Pradeep Kumar "Pradeep" Vaitla, MD
Medical Director
Department:
SOM-Medicine-NEPHROL
Email:
pvaitla@umc.edu
Work Phone:
(601) 984-5670
Biography
Dr. Vaitla graduated from medical school in India before relocating to the USA to pursue specialization. He completed an internal medicine residency at Texas Tech University, followed by a nephrology fellowship at Ochsner Clinic in New Orleans. Dr. Vaitla further advanced his training with a transplant nephrology fellowship at Emory University in Atlanta.
In 2016, he began his career as a transplant nephrologist at UMMC and later assumed the role of Medical Director of Kidney-Pancreas Transplantation. Additionally, Dr. Vaitla serves as the Program Director for the Nephrology Fellowship.
Dr. Vaitla serves as the site Principal Investigator (PI) for multiple research studies and grants. He is a prolific author with over 35 peer-reviewed publications
Education
| Emory University, MD, Transplant Nephrology Fellowship | 2016 |
| Ochsner Clinic Foundation, MD, Nephrology Fellowship | 2015 |
| Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, MD, Internal Medicine Residency | 2013 |
| Osmania Medical College, MBBS, Medical School | 2007 |
Specialty Certification Licensure
| Certification, ASTS Leadership Development Program- 2018, The American Society of Transplant Surgeons | 09/2018 - Present |
| Licensure, Physician license, Mississippi State Board of Medical Licensing | 06/2016 - Present |
| Certification, Board Certification in Nephrology, American Board of Internal Medicine | 11/2016 - 11/2026 |
| Licensure, Physician License, Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners | 06/2013 - 06/2015 |
| Licensure, Physician License, Georgia Medical Board | 06/2015 - 12/2016 |
| Certification, ECFMG, Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates Certification | 08/2009 - Present |
| Certification, Internal Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine | 08/2013 - 08/2023 |
Current Positions
| Program Director, Nephrology fellowship, School of Medicine, Department of Medicine | 07/2024 - Present |
| Associate Professor, School of Medicine, Department of Medicine | 07/2021 - Present |
| Medical Director, Kidney & Pancreas Transplantation | 05/2017 - Present |
| The University of Mississippi Medical Center Jackson, Mississippi 39216 | |
Academic Appointments or Other Previous Appointments
| Living Kidney Donor Program Director, University of Mississippi Medical Center, School of Medicine | 07/2016 - 04/2017 |
| Assistant Professor, UMMC, School of Medicine, Department of Medicine | 07/2016 - 06/2021 |
Sponsored Program Funding
| Extramural, System Interventions to Achieve Early and Equitable Transplants Study Long Term (STEPS-LT), PICORI | 01/2026 - 12/2030 |
| Extramural, Diabetes management in organ transplant recipients using remote patient monitoring, HRSA | 07/2022 - 06/2024 |
| Extramural, Increasing Living Donor Kidney Transplants in Black Patients in Mississippi, American Society of Transplant Surgeons | 01/2022 - 05/2025 |
| Extramural, System Interventions to Achieve Early and Equitable Transplants (STEPS) Study, NIH - NIDDK | 09/2020 - 12/2025 |
| Extramural, Evaluation of Patient Outcomes from the Kidney Allograft Outcomes AlloSure Registry (KOAR), CareDx | 06/2018 - 12/2024 |
| Extramural, APOL1 Long-term Kidney Transplantation Outcomes Network, NIH | 09/2017 - 06/2026 |
Publications
Journal Article | |
| Pradeep Vaitla MD, Wisit Cheungpasitporn MD, Paul Davis MD, Rachana Marathi MD, Franco Cabeza Rivera MD COVID-19 in kidney transplant recipients: The University of Mississippi Medical Center Experience JMSMA.2020;61:415-417 | 2020 |
| Pradeep Vaitla MD, Rachana Marathi MD Kidney Transplantation and Organ Donation: A Brief Update AAPI Journal. 2018 Winter: 18 | 2018 |
Review Article | |
| Kelly Glazer, Isabel J. Brea, Pradeep Vaitla Ureterolithiasis In: StatPearls. Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing; 2020 July 15. | 2020 |
| Tejaswi Kanderi, Pradeep Vaitla Torsemide In: StatPearls. Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing; 2020 July 5. | 2020 |
| Hrishikesh Samant, Pradeep Vaitla, Jiten P. Kothadia Transplantation Post transplantation Lymphoproliferative Disorders In: StatPearls. Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing; 2020 May 26. | 2020 |
| Sidrah Kanwal, Pradeep Vaitla Streptococcus Pyogenes In: StatPearls. Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing; 2020 May 18 | 2020 |
| Madrazo-Ibarra A, Vaitla P Histology, Nephron In: StatPearls. Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing, 2020 Mar 13. | 2020 |
| Chaudhary Ehtsham Azmat, Pradeep Vaitla Orchitis In: StatPearls. Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing; 2020 Jan 20. | 2020 |
Abstracts | |
| Michael Filoramo, Renish Contractor, Deepak Chandramohan, Prabhat Singh, Ujjwala Murari, Nihar Jena, Krishna Kishore Bingi, Pradeep Vaitla, and Prathap Kumar Simhadri Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome While On Achtar Gel Therapy for Primary FSGS Neurology. April 2025; Volume 104, Issue 7: Pages 191 | 2025 |
| Prathap Simhadri, Deepak Chandramohan, Renish Contractor, Prabhat Singh, Pradeep Vaitla, Michelle Neuman, Ujjwala Murar Lactate Gap: A Diagnostic Clue for Diagnosing and Managing Ethylene Glycol Poisoning Journal of the American Society of Nephrology 35 (10S), 10.1681 | 2024 |
| E Mwarangu, RK Velagapudi, P Simhadri, M Atari, P Vaitla Malakoplakia in the Transplanted Kidney Journal of the American Society of Nephrology 35 (10S), 10.1681 | 2024 |
| M Singh, B Syed, M Hassanein, P Vaitla, RK Velagapudi, M Atari Once in a Blue Moon: Crescentic Diabetic Kidney Disease Journal of the American Society of Nephrology 35 (10S), 10.1681 | 2024 |
| M Atari, H Ikrai, S Kapoor, K Parker, B Syed, M Doherty, P Vaitla Anti-endothelial cell antibodies mediated rejection complicated by renal lymphangiectasia causing recurrent ascites and nephromegaly American Journal Of Kidney Diseases 83 (4), S141-S141 | 2024 |
| M Ebeid, M Hassanein, S Kapoor, B Syed, P Vaitla, M Atari Autoimmune hemolytic anemia associated with CMV infection in a kidney transplant recipient American Journal Of Kidney Diseases 83 (4), S143-S143 | 2024 |
| Thuy-Hien R Le, Ramya Velagapudi, Prakhar Vijayvargiya, Mohamed Hassanein, Sanjana Kapoor, Bushra Syed, Pradeep Vaitla, Mohammad Atari Malakoplakia of the kidney transplant, a malignancy mimicker with multifocal masses American Journal Of Kidney Diseases 83 (4), S146-S146 | 2024 |
| PK Simhadri, P Vaitla, U Murari, P Singh Polyarteritis nodosa associated with chronic myelomonocytic leukemia American Journal Of Kidney Diseases 83 (4), S55-S55 | 2024 |
| PK Sinshadri, BJ Parker, P Vaitla, P Singh, U Murari Severe thrombocytopenia induced by polysulphone dialyzer membrabe use in hemodialysis American Journal Of Kidney Diseases 83 (4), S90-S90 | 2024 |
| P Simhadri, P Vaitla, S Sriperumbuduri, U Murari Patent Foramen Ovale Causing Lactic Acidosis Journal of the American Society of Nephrology 34 (11S), 202 | 2023 |
| M Atari, B Syed, P Simhadri, P Vaitla, S Kapoor Correlation of Urine Analysis Findings with Biopsy-Proven Acute Kidney Transplant Rejection Journal of the American Society of Nephrology 34 (11S), 1159 | 2023 |
| P Vaitla, M Atari, S Kapoor, P Simhadri COVID-19-Associated C-ANCA Vasculitis Journal of the American Society of Nephrology 34 (11S), 401 | 2023 |
| M Atari, MB Kuperman, P Simhadri, B Syed, S Kapoor, P Vaitla Successful Treatment of Kidney Transplant Rejection in the Setting of COVID-19 Infection Journal of the American Society of Nephrology 34 (11S), 1155 | 2023 |
| S Sriperumbuduri, P Vaitla, M Atari, B Syed, S Kapoor A Case of Primary Hyperaldosteronism with Hypomagnesemia Journal of the American Society of Nephrology 34 (11S), 1137 | 2023 |
| Curtis K., Littlejohn J., Jones-Carr M., Koller F., Wynn J., Matemavi P., Earl T., Anderson C., Vaitla P Deceased Donor Kidney Transplantation in Sars Cov-2 Positive Recipients AJT, Volume 23, Issue 6, Supplement 1 | 2023 |
| Vaitla P., Mohammad A., Kapoor S., Syed B. Acquired Cystinuria with Kidney Transplantation AJT, Volume 23, Issue 6, Supplement 1 | 2023 |
| Tangpanithandee S., Thongprayoon C., Jadlowiec C., Mao S., Mao M., Leeaphorn N., Vaitla P., Krisanapan P.,Nissaisorakarn P., Cooper M., Cheungpasitporn W. Characteristics of Kidney Transplant Recipients with Prolonged Pre-Transplant Dialysis Duration as Identified by Machine Learning Consensus Clustering AJT, Volume 23, Issue 6, Supplement 1 | 2023 |
| Vaitla P., Mohammad A., Seawright A., Kapoor S., Syed B. Relapse of FSGS in Native Kidneys Post Kidney Transplantation AJT, Volume 23, Issue 6, Supplement 1 | 2023 |
| Yeshwanter Radhakrishnan, Charat Thongprayoon, Caroline C Jadlowiec, Shennen A Mao, Caroline C Jadlowiec, Shennen A Mao, Pradeep Vaitla, Supawit Tangpanithandee, Pajaree Krisanapan, Wisit Cheungpasitporn Characteristics of Kidney Recipients of High Kidney Donor Profile Index Kidneys as Identified by Machine Learning Consensus Clustering American Journal Of Kidney Diseases, vol. 81, no. 4, pp. S120 | 2023 |
| Supawit Tangpanithandee, Charat Thongprayoon, Pajaree Krisanapan, Caroline C Jadlowiec, Shennen A Mao, Michael A Mao, Pradeep Vaitla, Wisit Cheungpasitporn Distinct Phenotypes of Dual Kidney Transplant Recipients in the United States as Identified Through Machine Learning Consensus Clustering American Journal Of Kidney Diseases, vol. 81, no. 4, pp. S122 | 2023 |
| Liliia Harris, Pradeep Vaitla, Mohammad Atari Paxlovid-Induced Tacrolimus Toxicity in Kidney Transplant Recipients American Journal Of Kidney Diseases, vol. 81, no. 4, pp. S22 | 2023 |
| Brian Monk, Bushra Syed, Pradeep Vaitla, Mohammad Atari Hydralazine-Induced Full House Pattern Glomerulonephritis in a Kidney Transplant Recipient American Journal Of Kidney Diseases, vol. 81, no. 4, pp. S34-S35 | 2023 |
| Sriram Sriperumbuduri, Pradeep Vaitla, Christopher Anderson, Tariq Shaf Loin Pain and a New Mechanism: Altruistic Kidney Donation Is a Win-Win! J Am Soc Nephrol. 2022, 33:841. SA-PO859 | 2022 |
| Michael M, Shennen M, Charat T, Pradeep V, Caroline J, Prakrathi A, Napat L, Wisit K, Wisit C Distinct phenotypes of Kidney Retransplantation by Machine Learning Consensus in the United States J Am Soc Nephrol. 2022; 33:830. SA-PO824 | 2022 |
| Vaitla, P, Thongprayoon, C, Jadlowiec, C, Leaphorn, N, Mao, S, Mao, M,Prakriti, A,Cooper,M, Wisit,C Phenotypes of Non-Citizen Kidney transplant recipients in US by machine learning consensus clusterin American Journal of Transplantation. Vol. 22, pp. 1105-1105 | 2022 |
| Thongprayoon C, Jadlowiec C, Vaitla P, Mao S, Leaphorn N, Kaewput W, Pattharan P, Cheungpasitporn W Phenotypes of functionally disabled kidney transplant recipients in the US by machine learning American Journal of Kidney Diseases. Vol. 79. No. 4 | 2022 |
| Safa Osman, Nihal Ali, Pradeep Vaitla, Franco Cabeza Rivera A Case of Rapid Progressive Glomerulonephritis Associated with Disseminated Gonococcal Infection J Am Soc Nephrol 32: 2021. PO1490 | 2021 |
| Lillia Harris, Uma Mahesh Avula, Bushra Syed, Pradeep Vaitla, Franco Cabeza Rivera Little Goes a Long Way: Is Kidney Donor Profile Index (KDPI) a Good Predictor for Pediatric Kidneys from Donors Less Than 10 kg? J Am Soc Nephrol 32: 2021. PO2167 | 2021 |
| Xiaoqian Zhu, Seth Lirette, Andrew D. Rule, Tom Mosley, Kenneth R. Butler, Javed Butler, Michael Hall, Pradeep Vaitla, James J. Wynn, Neville R. Dossabhoy, Eliseo Guallar, Tariq Shafi Quantifying Individual-Level Uncertainty in GFR Estimation J Am Soc Nephrol 32: 2021. TH-OR61 | 2021 |
| Petros Svoronos, Prakhar Vijayvargiya, Pradeep Vaitla, James j. Wynn, Elena Beam, Jason Parham, Muhammad R. Sohail, Zerelda Esquer Garrigos. Outcomes of Kidney Transplant Recipients with Donor Positive Blood Cultures IDSA *** | 2021 |
| N. Leeaphorn, C. Thongprayoon, C. Jadlowiec, A. Chewcharat, P. Hansrivijit, S. Katari, P. Vaitla, L. Cummings, M. Cooper, W. Cheungpasitporn Outcomes of Kidney Transplant Recipients With Sickle Cell Disease: An Analysis of the 2000-2019 UNOS/OPTN Database Am J Transplant. 2021; 21 (suppl 3) | 2021 |
| Giusti S, Chazin S, Vaitla P, Atiemo K, Atari M, Paramesh A, Jeon H, Vijay A, Torres A, Killackey M, Thimmisetty R, Garces J Observational Study of the Clinical Characteristics and Short-term Outcomes of Kidney Transplant Recipients Diagnosed with Coronavirus-19 Infection (sars-cov2) Requiring Hospitalization in New Orleans Am J Transplant.2021; 21 (suppl 3) | 2021 |
| Brar H, Kang J, Vaitla P, Marathi R Acute limb necrosis due to arterial thrombosis associated with COVID-19 Journal of General Internal Medicine; 36 (Suppl 1): S192-S192, 2021. | 2021 |
| Avula UM, Solomon M, Vaitla P, Rivera FC. Desperate times call for desperate measurement: Reversing Tacrolimus in a critically ill patient American Journal of kidney diseases. 2021 Apr 1 (Vol. 77, No. 4, pp. 575-575) | 2021 |
| Avula UM, Solomon M, Vaitla P, Rivera FC. Raising the bar: Highest serum creatinine reported. American Journal of kidney diseases. 2021 Apr 1 (Vol. 77, No. 4, pp. 575-576) | 2021 |
| Rachana Marathi, Paul Davis, Franco Cabeza, Wisit Cheungpasitporn, Swetha Kanduri, Karthik Kovvuru, Pradeep Vaitla COVID-19 in Kidney Transplant Recipients J Am Soc Nephrol 31: 2020 | 2020 |
| Rachana Marathi, Swetha Kanduri, Karthik Kovvuru, Pradeep Vaitla Lowest reported serum creatinine in a normal weight adult highlights the limitations of serum creatinine in estimating glomerular filtration rate J Am Soc Nephrol 31: 2020 Poster | 2020 |
| Megan Tierney, Pradeep Vaitla, Wisit Cheungpasitporn, Franco Cabeza Rivera. De novo Membranous Nephropathy and Donor-Specific Alloantibodies: a Path to the Pathophysiology? J Am Soc Nephrol 31: 2020 | 2020 |
| Swetha Rani Kanduri, Wisit Cheungpasitporn, Karthik Kovvuru, Pradeep Vaitla, Charat Thongprayoon, Kianoush Kashani Recovery of Renal Function among LVAD patients with Severe AKI Requiring Renal Replacement Therapy: A Meta-analysis J Am Soc Nephrol 31: 2020 | 2020 |
| Juan A. Medaura, Charat Thongprayoon, Napat Leeaphorn, Javier A. Neyra, Pradeep Vaitla, Franco H. Cabeza Rivera, Michael A. Mao, Wisit Cheungpasitporn Changes in Serum Klotho in Kidney Transplant Recipients and Prognostic Marker for Allograft Function: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis J Am Soc Nephrol 31: 2020 | 2020 |
| Vaitla P, Rivera FHCabeza, Cheungpasitporn W, Koller F, Matemavi P, Wynn J Kidney Transplant from Sickle Cell Donors Am J Transplant. 2020; 20 (suppl 3) | 2020 |
| Vaitla P, Thongprayoon C, Rivera FCabeza, Koller F, Matemavi P, Kanduri S, Marathi R, Cheungpasitporn W Epidemiology of Cannabis Use and Associated Outcomes among Kidney Transplant Recipients a Meta Analysis Am J Transplant. 2020; 20 (suppl 3) | 2020 |
| Shimose LA, Rios MXBueno, Clark J, Torres A, Garcia-Anton D, Cheungpasitporn W, Vaitla P, Cabeza-Rivera F Barriers for Kidney Transplant Evaluation among People Living with HIV and End-Stage Renal Disease in Mississippi Am J Transplant. 2020; 20 (suppl 3) | 2020 |
| Swetha R Kanduri, MD, Wisit Cheungpasitporn, MD, Charat Thongprayoon, MD, Tarun Bathini, MD, Kovvuru, Karthik, MD, Juan Medaura, MD, Pradeep Vaitla, MD, Kianoush B. Kashani, MD, MS Incidence and Mortality of Acute Kidney Injury in Patients Undergoing Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis American Journal of Kidney Diseases. 2020 75:4 (592-593) | 2020 |
| Prakrati Acharya, Karthik Kovvuru, Pradeep Vaitla, Swetha Kanduri The Heart of Calcium J Am Soc Nephrol 30: 2019, FR-PO550 | 2019 |
| Pradeep Vaitla, Swetha Kanduri, Karthik Kovvuru, Rachana Marathi Renal Failure After Knee Arthroplasty and Antibiotic Cement: Role of Dialysis J Am Soc Nephrol 30: 2019, TH-PO085 | 2019 |
| Amala Pamarthy, Pradeep Vaitla Hidden, Donor-derived malignancy. A tale of two kidneys J Am Soc Nephrol 28: 2017, SA-PO952 | 2018 |
| Karthik Kovvuru, Prakrati Acharya, Pradeep Vaitla, Divya Monga Know your HBsAg testing method J Am Soc Nephrol. 29: 2018, PUB 1502 | 2018 |
| Prakrati Acharya Nathalie Malcolm, Pradeep kumar Vaitla Renal failure secondary to post-traumatic osteolysis American Journal of Kidney Diseases. 2018 71:4 (517-) | 2018 |
| Swetha Rani Kanduri, Desiree Garcia Anton, Pradeep Vaitla Drug-Resistant CMV Infection in Post Kidney Transplant Recipients – High Dose Ganciclovir as a Safe Treatment Option J Am Soc Nephrol 28: 2017, PUB 752 | 2017 |
| Dilek Yarar, Pradeep Vaitla, Stephen O. Pastan, Carla L. Ellis Adenovirus Related Granulomatous Interstitial Nephritis Masquerading as Sarcoidosis in Renal Transplant Recipient J Am Soc Nephrol 27: 2016, TH-PO078 | 2016 |
| Pradeep Vaitla, Alton Brad Farris Recurrence of ANCA Negative Pauci-Immune Crescentic Glomerulonephritis Post Kidney Transplantation J Am Soc Nephrol 27: 2016, PUB489 | 2016 |
| Vaitla P, Daswatta D, Guasch A Recurrence of FSGS post kidney transplantation: Salvage therapy with ACTHAR® Gel Am J Transplant. 2016; 16 (suppl 3) | 2016 |
| Sixto G. Guisti, Pradeep Vaitla, Jorge C. Garces Fibrillary Glomerulonephritis Associated with Demyelinating Polyneuropathy J Am Soc Nephrol 26: 2015, SA-PO68 | 2015 |
| Vaitla P, Bohorquez H, Cohen A, Cruz A, Patel U, Anders S, Catherine C-S, Moiz A, Guisti S, Carmody I, Loss G, Bruce D, Reichman T, Garces J. Three Year Outcomes of Renal Allograft Transplants in African American Recipients Receiving Alemtuzumab for Induction Immunosuppression. Am J Transplant. 2015; 15 (suppl 3) | 2015 |
| Vaitla P, Patel U, Cruz A, Guisti S, Moiz A, Catherine C-S, Cohen A, Loss G, Bohorquez H, Carmody I, Reichman T, Bruce D, Anders S, Garces J. Long Term Outcomes With Alemtuzumab Induction Therapy for Deceased and Living Renal Transplant Recipients. A single center experience. Am J Transplant. 2015; 15 (suppl 3) | 2015 |
| Pradeep Vaitla, Antonio G. Jimenez, Ryan C. Mascarenhas, Abdul Moiz, George E. Loss, Stephanie Anders, Jorge C. Garces, Humberto Bohorquez Induction therapy with Alemtuzumab for deceased and living renal transplant recipients. A single-center experience. J Am Soc Nephrol 25: 2014, FR-PO441 | 2014 |
| Pradeep Vaitla, Ryan C. Mascarenhas, Antonio G. Jimenez, Jorge C. Garces Membranous Nephritis with full house effect in a patient with negative lupus serology. J Am Soc Nephrol 25: 2014, FR-PO621 | 2014 |
| Pradeep Vaitla, Ushma Patel, Ryan C. Mascarenhas, Antonio G. Jimenez, Abdul Moiz, George E. Loss, Stephanie Anders, Jorge C. Garces, Humberto Bohorquez Renal allograft outcomes with Alemtuzmab in highly sensitized recipients. A single center experience. J am Soc Nephrol 25: 2014 FR-PO433 | 2014 |
| Pradeep Vaitla, Ushma Patel, Catherine G. Staffeld-Coit, Ryan C. Mascarenhas, Antonio G. Jimenez, Stephanie Adners, George E. Loss, Ari J. Cohen, Abdul Moiz, Jorge C. Garces, Humberto Bohorquez BK nephropathy in kidney transplant recipients induced with Alemtuzumab. A single center experience. J Am Soc Nephrol 25: 2014, TH-PO1071 | 2014 |
| Pradeep Vaitla, Ushma Patel, Antonio G. Jimenez, Ryan C. Mascarenhas, Abdul Moiz, George E. Loss, Stephanie Anders, Ari J. Cohen, Catherine G. Staffeld-Coit, Jorge C. Garces, Humberto Bohorquez Induction with Alemtuzumab and Outcomes of renal allograft transplants in African American recipients. J Am Soc Nephrol 25: 2014 FR-PO442 | 2014 |
| Pradeep Vaitla, Ushma Patel, Catherine G Staffeld-Coit, Ryan C. Mascarenhas, Antonio G. Jimenez, Stephanie Anders, George E Loss, Ari J. Cohen, Abdul Moiz, Jorge C. Garces, Humberto Bohorquez Incidence of Cytomegalovirus viremia in high-risk kidney transplants recipients induced with Alemtuzumab. A single-center experience. J Am Soc Nephrol 25: 2014, TH-PO1070 | 2014 |
| Antonio G. Jimenez, Jorge C. Garces, Pradeep Vaitla, Ryan C. Mascarenhas Membranous Nephropathy Associated with Autoimmune Thyroiditis. J Am Soc Nephrol 25: 2014, FR-PO657 | 2014 |
| Shubham Garg, Pradeep K.Vaitla, Jayaprakash Sreenarasimhaiah, Deepak Agarwal Effectiveness of Endoscopic Ultrasonography for the management of Choledocholithiasis Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, 2012-04-01, Volume 75, Issue 4, Pages AB209-AB210 | 2012 |
Presentations
| Platform Presentations, Deceased Donor Kidney Transplantation in Sars-Cov-2 Positive Recipients, American Transplant Congress | 06/2023 |
| Platform Presentations, Quantifying Individual-Level Uncertainty in GFR Estimation, ASN Kidney week 2021, Virtual | 11/2021 |
| Platform Presentations, Outcomes of Kidney Transplant Recipients With Sickle Cell Disease: An Analysis of the 2000-2019 UNOS/OPTN Database, American Transplant Congress, Virtual | 06/2021 |
| Poster Presentation, Limitations of estimated glomerular filtration rate: An extreme example, American College of Physicians - MS/AL Chapter | 08/2020 |
| Grand Rounds, Pancreas Transplantation in patients with Diabetes Mellitus-2, Department of Endocrinology, UMMC, Jackson, MS | 02/2019 |
| Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, Post-transplant care for the primary care physician, Mississippi State Medical Association, Destin, FL | 05/2018 |
| Poster Presentation, When Renal Function fades like a Vapor in the wind: A Case of Vaping Associated Propylene Glycol Induced Acute Interstitial Nephritis, ACP Mississippi chapter, Jackson, MS | 10/2017 |
| Platform Presentations, Bilateral obstructive renal failure caused by nephrolithiasis secondary to post-traumatic osteolysis, UMMC Department of Medicine ACP Abstract Day, Jackson, MS | 10/2017 |
| National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Pancreas transplantation, International Conference on Pancreatic Disorders & Treatment, Dallas. TX | 09/2017 |
| Invited Symposia, Immunosuppression and long-term complications, Mississippi Transplant Symposium - 2017, Jackson, MS | 04/2017 |
| Platform Presentations, Recurrence of FSGS post kidney transplantation: Salvage therapy with ACTHAR® Gel, American Transplant Congress, Boston | 06/2016 |
Honors, Awards, and Recognition
| Fellow of American College of Physicians (FACP), American College of Physicians | 2021 |
| Hearin scholarship for Millsaps College Business Advantage Program, Robert M. Hearin Support Foundation | 2021 |
| Region 3 (MS,AL,GA,FL,LA,PR) Representative- Pancreas Transplant Committee, Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN) | 2020 |
| Accepted for MCCTR-Research Summer Institute- 2020, Mississippi Center for Clinical and Translational Research | 2020 |
| Fellow of American Society of Nephrology (FASN), American Society of Nephrology | 2020 |
| Director - Mississippi Transplant Symposium 2019, Mississippi Transplant Symposium | 2019 |
| Nominated, Outstanding service faculty, Department of Internal Medicine, UMMC | 2019 |
| Nominated, Outstanding service faculty & Master clinician, Department of Internal Medicine, UMMC | 2018 |
| Mississippi-Clinical Vignette-Poster Finalist, American College of Physicians | 2017 |
Professional Membership and Service
| American College of Physicians, Fellow | 2021 - Present |
| American Society of Nephrology, Fellow | 2020 - Present |
| American College of Physicians, Member | 2018 - Present |
| Transplantation society, Member | 2017 - Present |
| American Society of Transplantation, Member | 2015 - Present |
| American Society of Nephrology, Member | 2013 - Present |
Committee Service
| Program evaluation committee - Nephrology, Chair | 2025 - Present |
| Building Bridges, Member | 2024 - Present |
| Pancreas Transplantation- Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network, Member | 2020 - 2023 |
| SCHOOL OF MEDICINE-ADMISSIONS INTERVIEW, Member | 2019 - Present |
| Department of Medicine - Mortality Review Committee, Member | 2018 - Present |
| Program Evaluation Committee - Nephrology Fellowship, Member | 2017 - 2025 |
| Clinical Competency Committee- Nephrology Fellowship, Chair | 2017 - 2024 |
| Abdominal Transplant QAPI Committee, Member | 2016 - Present |
| Abdominal Transplant Morbidity and Mortality Committee, Member | 2016 - Present |
Community Service
| Physicians for American Healthcare Access, Member, Volunteer | 03/2019 - Present |
| Mississippi Kidney Foundation, Member, Board of trustees and Physician advisory board | 05/2017 - Present |
| Mississippi Transplant Guild, Volunteer and Participant of Community events | 04/2017 - Present |
| Donate Life - Mississippi Organ Procurement Agency, Speaker and Participant of Organ Donation Awareness events | 2017 - Present |
Other Service
| Dept of Medicine Research Day | 04/2025 - Present |
| Kidney Medicine | 04/2025 - Present |
| Dept of Medicine Research Day | 05/2024 - Present |
| Mississippi Transplant Symposium 2023, Activity Director | 08/2023 - 08/2023 |
| Journal of Medical Case Reports - Associate Editor | 06/2021 - Present |
| Clinical Transplantation - Ad Hoc Reviewer | 07/2020 - Present |
| Delta Kidney Clinic, Greenville, MS: Virtual Outreach, Update the referring physicians about redesign of evaluation & listing process, start of kidney transplantation in HIV positive recipients and use of organs from Hepatitis C viremic donors. | 06/2020 - 06/2020 |
| Delta Hills Nephrology, Greenwood, MS: Virtual Outreach, Update the referring physicians about redesign of evaluation & listing process, start of kidney transplantation in HIV positive recipients and use of organs from Hepatitis C viremic donors. | 06/2020 - 06/2020 |
| Nephrology & Hypertension Associates, Oxford and Tupelo, MS: Virtual Outreach, Update the referring physicians about redesign of evaluation & listing process, start of kidney transplantation in HIV positive recipients and use of organs from Hepatitis C viremic donors. | 06/2020 - 06/2020 |
| Nephrology - Asian Pacific Society of Nephrology: Ad Hoc Reviewer | 04/2020 - Present |
| Journal of Experimental Nephrology - Editorial Board Member | 04/2020 - Present |
| iHeart Radio Interview, Organ Donation and Current State of Organ transplantation in the State of Mississippi | 03/2020 - 03/2020 |
| Southwest Nephrology, Brookhaven, MS: Outreach, Create active and meaningful communication focusing on growth. Make referring physicians aware the breadth & depth of services offered by UMMC Transplant program | 02/2020 - 02/2020 |
| Nature - Scientific Reports: Ad Hoc Reviewer | 01/2020 - Present |
| Plos One: Ad Hoc Reviewer | 12/2019 - Present |
| National Abstract Competition Reviewer - American College of Physicians | 11/2019 - Present |
| Delta Kidney Clinic, Greenville, MS: Outreach, Create active and meaningful communication focusing on growth. Make referring physicians aware the breadth & depth of services offered by UMMC Transplant program | 10/2019 - 10/2019 |
| Mississippi Transplant Symposium - 2019 | 07/2019 - 10/2019 |
| Anionted Nephrology, Brookhaven, MS: Outreach, Create active and meaningful communication focusing on growth. Make referring physicians aware the breadth & depth of services offered by UMMC Transplant program | 05/2019 - 05/2019 |
| Jackson Nephrology Associates, Jackson, MS: Outreach, Create active and meaningful communication focusing on growth. Make referring physicians aware the breadth & depth of services offered by UMMC Transplant program | 01/2019 - 01/2019 |
| Meridian Internal Medicine Practice, Meridian, MS: Outreach, Create active and meaningful communication focusing on growth. Make referring physicians aware the breadth & depth of services offered by UMMC Transplant program | 12/2018 - 12/2018 |
| South Mississippi Kidney Center, Gulfport, MS : Outreach, Create active and meaningful communication focusing on growth. Make referring physicians aware the breadth & depth of services offered by UMMC Transplant program. | 12/2018 - 12/2018 |
| Delta Hills Nephrology, Greenwood, MS: Outreach, Create active and meaningful communication focusing on growth. Make referring physicians aware the breadth & depth of services offered by UMMC Transplant program | 11/2018 - 11/2018 |
| Kidney Disease & Hypertension Center, Pascogula, MS: Outreach, Create active and meaningful communication focusing on growth. Make referring physicians aware the breadth & depth of services offered by UMMC Transplant program | 11/2018 - 11/2018 |
| Nephrology Associates, Columbus, MS: Outreach, Create active and meaningful communication focusing on growth. Make referring physicians aware the breadth & depth of services offered by UMMC Transplant program | 10/2018 - 10/2018 |
| Mississippi Nephrologists, Natchez, MS: Outreach, Create active and meaningful communication focusing on growth. Make referring physicians aware the breadth & depth of services offered by UMMC Transplant program | 08/2018 - 08/2018 |
| Nephrology Associates, Mobile, AL: Outreach, Create active and meaningful communication focusing on growth. Make referring physicians aware the breadth & depth of services offered by UMMC Transplant program | 11/2017 - 11/2017 |
| Dr. Murphy Martin Nephrology Practice, Jackson, MS: Outreach, Create active and meaningful communication focusing on growth. Make referring physicians aware the breadth & depth of services offered by UMMC Transplant program | 09/2017 - 09/2017 |
| Central Nephrology, Jackson, MS: Outreach, Create active and meaningful communication focusing on growth. Make referring physicians aware the breadth & depth of services offered by UMMC Transplant program | 05/2017 - 05/2017 |
| Protocol: Lung Cancer screening for potential kidney transplant recipients, Prepared and Implemented | |
| Protocol: APOL1 screening for living kidney donors, Prepared and Implemented | |
| COVID-19 Workflow and transition to telehealth, Kidney & Pancreas transplant clinics, Prepared the plan and implemented | |
| COVID-19 FAQs for Kidney & Pancreas transplant recipients, Prepared and distributed the FAQs | |
| Protocol: Basiliximab Induction Immunosuppression for Kidney transplant recipients, Prepared and Implemented | |
| Protocol: Kidney transplantation in HIV positive recipients, Prepared protocol, will be implemented in July 2020 | |
| Protocol: Screening and Management of EBV infection in high risk kidney transplant recipients, Prepared and Implemented | |
| Protocol: Management of Dyslipidemia in kidney transplant recipients, Prepared and Implemented | |
| Protocol: Living donor evaluation for kidney donation, Prepared and Implemented | |
| Protocol: BK infection screening and management, post kidney transplant, Prepared and Implemented | |
| Protocol: CMV screening, prophylaxis and treatment post kidney & pancreas transplant, Prepared and Implemented | |
| Protocol: Cardiac testing, Kidney transplant evaluation and waitlist management, Prepared and Implemented |
Teaching Experience
| Medicine, Lecture, Attending, Nephrology board review | Spring 2021 |
| Medicine, Lecture, Attending, Diabetes Insipidus | Spring 2020 - 2020 |
| Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Immunosuppression - Nephrology Board Review | Spring 2020 - 2020 |
| Medicine, Lecture, Attending, Post transplant care and long term complications | Spring 2020 - 2020 |
| Medicine, Small Group, Preceptor, Nephrology: Morbidity and Mortality | Winter 2020 - 2020 |
| Medicine, Small Group, Facilitator, M1 Medical Physiology Kidney Problem Based Learning Sessions | Winter 2020 - 2020 |
| Medicine, Lecture, Attending, Kidney Transplant Management | Summer 2020 - 2020 |
| Medicine, Small Group, Facilitator, Management of Hypertension | Summer 2020 - 2020 |
| PATH621- 2020-2021, Medicine, Lecture, Attending, Immunopathology: Kidney transplantation | Summer 2020 - 2020 |
| Medicine, Lecture, Attending, Transplant patient consult: Nurse practitioner perspective | Summer 2020 - 2020 |
| Medicine, Lecture, Attending, Pancreas transplantation for Diabetes Mellitus Type 2 | Winter 2019 - 2019 |
| PATH621 – 2019-2020, Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Clinical Correlation: Immunopathology - Transplant | Summer 2019 - 2019 |
| Medicine, Lecture, Attending, Immunosuppressive drugs in transplantation | Winter 2019 - 2019 |
| Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Kidney Donor Evaluation | Winter 2019 - 2019 |
| Medicine, Lecture, Attending, Anemia in CKD and ESRD | Summer 2019 - 2019 |
| Medicine, Lecture, Attending, Pancreas Transplantation | Winter 2019 - 2019 |
| Medicine, Lecture, Attending, Internal Medicine Board Review Course: Nephrology | Spring 2018 |
| Path621, Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Immunopathology Patient Presentation: Transplant | Summer 2018 - 2018 |
| Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Acute Kidney Injury | Summer 2018 - 2018 |
| Medicine, Lecture, Attending, Kidney transplantation and Recipient evaluation | Summer 2018 - 2018 |
| Medicine, Lecture, Attending, Acid-Base Disorders | Spring 2018 - 2018 |
| Medicine, Lecture, Attending, CMV Infection in Kidney Transplant Recipients | Winter 2018 - 2018 |
| Path621, Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Kidney transplantation and the role of Immunopathology | Summer 2017 - 2017 |
| Medicine, Lecture, Attending, Living donor transplantation | Winter 2017 - 2017 |
| Medicine, Lecture, Attending, Anemia in CKD and ESRD | Winter 2017 - 2017 |
| Medicine, Small Group, Facilitator, Kidney transplantation in elderly population | Winter 2017 - 2017 |
| Medicine, Lecture, Attending, Kidney Transplantation and Recipient Evaluation | Winter 2016 - 2016 |
| Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, BK infection in Kidney transplant patient | Winter 2015 - 2015 |
Fellows supervised
| Transplant Nephrology, Attending Physician, 12 fellows supervised | 07/2016 - Present |
| Nephrology & Transplant Nephrology, Research Advisor, 4 fellows supervised | 07/2016 - Present |
| Point of Care Ultrasound, Preceptor, 11 fellows supervised | 07/2016 - Present |
| Renal Pathology, Preceptor, 11 fellows supervised | 07/2016 - Present |
| Removal of tunneled dialysis catheter, Preceptor, 7 fellows supervised | 07/2016 - Present |
| Percutaneous Kidney Biopsy, Preceptor, 8 fellows supervised | 07/2016 - Present |
| Nephrology, Attending Physician, 12 fellows supervised | 07/2016 - Present |
Residency Training
| Transplant Nephrology, Attending Physician | 2017 - Present |
| Internal Medicine- Nephrology, Attending Physician | 2016 - Present |
| Internal Medicine- Nephrology, Research Advisor | 2016 - Present |