With 19 KU faculty physicians, our nephrology program was ranked among the top 50 nationally by U.S. News & World Report for 11 years and ranked 38th in 2020, the last year that nephrology was included in the rankings.
Division Highlights
The Jared Grantham Kidney Institute includes 42 faculty across the entire range of kidney disease research, 23,000 square feet of state-of-the-art laboratory space, and more than $7 million per year in research funding.
136 clinical and research fellows have matriculated through the nephrology training program since 1970, and 41 fellows have been appointed to academic faculty positions.