Glomerular Disease Center - Faculty and Staff

Meet our outstanding treatment team committed to pioneering Glomerular disease-related research into clinical practice.

Adult Nephrologists

Richard Lafayette
Associate Chair, Stanford University School of Medicine - Medicine (2002 - 2007) Clinical Chief, Nephrology, Stanford University (1999 - 2012) Director, Stanford Glomerular DIsease Center (2010 - Present)

Bio

Dr. Richard Lafayette is Professor of Medicine (Nephrology) at the Stanford University Medical Center. Founder and director of the Stanford Glomerular Disease Center and its fellowship training program. This interest has led to many evaluations and some elucidation of the pathogenesis of IgA nephritis and leadership in numerous clinical trials. He has more than 30 years of clinical experience and has more than 150 publications including more than 100 peer reviewed papers. He remains passionate in efforts to discover safer and more effective treatments for patients.
Vivek Charu

Bio

I am a physician and a biostatistician. My clinical expertise is in the diagnosis of non-neoplastic kidney and liver disease (including transplantation). My research interests center on the design of observational studies and clinical trials, the analysis of observational data, and causal inference.
John Higgins

Bio

Dr. Higgins is a surgical pathologist with a subspecialty focus in renal pathology, hepatopathology and gastrointestinal pathology. In each of these areas he also focuses on transplant pathology.
Fahmeedah Kamal
Medical Director, Quality Improvement (2018 - Present) Member, Medical Professional Practice Evaluation Committee (PPEC) (2016 - Present) Medical Director, Satellite Menlo Park Dialysis Unit (2016 - Present)
Neeraja Kambham
Director of Anatomic Pathology, Stanford University (2022 - Present) Program Director, Renal Pathology Fellowship, Pathology (2019 - Present) Director, Renal Pathology & Electron Microscopy Lab (2008 - Present) Associate Residency Program Director, Anatomic Pathology (2010 - 2012) Residency Program Director for Anatomic & Clinical Pathology, Pathology (2012 - 2017) Associate Chair for Residency Training, Pathology (2012 - 2017)
Jackson Kim, MD

Bio

Dr. Kim is a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Division of Nephrology at Stanford Health Care. Dr. Kim diagnoses and treats a range of conditions affecting the kidneys, including glomerulonephritis, nephrotic syndrome, chronic kidney disease, and genetic kidney disease. He creates a customized, comprehensive treatment plan for every patient he serves. Dr. Kim has a keen research interest in glomerular kidney disease, particularly glomerulonephritis. He has authored manuscripts, conducted case studies, and published his work in several peer-reviewed journals.

Trial Coordinators

Elizabeth Chen
Nephrology Research Coordinator (Glomerular Disease), Medicine - Med/Nephrology
Farheen Zia Shaikh
Clinical Research Coordinator Associate, Medicine - Med/Nephrology
Brittany Yeung
Kidney Clinical Research Assistant, Medicine - Med/Nephrology

Support Staff

Samantha Smith
Administrative Coordinator, Medicine - Med/Nephrology