Pediatric Nephrology Team

Division Director

Samhar I. Al-Akash, MD

Professor of Pediatrics
Division Director, Pediatric Nephrology & Hypertension
Medical Director, Pediatric Renal Transplant

Jennifer M. Kinney, MD

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Associate Director, Pediatric Nephrology Fellowship Program
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Joyce P. Samuel, MD, MS

Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Director, M.S. Program in Clinical Research
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Joshua A. Samuels, MD, MPH

Professor of Pediatrics & Internal Medicine
Director, Pediatric Nephrology Fellowship Program
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Rita D. Swinford, MD

Professor of Pediatrics
Director, Children's Dialysis Unit
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Salam I. Gharaybeh, MD

Staff Physician
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April Cherian, APRN, PNP-PC

Nurse Practitioner
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