Overview
Dr. Onuchic-Whitford is the Director of the Kidney Genetics & PKD Clinic at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. She received her medical degree from the University of São Paulo in Brazil, where she also completed residency in Internal Medicine. She repeated Internal Medicine residency at the University of Connecticut, followed by clinical fellowship in adult nephrology in the joint Brigham and Women's Hospital / Massachusetts General Hospital program. Dr. Onuchic-Whitford's clinical practice is focused on genetic kidney diseases, including polycystic kidney disease, Alport Syndrome, thin basement membrane nephropathy, genetic FSGS (focal and segmental glomerulosclerosis), and congenital anomalies of the kidney and urinary tract (CAKUT), among many other inherited/familial kidney disorders. From a research standpoint, Dr. Onuchic-Whitford is interested in searching for genetic determinants of kidney diseases. During her postdoctoral research fellowship at Boston Children’s Hospital, she studied the genetics of nephrotic syndrome and chronic kidney disease of unknown etiology. Her current research in computational genomics aims to identify mechanisms of gene regulation that can contribute to kidney disease.
Dr. Onuchic is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Meckel Syndrome. Her top areas of expertise are Nephrotic Syndrome, Polycystic Kidney Disease, Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease, and Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis.
Her clinical research consists of co-authoring 16 peer reviewed articles. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years.
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Locations
45 Francis Street, 2nd Floor, Boston, MA 02115
Additional Areas of Focus
Dr. Onuchic has provided the following conditions as areas of focus. Please note that we may not have enough data to validate their experience in some of these conditions.
Clinical Research
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Areas of Expertise
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- Distinguished
- Nephrotic SyndromeDr. Onuchic isDistinguished. Learn about Nephrotic Syndrome.
- Experienced
- Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease
- Chronic Kidney DiseaseDr. Onuchic isExperienced. Learn about Chronic Kidney Disease.
- Focal Segmental GlomerulosclerosisDr. Onuchic isExperienced. Learn about Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis.
- GlomerulonephritisDr. Onuchic isExperienced. Learn about Glomerulonephritis.
- HypercalcemiaDr. Onuchic isExperienced. Learn about Hypercalcemia.
- Liddle SyndromeDr. Onuchic isExperienced. Learn about Liddle Syndrome.