NEPHROPATHOLOGY

The Division of Renal and Transplant Pathology continues to grow. Our renal biopsy referral service extends to seven states and over 30 hospitals, and we receive over 1,800 biopsies per year including adult and pediatric kidney biopsies – native and transplant. Our transplant biopsy volume continues to be high, and, in addition to renal allograft biopsies, we also sign out all heart and pancreas transplant biopsies. We provide state of the art renal biopsy interpretation with a fast (one day) turnaround time. Dr. Anjali Satoskar serves as the division director with support from Dr. Tibor Nadasdy, Dr. Sergey Brodsky, and Dr. Alana Dasgupta. The division is also supported by Angela Blissett, Ph.D., Director of Electron Microscopy, and Cherri Bott, HT, ASCP, Histology Laboratory Supervisor, as well as our additional incredible staff.

The division is engaged in numerous research projects. Several collaborative studies with the Nephrology Division of the Department of Internal Medicine and the Comprehensive Transplant Center are ongoing. They include, among others, “warfarin-associated nephropathy” (recently described by us), staphylococcus infection-associated glomerulonephritis, lupus nephritis, proteomics on a variety of glomerular diseases and micro-RNAs in allograft rejection and infection, artificial intelligence and machine learning. We occasionally have international fellows rotating with us to learn Renal Pathology as well. OSU Pathology is a major hub for Digital Pathology as well.