Susan Furth, MD, PhD

Susan Furth, MD, PhD

Susan Furth, MD, PhD, is Chief of the Division of Nephrology and Vice Chair of the Department of Pediatrics at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.

Areas of Expertise: Chronic kidney disease and its complication in children, Hypertension, Nephrotic syndrome, Glomerulonephritis
Locations: Main Campus
Appointments and Referrals: 1-800-TRY-CHOP (1-800-879-2467)

Background

Susan L. Furth, MD, PhD, is Chief of the Division of Nephrology and Vice-Chair of the Department of Pediatrics at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. She’s Professor of Pediatrics and Epidemiology and holds the Laffey-Connolly Endowed Chair at the University of Pennsylvania’s Perelman School of Medicine. Dr. Furth is past president of the Society for Pediatric Research, and was named in 2017 to the Johns Hopkins Society of Scholars.

Dr. Furth completed her undergraduate training at the University of Pennsylvania, where she graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa with a major in English. She also received her MD from the University of Pennsylvania before doing her internship, residency and fellowship at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. She earned her PhD (clinical investigation) from the Bloomberg School of Hygiene and Public Health at Hopkins in 1999, earning research awards from the American Society of Transplantation and the Johns Hopkins Comprehensive Transplant Center. Following fellowship, she joined the faculty at Johns Hopkins where she rose through the ranks to become a Professor status before being recruited in 2010 as Division Chief to Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.

Dr. Furth is the principal investigator of The Chronic Kidney Disease in Children Study, sponsored by the National Institutes of Health. Now in its 15th year, this is the largest study of children with chronic kidney disease ever conducted in North America. With more than 1,000 children enrolled, the goal is to define risk factors for kidney disease progression in children and characterize the effect of kidney function decline on other aspects of child development. She is also the principal investigator of the Pediatric Center of Excellence in Nephrology Award recently given to CHOP to promote clinical trials in children with kidney disease.

Dr. Furth lectures national and internationally on chronic kidney disease in children. Her clinical interests include chronic kidney disease, hypertension, nephrotic syndrome and glomerulonephritis.

Education and Training

Medical School

MD - University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA

Internship

Pediatrics - Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD

Residency

Pediatrics - Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD

Fellowship

Pediatric Nephrology - Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD

Board Certification

Pediatric Nephrology

Graduate Degree

PhD in Clinical Investigation - Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health, Baltimore, MD

Titles and Academic Titles

Division Chief, Nephrology

Vice Chair, Department of Pediatrics

Laffey-Connolly Endowed Chair in Pediatric Nephrology

Associate Chair, Academic Affairs, Department of Pediatrics

Professor, Department of Pediatrics and Epidemiology, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

Conditions Treated

Departments and Services

Research Interests

Chronic Kidney Disease in Children Study (CKiD)
Neuroimaging in Chronic Kidney Disease Study (NiCK)
Teen Adherence in Kidney Transplantation Effectiveness of Intervention Trial (TAKE-IT)

Publications

Papers

2018

Ng DK, Schwartz GJ, Schneider MF, Furth SL, Warady BA. Combination of pediatric and adult formulas yield valid glomerular filtration rate estimates in young adults with a history of pediatric chronic kidney disease. Kidney Int. 2018 May 5. pii: S0085-2538(18)30184-4. doi: 10.1016/j.kint.2018.01.034. [Epub ahead of print]

Furth SL, Pierce C, Hui WF, White CA, Wong CS, Schaefer F, Wühl E, Abraham AG, Warady BA; Chronic Kidney Disease in Children (CKiD); Effect of Strict Blood Pressure Control and ACE Inhibition on the Progression of CRF in Pediatric Patients (ESCAPE) Study Investigators. Estimating Time to ESRD in Children With CKD. Am J Kidney Dis. 2018 Apr 4. pii: S0272-6386(18)30101-X. doi: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2017.12.011. [Epub ahead of print]

Foster BJ, Pai ALH, Zelikovsky N, Amaral S, Bell L, Dharnidharka VR, Hebert D, Holly C, Knauper B, Matsell D, Phan V, Rogers R, Smith JM, Zhao H, Furth SL. A Randomized Trial of a Multicomponent Intervention to Promote Medication Adherence: The Teen Adherence in Kidney Transplant Effectiveness of Intervention Trial (TAKE-IT). Am J Kidney Dis. 2018 Mar 15. pii: S0272-6386(18)30102-1. doi: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2017.12.012. [Epub ahead of print]

Ku E, McCulloch CE, Warady BA, Furth SL, Grimes BA, Mitsnefes MM. Twenty-Four-Hour Ambulatory Blood Pressure versus Clinic Blood Pressure Measurements and Risk of Adverse Outcomes in Children with CKD. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2018 Mar 7;13(3):422-428. doi: 10.2215/CJN.09630917. Epub 2018 Feb 13.

Mitsnefes MM, Betoko A, Schneider MF, Salusky IB, Wolf MS, Jüppner H, Warady BA, Furth SL, Portale AA. FGF23 and Left Ventricular Hypertrophy in Children with CKD. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2018 Jan 6;13(1):45-52. doi: 10.2215/CJN.02110217. Epub 2017 Oct 12

2017

Savant JD, Betoko A, Meyers KE, Mitsnefes M, Flynn JT, Townsend RR, Greenbaum LA, Dart A, Warady B, Furth SL. Vascular Stiffness in Children With Chronic Kidney Disease. Hypertension. 2017 May;69(5):863-869. doi: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.116.07653. Epub 2017 Apr 3.

2012

Flynn JT, Pierce CB, Miller ER 3rd, Charleston J, Samuels JA, Kupferman J, et al. Reliability of resting blood pressure measurement and classification using an oscillometric device in children with chronic kidney disease. J Pediatr. 2012 Mar;160(3):434-440.e1. Epub 2011 Nov 1. Cited in PubMed; PMID 22048052.Read the abstract

2011

Flynn JT, Pierce CB, Miller ER 3rd, Charleston J, Samuels JA, Jupferman J, et al. Reliability of resting blood pressure measurement and classification using an oscillometric device in children with chronic kidney disease. J Pediatr. Epub 2011 Oct 21. Cited in PubMed; PMID 22048052. Read the abstract

Wilson AC, Schneider MF, Cox C, Greenbaum LA, Saland J, White CT, et al. Prevalence and correlates of multiple cardiovascular risk factors in children with chronic kidney disease. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. Epub 2011 Oct 6. Cited in PubMed; PMID 21980183. Read the abstract

Dodson JL, Jerry-Fluker JV, Ng DK, Moxey-Mims M, Schwartz GJ, Dharnidharka VR, et al. Urological disorders in chronic kidney disease in children cohort: clinical characteristics and estimation of glomerular filtration rate. J Urol. 2011 Oct;186(4):1460-6. Cited in PubMed; PMID 21855938. Read the abstract

Furth SL, Abraham AG, Jerr-Fluker J, Schwartz GJ, Benfield M, Kaskel F, et al. Metabolic abnormalities, cardiovascular disease risk factors, and GFR decline in children with chronic kidney disease. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2011 Sep;6(9):2132-40. Epub 2011 Aug 12. Cited in PubMed; PMID 21841064. Read the abstract

Pierce CB, Cox C, Saland JM, Furth SL, Muñoz A. Methods for characterizing differences in longitudinal glomerular filtration rate changes between children with glomerular chronic kidney disease and those with nonglomerular chronic kidney disease. Am j Epidemiol. 2011 Sep 1;174(5):604-12. Epub 2011 Aug 9. Cited in PubMed; PMID 21828368. Read the abstract

Atkinson MA, Furth SL. Anemia in children with chronic kidney disease. Nat Rev Nephrolol. 2011 Sep 6;7(11):635-41. doi: 10.1038/nrneph.2011.115. Cited in PubMed; PMID 21894183. Read the abstract

Fadrowski JJ, Furth SL. GFR estimation in children: questions and answers (and questions). Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2011 Aug;6(8):1810-2. Epub 2011 Jul 22. Cited in PubMed; PMID 21784827. No abstract available.

Copelovitch L, Warady BA, Furth SL. Insights from the Chronic Kidney Disease in Children (CKiD) Study. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2011 Aug;6(8):2047-53. Epub 2011 Jul 22.  Cited in Pubmed; PMID 21784827. Read the abstract

Hooper SR, Gerson AC, Butler RW, Gipson DS, Mendley SR, Lande MB, et al. Neurocognitive functioning of children and adolescents with mild-to-moderate chronic kidney disease. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2011 Aug;6(8):1824-30. Epub 2011 Jul 7. Cited in PubMed; PMID 21737850. Read the abstract

Lande MB, Gerson AC, Hooper SR, Cox C, Matheson M, Mendley SR, et al. Casual blood pressure and neurocognitive function in children with chronic kidney disease: a report of the children with chronic kidney disease cohort study. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2011 Aug;6(8):1831-7. Epub 2011 Jun 23. Cited in PubMed; PMID 21700829. Read the abstract

Ng DK, Schwartz GJ, Jacobson LP, Palella FJ, Margolick JB, Warady BA, et al. Universal GFR determination based on two time points during plasma iohexol disappearance. Kidney Int. 2011 Aug;80(4):423-30. doi: 10.1038/ki.2011.155. Epub 2011 Jun 8. Cited in PubMed; PMID 21654718. Read the abstract

Fadrowski JJ, Neu AM, Schwartz GJ, Furth SL. Pediatric GFR estimating equations applied to adolescents in the general population. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2011 Jun;6(6):1427-35. Epub 2011 May 12. Cited in PubMed; PMID 21566103. Read the abstract 

Lo MM, Salisbury S, Scherer PE, Furth SL, Warady BA, Mitsnefes MM. Serum adiponectin complexes and cardiovascular risk in children with chronic kidney disease. Pediatr Nephrol. 2011 Nov; 26(11):2009-17. Epub 2011 May 8. Cited in PubMed; PMID 21553321. Read the abstract

Abraham AG, Munoz A, Furth SL, Warady B, Schwartz GJ. Extracellular volume and glomerular filtration rate in children with chronic kidney disease. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2011 Apr6(4):741-7. Epub 2011 Mar 24. Cited in PubMed; PMID 21441126. Read the abstract 

Lestz RM, Atkinson M, Fivush B, Furth SL. No difference in meeting hemoglobin and albumin targets for dialyzed children with urologic disorders. Pediatr Nephrol. 2011 Jul;26(7):1129-36. Epub 2011 Mar 20. Cited in PubMed; PMID 21424524. Read the abstract

Thomas R, Sanna-Cherchi S, Warady BA, Furth SL, Kaskel FJ, Gharavi AG. HNF1B and PAX2 mutations are a common cause of renal hypodysplasia in the CKiD cohort. Pediatr Nephrol. 2011 Jun;26(6):897-903. Epub 2011 Mar 5. PubMed; PMID 21380624. Read the abstract 

Greenbaum LA, Munoz A, Schneider MF, Kaskel FJ, Askenazi DJ, Jenkins R, et al. The association between abnormal birth history and growth in children with CKD. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2011 Jan;6(1):14-21. Epub 2010 Oct 28. Cited in PubMed; PMID 21030583. Read the abstract

Sule S, Fivush B, Neu A, Furth S. Increased risk of death in pediatric and adult patients with ESRD secondary to lupus. Pediatr Nephrol. 2011 Jan;26(1):93-8. Epub 2010 Oct 3. Cited in PubMed; PMID 20890767. Read the abstract

2010

Saland JM, Pierce CB, Mitsnefes MM, Flynn JT, Goebel J, Kupferman JC, et al. Dyslipidemia in children with chronic kidney disease. Kidney Int. 2010 Dec;78(11):1154-63. Epub 2010 Aug 25. Read the article

Dodson JL, Furth SL, Yenokyan G, Alcorn K, Diener-West M, Wu AW, et al. Parent perspectives of health related quality of life for adolescents with bladder exstrophy-epispadias as measured by the child health questionnaire-parent form 50. J Urol. 2010 Oct;184(4 Suppl):1656-61. Epub 2010 Aug 21. Cited in PubMed; PMID 20718103. Read the article

Gorman G, Neu A, Fivush B, Frankenfield D, Furth S. Hospitalization rates and clinical performance measures in U.S. adolescent hemodialysis patients. Pediatr Nephrol. 2010 Nov;25(11):2335-41. Epub 2010 Jul 29. Cited in PubMed; PMID 20668886. Read the abstract

Furth S. Blood pressure control and progression of CKD in children. Am J Kidney Dis. 2010 Jun;55(6):988-91. Epub 2010 Apr 22. No abstract available.

Abstracts

2010

Dodson J, Yenokyan G, Diener-West M, Gearhardt J, Furth S. Health related quality of life in adolescents with bladder exstrophy-epispadias as measured by the Child Health Questionnaire- Child Form 87 [abstract]. American Academy of Pediatrics 2010 National Conference and Exhibition; 2010 Oct 2-5; San Francisco, CA.

Brady T, Schneider M, Flynn J, Cox C, Kimball T, Furth S, Warady B, Mitsnefes M. Correlates of carotid artery intima media thickness in children with chronic kidney disease: a report of the Chronic Kidney Disease in Children Cohort Study [oral platform presentation]. 15th Congress of the International Pediatric Nephrology Association; 2010 Aug 29-Sep 2; New York, NY.

Books

Chapters

 2012

Askenazi D, Smith L, Furth SL, Warady B. Acute and chronic renal failure. In: Devaskar SU, Gleason CA. Avery's diseases of the newborn. 9th ed. Philadelphia: Elsevier; 2012.

2011

Furth SL, Gerson A. Quality of life of children on dialysis. In: Warady BA, Alexander SR, Schaefer F. Pediatric dialysis. 2nd ed. New York: Springer Science and Business Media; 2011.

2009

Furth SL, Fadrowski JJ. Clinical investigation. In: Avner ED, Harmon WE, Niaudet P, Yoshikawa N, editors. Pediatric nephrology. 6th ed. Philadelphia: Lippincott, Williams and Wilkins; 2009.

2008

Gerson A, Harrison C, Furth SL. Psychological and ethical issues in chronic kidney disease. In: Geary D, Schaefer F. Comprehensive clinical nephrology. Philadelphia: Mosby, Inc.; 2008.

Tan J, Furth S. Nephrology. In: Johns Hopkins Hospital, Custer J, Rau R, Lee C, editors. The Harriet Lane handbook. 18th ed. Philadelphia: Mosby, Inc.; 2008.

2007

Wong CS, Furth S. Epidemiology of renal disease in children. In: Kher KK, Schnaper HW, Makker SP, editors. Clinical pediatric nephrology. 2nd ed. London (England): Informa UKK Ltd.; 2007. p. 63-70.

Furth SL, Amaral S. Themes across renal disease and renal failure: anemia. In: Molony D, Craig J. Evidence based nephrology. Oxford (UK): Blackwell Publishing; 2007.

2006

Wong C, Furth SL. Epidemiology of chronic kidney disease in children. In: Clinical pediatric nephrology. 2nd ed. Kher K, Makker SP, Schnaper HW. London (UK): Dunitz & Parthenon Publishing; 2006.

2005

Furth SL, Levin A, Schwartz G. Normal kidney function and choice of laboratory studies. In: Hogg RJ, editor. Kidney disorders in children and adolescents: a practical handbook. London (UK): Taylor & Francis; 2005.

2004

Furth SL, Gerson A. Quality of life of children on dialysis. In: Warady BA, Fine RN, Alexander SR, Schaefer F. Pediatric dialysis. Norwell: Kluwer Academic Publishers; 2004.

2003

Furth SL, Fadrowski JJ. Clinical investigation. In: Avner ED, Harmon WE, Niaudet P, editors. Pediatric nephrology. 5th ed. Philadelphia: Lippincott, Williams and Wilkins; 2003.

2000

Furth S. Therapy in nephrology and hypertension — a comparison to Brenner and Rector's: the kidney. In: Brady HR, Wilcox CS. Philadelphia: Saunders; 1990.

Posters and Presentations

2010

Blydt-Hansen T, Pierce C, Zack R, Schwartz G, Benador N, Hmiel P, et al. Anticipating treatment needs and complexity in children with CKD [poster presentation]. 15th Congress of the International Pediatric Nephrology Association, 2010 Aug 29-Sep 2; New York, NY.

Blydt-Hansen T, Pierce C, Zack R, White C, Moxey-Mims M, Dharnidharka V, et al. Association of CKD stage and glomerular disease with medication use in children with CKD [poster presentation]. 15th Congress of the International Pediatric Nephrology Association; 2010 Aug 29-Sep 2; New York, NY.

Abraham AG, Zack RM, Mak RH, Mitsnefes MM, Furth SL, Warady BA. Protein energy wasting in children with chronic kidney disease [poster presentation]. 15th Congress of the International Pediatric Nephrology Association; 2010 Aug 29-Sep 2; New York, NY.

Rodig NM, Schneider MF, Hotchkiss HM, Yadin O, Seikaly MG, Warady BA, Furth SL. Height impairment and pubertal delay in children with chronic kidney disease (CKD): a report from the Chronic Kidney Disease in Children (CKiD) Cohort Study [poster presentation]. 15th Congress of the International Pediatric Nephrology Association; 2010 Aug 29-Sep 2; New York, NY.

Lo M, Salisbury S, Furth S, Warady B, Mitsnefes M. Predictors of adiponectin in CKiD [poster presentation]. 15th Congress of the International Pediatric Nephrology Association; 2010 Aug 29-Sep 2; New York, NY.

Lo M, Furth S, Warady B, Mitsnefes M. Low-molecular weight adiponectin is associated with left ventricular mass index [poster presentation]. 15th Congress of the International Pediatric Nephrology Association; 2010 Aug 29-Sep 2; New York, NY.

Minnick ML, Ndirangu J, Boynton S, Jerry-Fluker J, Furth S. Healthcare utilization in the Chronic Kidney Disease (CKiD) in Children Cohort Study [poster presentation]. 15th Congress of the International Pediatric Nephrology Association; 2010 Aug 29-Sep 2; New York, NY.

2009

Mitsnefes M, Pierce CB, Furth S, Warady BA. Adiponectin and cardiovascular risks (CV) in children with chronic kidney disease (CKD): report from the Chronic Kidney Disease in Children (CKiD) Cohort Study [poster presentation]. American Society of Nephrology 2009 Annual Meeting; 2009 Oct 27-Nov 2; San Diego, CA.

Schwartz GJ, Abraham A, Dharnidharka V, Warady BA, Furth SL, Moxey-Mims M, et al.  Particle enhanced nephelometric immunoassay (PENIA, Dade Behring) cystatin C measurement improves the height/screatinine estimate of GFR in children with CKD compared to particle enhanced turbidometric assay (PETIA, DAKO) [poster presentation]. American Society of Nephrology 2009 Annual Meeting; 2009 Oct 27-Nov 2; San Diego, CA.

Schwartz GJ, Abraham A, Maier PS, Furth SL, Dharnidharka V, Hellerstein S, et al. Particle enhanced nephelometric immunoassay (PENIA, Dade Behring) cystatin C is superior to particle enhanced turbidometric assay (PETIA, DAKO) as an endogenous biomarker for GFR in children with CKD [poster presentation]. American Society of Nephrology 2009 Annual Meeting; 2009 Oct 27-Nov 2; San Diego, CA.

Dodson JL, Gearhart JP, Yenokyan G, Alcorn K, Diener-West M, Wu AW, et al. Health related quality of life among adolescents with abnormal bladder function as measured by the CHQ-PF50 [poster presentation]. American Society of Nephrology 2009 Annual Meeting; 2009 Oct 27-Nov 2; San Diego, CA.

Omoloja AA, Jerry-Fluker J, Abraham A, Furth S, Warady B, Mitsnefes. Smoking and second hand smoking in adolescents with chronic kidney disease: a report from the Chronic Kidney Disease in Children (CKiD) Cohort Study [poster presentation]. American Society of Nephrology 2009 Annual Meeting; 2009 Oct 27-Nov 2; San Diego, CA.

Lande M, Gerson A, Hooper S, Cox C, Wentz A, Gipson D, et al. Elevated BP and neurocognitive function in children with chronic kidney disease [poster presentation]. American Society of Nephrology 2009 Annual Meeting; 2009 Oct 27-Nov 2; San Diego, CA.

Greenbaum LA, Schneider MF, Kaskel FJ, Askenazi DJ, Hotchkiss H, Jenkins R, et al. Abnormal birth history and height in children with CKD [poster presentation]. American Society of Nephrology 2009 Annual Meeting; 2009 Oct 27-Nov 2; San Diego, CA.

Flynn JT, Miller E, Pierce C, Charleston J, Samuels J, Kupferman J, et al. Reliability of resting blood pressure (BP) measurement and classification using an oscillometric device in children with chronic kidney disease (CKD) [poster presentation]. American Society of Nephrology 2009 Annual Meeting; 2009 Oct 27-Nov 2; San Diego, CA.

MacDonald RN, Schneider MF, Hotchkiss HM, Yadin O, Seikaly MG, Furth SL, et al. Growth failure in children with chronic kidney disease: a report from the Chronic Kidney Disease in Children (CKiD) Cohort Study [poster presentation]. American Society of Nephrology 2009 Annual Meeting; 2009 Oct 27-Nov 2; San Diego, CA.

Lestz RM, Fivush BA, Furth SL. Achievement of albumin targets in pediatric dialysis patients by underlying diagnosis, gender and race [poster presentation]. American Society of Nephrology 2009 Annual Meeting; 2009 Oct 27-Nov 2; San Diego, CA.

Lestz RM, Fivush BA, Neu AM, Atkinson MA, Furth SL. A comparison of achievement of hemoglobin and albumin targets in pediatric patients with urologic vs. non-urologic disease [poster presentation]. American Society of Nephrology 2009 Annual Meeting; 2009 Oct 27-Nov 2; San Diego, CA.

Atkinson M, Fadrowski J, Pierce C, White C, Schwartz G, Abraham A, et al. Anemia, iron stores, and CRP in children with chronic kidney disease [poster presentation]. Pediatric Academic Societies 2009 Annual Meeting; 2009 May 2-5; Baltimore, MD.

Gorman GH, Fivush B, Neu A, Furth S. Growth velocity and clinical outcomes in pediatric hemodialysis patients [poster presentation]. Pediatric Academic Societies 2009 Annual Meeting; 2009 May 2-5; Baltimore, MD.

Greenbaum LA, Kaskel FJ, Askenazi D, Jenkins R, Hotchkiss H, Schneider M, et al. High prevalence of abnormal birth history in children with chronic kidney disease [poster presentation]. Pediatric Academic Societies 2009 Annual Meeting; 2009 May 2-5; Baltimore, MD.

Furth SL. The CKiD Study: what have we learned so far? [poster presentation]. Pediatric Academic Societies 2009 Annual Meeting; 2009 May 2-5; Baltimore, MD.

Gorman G, Fivush B, Neu A, Furth. Growth velocity and clinical outcomes in pediatric hemodialysis patients [poster presentation].  Pediatric Academic Societies 2009 Annual Meeting; 2009 May 2-5; Baltimore, MD.

Editorial and Academic Positions

Editorial positions

2010 - present, Associate Editor, Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology
2009 - present, Reviewer, New England Journal of Medicine
2008 - present, Reviewer, Clinical Journal of American Society of Nephrology
2007 - present, Reviewer, American Journal of Transplantation
2007 - present, Reviewer, Urology
2007 - present, Reviewer, American Journal of Epidemiology
2007 - present, Reviewer, Nephrology, Dialysis, Transplantation
2006 - present,  Reviewer, International Journal of Infectious Disease
2006 - present, Reviewer, Pharmacia
2006 - present, Reviewer, American Journal of Medicine
2005 - present, Reviewer, Journal of Pediatrics
2005 - present, Reviewer, Pediatric Transplantation
2004 - present, Reviewer, Drugs
2004 - present, Reviewer, Medical Care
2004 - present, Reviewer, Journal of American Society of Nephrology
2004 - present, Reviewer, Kidney International
2003 - present, Reviewer, Pediatrics
2003 - present, Reviewer, JAMA
2002 - present, Reviewer, Pediatric Nephrology
2007 - present, Editorial Board, Journal of American Society of Nephrology
2003 - present, Editorial Board, Advances in Chronic Kidney Disease

Academic positions

2011-present, Department of Pediatrics, University of Pennsylvania Operating Plan, Committee on Mentorship
 
2010-present, External Advisory Board, Einstein-Montefiore Institute for Clinical and Translational Research

2008-2009, Chair, Selection Committee for Johns Hopkins KL2 Clinical Research Scholars Program, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutes, Institute for Clinical and Translational Research (ICTR)

2006-2010, Member, Selection Committee for Johns Hopkins K12 Clinical Research Scholars Program, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutes, Institute for Clinical and Translational Research (ICTR)

2006-2010, Member, Executive Committee, “Multidisciplinary Clinical Research Career Development Program” K12, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutes, Institute for Clinical and Translational Research (ICTR)

2005-2010, Member, Clinical and Translational Science Award Application: Training and Education Workgroup, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutes

2005 – 2010, Member, Clinician Scientist Award Committee – Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Selection committee for Junior Faculty salary support award applications