physician contact only.
Gianluigi Ardissino, MD, PhD
Center for HUS Control, Prevention and Management
Fondazione IRCCS Ca’ Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milano, Italia
Tel. +39.02.55032300
M: +39.335.6065755
Email: ardissino@centroseu.org
aHUS interests: Diagnosis and treatment of aHUS, individualization of patient treatment, management of pediatric patients, transplantation in aHUS
Chatchawin Assanasen, MD
Associate Professor and Medical Director
UT Health Science Center
SouthTexas Pediatric Blood and Cancer Ctr
Div. of Hematology/Oncology
Dept. of Pediatrics
UTHSCSA Office: (210) 743-2316
Fax: (201) 702-8012
Toll-free: 1-800-239-9769
Email: assanasen@uthscsa.edu
aHUS interests: Diagnosis and treatment of aHUS; participating member of Alexion’s Speaker’s Bureau as a physician expert
Bradley P. Dixon, MD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Department of Nephrology
Children’s Hospital of Colorado
13123 E. 16th Avenue, Box 328
Aurora, CO 80045
Voice: (720) 777-6263
Fax: (720) 777-7200
E-mail: bradley.dixon@childrenscolorado.org
aHUS interests: Diagnosis and treatment of aHUS; guest speaker at aHUS Foundation Family Conferences
Stuart Goldstein, MD
University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
Division of Nephrology and Hypertension &
The Heart Institute
Director, Center for Acute Care Nephrology
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
3333 Burnet Avenue
MLC 7022
Cincinnati, Ohio 45229
Phone: 513-636-2209
Fax: 513-636-7407
E-mail: stuart.goldstein@cchmc.org
aHUS interests: Long-term (10yrs+) PD dialysis, hemodialysis, growth issues/growth hormone
Paul C. Grimm, MD
Stanford University School of Medicine,
Dept of Pediatric Nephrology
Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital
Medical Director, Pediatric Kidney Transplant Program
Office: (650) 723-7903
Fax: (650) 736-8423
Email: pgrimm@stanford.edu
aHUS interests: Kidney transplantation in very young or complex patients (both renal transplant with Soliris and combined kidney/liver transplants)
Joel Hernandez, MD
Pediatric Nephrology
Providence Kidney Care
105 West 8th Ave, Suite 7040
Spokane, Washington 99204
Office: (509) 340-0930
aHUS interests: Multiple aHUS patients, Soliris
Robert B. Kaplan, MD
Faculty of the Division of Hematology and Cellular Therapy
Medical Director, The Hemostasis-Thrombosis Laboratory
The Western Pennsylvania Hospital
The Western Pennsylvania Allegheny Health System
Pittsburg, PA 15224
Office: (412) 578-4355
Fax: (412) 578-4391
Email: rbkaplan@wpahs.org
aHUS interests: Adult aHUS patients, diagnosis and initial/long-term management, harnessing registry data to refine treatment strategies, translating complement research into optimization of clinical management, rescuing renal grafts in de novo renal thrombotic microangiopathy
Mathieu Lemaire, MSc, MDCM, PhD
Staff Nephrologist, The Hospital for Sick Children
Scientist-track Investigator, Cell Biology, Sick Kids Research Institute
Asst. Professor, Paediatrics, University of Toronto
Toronto, Canada
Office: (416) 813-7654 ext. 309419
Email: mathieu.lemaire@sickkids.ca
aHUS interests: Genetics, gene discovery, DGKE-associated aHUS, translational research
Christoph Licht, MD, FRCPC, FASN
Associate Professor of Paediatrics
Division of Nephrology
The Hospital for Sick Children
555 University Avenue
Toronto, ON, M5G 1X8, Canada
Tel. +1 416 813 7654 x2058
Fax: +1 416 813 6271
Email: Christoph.lict@sickkids.ca
aHUS interests: Research focused on complement-based renal diseases
Carla M. Nester, MD
University of Iowa
Pediatric Nephrology, Dialysis & Transplantation
Office: (319) 353-7335
Fax: (319) 384-9616
U of Iowa Heath Care
(319) 356-1616
Iowa City, Iowa
Email: carla-nester@uiowa.edu
aHUS interests: Diagnosis and ongoing care of both adult and pediatric patients, including the use of eculizumab and transplantation (renal transplant with Soliris)
Jeffrey M. Saland, MD, MSCR
Interim Chief of Nephrology, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Mount Sinai School of Medicine New York, NY 10029
Office: (212) 241-6187
Fax: (212) 426-1972
Email: jeff.saland@mssm.edu
aHUS interests: Recognition and initial management, single or combined liver/kidney transplants
Amita Sharma, MD
Clinical Director
Division of Pediatric Nephrology
Massachusetts General Hospital for Children
Office: (617) 726-2908
E-mail: asharma5@partners.org
aHUS interests: Transplant with Soliris
Yu-Min Shen, MD
Associate Professor
Division of Hematology/Oncology
Blood Disorders Clinic
Seay Biomedical Building, 2nd Floor
2201 Inwood Rd. Dallas, Texas 75390-8852
Clinic: 214-645-4673
www.utsouthwestern.org
aHUS interests: Transitioning from pediatric to adult care settings, long-term dialysis issues
Andrew M. Siedlecki, MD
Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School
Division of Renal Medicine, Transplant Section
Location: Harvard Institutes of Medicine
77 Avenue Louis Pasteur, HIM Rm. 568B
Boston, MA 02115
Phone: (314) 809-2879
Fax: (617) 582-6167
Email: asiedlecki@partners.org
aHUS interests: Diagnosis, presentation during pregnancy and bone-marrow transplantation, treatment and transplant implications; principal investigator of Boston aHUS registry
C. John Sperati, MD, MHS
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Division of Nephrology
1830 E Monument St., Rm 416
Baltimore, MD 21205
Office: (410) 955-5268
Fax: (410) 367-2258
Email: jsperati@jhmi.edu
aHUS interests: Adult aHUS patients, diagnosis and treatment, novel diagnostics; Johns Hopkins principal investigator for the international aHUS registry (Alexion Pharmaceuticals)
Christie P Thomas, MD
Professor, Departments of Internal Medicine, Division of Nephrology.
Medical Director, Kidney Transplant Program
University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine
200 Hawkins Drive, SE419H GH
Iowa City, IA 52242
Tel: 319-356-4216
Fax: 319-3562381
Email: christie-thomas@uiowa.edu
aHUS interests: Adult aHUS patients, transplant concerns, nephrology and internal medicine issues