Pediatric Nephrology Team
Division Director
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Professor of Pediatrics
Division Director, Pediatric Nephrology & Hypertension
Medical Director, Pediatric Renal Transplant
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Division Director, Pediatric Nephrology & Hypertension
Medical Director, Pediatric Renal Transplant
Faculty
![Jennifer Kinney, MD](https://med.uth.edu/pediatrics/wp-content/uploads/sites/63/2021/07/Kinney-Jennifer-web.jpg)
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Associate Director, Pediatric Nephrology Fellowship Program
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Associate Director, Pediatric Nephrology Fellowship Program
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Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Director, M.S. Program in Clinical Research
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Director, M.S. Program in Clinical Research
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![Joshua Samuels, MD](https://med.uth.edu/pediatrics/wp-content/uploads/sites/63/2019/06/Samuels-Joshua-web.jpg)
Professor of Pediatrics & Internal Medicine
Director, Pediatric Nephrology Fellowship Program
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Director, Pediatric Nephrology Fellowship Program
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Professor of Pediatrics
Director, Children's Dialysis Unit
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Director, Children's Dialysis Unit
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Staff Physician
![Salam Gharaybeh, MD](https://med.uth.edu/pediatrics/wp-content/uploads/sites/63/2022/09/DSC_2826-Salam-Gharaybeh-180x225-1.png)
Staff Physician
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Advance Practice Provider
![April Cherian, NP](https://med.uth.edu/pediatrics/wp-content/uploads/sites/63/2022/07/DSC_8911-180x225-1.png)
Nurse Practitioner
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