Email

sankar.navaneethan@bcm.edu

Positions

Professor

Medicine-Nephrology
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX US

Director of Clinical Research

Section of Nephrology
Baylor College of Medicine

Addresses

ICTR (Office)

Jewish Institute for Research
Room 100D37
Houston, TX 77030
United States
Phone: (713) 798-7847

Education

MS from Case Western Reserve University

05/2014 - Cleveland, Ohio United States

MPH from University of South Carolina

05/2002 - Columbia, South Carolina United States

MBBS from Madras Medical College

05/2000 - Madras, India

Honors & Awards

Workgroup Member: KDIGO guidelines for management of Diabetes and CKD

Professional Interests

• Obesity, intentional weight loss and chronic kidney disease
• Electronic Medical Records in CKD care
• Cardiovascular disease in CKD- novel markers and interventions
• Health services research in nephrology
• Diabetes and CKD

Websites

Memberships

American Journal of Kidney Diseases

Associate Editor

Current Opinion in Nephrology and Hypertension

Section Editor

Funding

Visceral Adiposity and Physical Fitness in CKD - #R01DK101500

(09/22/2014 - 07/31/2021) Grant funding from NIH - NIDDK

OPTIMIZING RENIN ANGIOTENSIN SYSTEM BLOCKER USE AMONG VETERANS WITH KIDNEY DISEASE - #1I01HX002917-01A1

Grant funding from VA HSRD