KI Facts

• The University of Kansas is one of the leading kidney research centers in the country.
• Our nephrology program ranks No. 37 among the nation's top 50 in U.S. News & World Report's Best Hospitals 2011-12. Rankings are based on measurable achievements in quality, patient safety, nursing excellence and other best patient care indicators. This is our third year to achieve the honor.
• Four KUMC staff nephrologists have been chosen Outstanding Doctors of America.
• The Kidney Institute members represent the specialties of Nephrology, Biochemistry, Molecular Genetics, Anatomy, Physiology, Radiology, and Pathology.
• More than $6.8 million in NIH funding has been awarded to Kidney Institute members
• Dr. Jared Grantham, Kidney Institute Director Emeritus, was awarded the first ever Lillian Jean Kaplan Prize given jointly by the International Society of Nephrology and the Polycystic Kidney Disease Foundation for research into polycysic kidney disease.
• Dr. James Calvet, professor of biochemistry and molecular biology, is the recipient of the 2011 Lillian Jean Kaplan International Prize for Advancement in the Understanding of Polycystic Kidney Disease.
• Dr. Jared Grantham has also received the Homer Smith Award by the American Society of Nephrology
• L. Darryl Quarles, MD, served as the second Kidney Institute Director from 2004 to 2009.
• Dr. Alan Yu, MD, joined the Kidney Institute as its director on June 20, 2011. 
• Dr. Jared Grantham, University Distinguished Professor of Nephrology, will receive the John P. Peters Award in 2011-- the highest honor that the American Society of Nephrology can bestow on a physician scientist/educator