Sushrut Waikar, MD, MPH

Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Constantine L. Hampers Distinguished Chair
Director, Translational Research, Renal Division
, Brigham and Women's Hospital

Dr. Sushrut Waikar is the Constantine L. Hampers, MD Distinguished Chair in Renal Medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) and the director of translational research and renal ambulatory services. He is an active clinician as well as clinical researcher. Dr. Waikar’s research interests are inspired by the patients and clinical problems he sees in the clinics and inpatient units at BWH. He uses epidemiologic, translational and interventional studies to address novel and clinically important questions in nephrology. His current areas of investigation include optimal diagnostic testing in acute kidney injury and chronic kidney disease; biomarkers of kidney pathology and kidney fibrosis; the identification of relevant targets for interventional trials in acute kidney injury; randomized controlled trials to improve the safety of hemodialysis and hemofiltration; and improving the delivery of care to patients with acute kidney injury and chronic kidney disease.