S. Ananth Karumanchi

Professor

Medicine

BIO

Independent investigator with an active research laboratory for >25 years, focusing on discovering pathogenic pathways and bringing therapies to patients in the areas of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy and kidney diseases
Research activities are vertically integrated, ranging from molecular and cell biological studies to animal models, epidemiological studies and frist-in-class human clinical trials
>350 publications (H index =133) & research supported by HHMI, NIH, AHA, Gates foundation and industry; 15 issued patents in biomedicine
Co-director of NIH training grant for Kidney, Urology and Hematology at UCLA/Cedars-Sinai
Received multiple scientific recognition awards (Established Investigator Award - AHA, Chesley Award - International Society for the Study of Hypertension in Pregnancy, Outstanding Investigator Award - American Federation of Medical Research, Jean Hamburger Prize- ISN)
Inducted to American Society for Clinical Investigation (ASCI) and Association of American Physicians (AAP)
Trained >50 graduate and post-doctoral fellows in basic and translational research.
Associate Editor-Hypertension and Editorial board of numerous medical Journals (JCI, JASN, Hypertension in Pregnancy)
12 endowed lectureships and > 200 invited lectures throughout the world

Professor
Cedars-Sinai, Medicine1 Jan 2019 - present
Director, Renovascular Research Center
Cedars-Sinai, Medicine7 Nov 2017 - present
Medallion Chair in Vascular Biology
Cedars-Sinai28 Nov 2017 - present

Clinical Chief of Nephrology
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Medicine, Los Angeles, United States2020 - 2024
Staff Scientist
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Medicine, United States2019 - present
Professor
Harvard Medical School, United States2014 - 2021
Investigator
Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Chevy Chase, United States2008 - 2014
Attending Physician
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, United States2000 - 2019

M.B.B.S
University of Madras, India1986 - 1992
M.A. (Honorary)
Harvard University, Cambridge, United States2014
LEAD Executive Program
Stanford Graduate School of Business, Palo Alto, United States2019 - 2022

Internal Medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine, Philadelphia, United States1996 - 2006
Nephrology
American Board of Medical Specialties, Chicago, United States1999 - 2009

Residency
Henry Ford Hospital, Internal Medicine, Detroit, United States1 Jul 1993 - 30 Jun 1996
Internal MedicineResidency
Fellowship
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Nephrology/Medicine, Boston, United States1 Jul 1996 - 30 Jun 2000
NephrologyClinical Fellowship