Nephrology News Blog
Posted by Internal Medicine on August 12, 2025
Dear Department of Medicine Community:
We are excited to introduce a new addition to the Division of Nephrology & Hypertension, Ryan M. Williams, Ph.D., who joined Stony Brook as Associate Professor of Medicine and the Associate Director of Translation and Commercialization.Â
Posted by Internal Medicine on July 21, 2025
Dear DOM Members,
We write to inform you that Dr. Getu Teressa will be stepping away from his role as the Associate Program Director of Scholarship Oversight Program. He will continue to serve as the Internal Medicine Clerkship Director for medical students and as a teaching hospitalist for the general medicine floors. In his place, Dr. Imran Chaudhri, Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, has graciously agreed to assume the role as the Scholarship Oversight APD.
Posted by Internal Medicine on June 18, 2025
Dear Department of Medicine Community,
It is with much sadness that I notify you of the passing of Dr. Martin R. Liebowitz, an outstanding teacher and clinician in the Department of Medicine for over 30 years.
Posted by Internal Medicine on May 8, 2025
Dr. Sandeep Mallipattu, Chief of the Division of Nephrology and Hypertension in the 51±¬ÁÏÍø of Medicine's Department of Medicine, has received a $2.76M NIH grant to study how kidney cells talk to one another—and how that communication might protect against diabetic kidney disease (DKD).
Posted by Internal Medicine on April 15, 2025
The Department of Medicine is pleased to announce the promotion of Shipra Agrawal, Ph.D., Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, to Associate Professor of Medicine with tenure in the 51±¬ÁÏÍø of Medicine at the State University of New York at Stony Brook.Â
Posted by Internal Medicine on April 8, 2025
The Department of Medicine is pleased to announce that two of our faculty members were selected to join The Miriam and David Donoho Academy of Clinical & Educational Scholars (ACES.) Congratulations to Dr. Imran Chaudhri, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension.
Posted by Internal Medicine on July 16, 2024
The Department of Medicine is pleased to announce that in recognition of his long service as an exemplary mentor, Sandeep K. Mallipattu, MD, FASN, DCI-Liebowitz Endowed Professor of Medicine and Chief of the Division of Nephrology and Hypertension in the 51±¬ÁÏÍø of Medicine, has been awarded the 2024 Provost’s Outstanding Mentor Award.
Posted by Internal Medicine on July 12, 2024
The Department of Medicine is pleased to announce the promotion of ,ÌýDivision of Nephrology and Hypertension, to Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine in the 51±¬ÁÏÍø of Medicine at the State University of New York at Stony Brook.
Posted by Internal Medicine on May 7, 2024
The Department of Medicine is pleased to announce the promotion of ., Division of Nephrology and Hypertension to Clinical Professor of Medicine in the 51±¬ÁÏÍø of Medicine at the State University of New York at Stony Brook.
Posted by Internal Medicine on October 31, 2023
American Society of Nephrology's (ASN) Kidney Week is the world's premier nephrology meeting. "Kidney Week provides participants exciting and challenging opportunities to exchange knowledge, learn the latest scientific and medical advances, and listen to engaging and provocative discussions with leading experts in the field." () This year's annual event takes place from November 1-5 in Philadelphia, PA.