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Dr. Olga Charnaya is an assistant professor of Pediatrics at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. She specializes in pediatric kidney transplantation but provides care for children with kidney disease of all types including hypertension, chronic kidney disease, dialysis, hematuria, and proteinuria. Dr. Charnaya completed her undergraduate degree at the University of Maryland in College Park, and a Master’s degree in Microbiology and Immunology at Georgetown University. Subsequently, she matriculated at the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev to complete her medical degree. Her residency training was completed at University of Maryland Medical Center where she also served as chief resident. Her subspecialty training in Pediatric Nephrology was completed at Children’s National Medical Center, after which she joined the faculty at Johns Hopkins in 2017. In addition to providing clinical care, Dr. Charnaya is pursuing a Ph.D. in clinical investigation at the Bloomberg School of Public Health, and is actively engaged in clinical research to improve outcomes for pediatric kidney transplant recipients. Specifically, Dr. Charnaya’s research is studying ways to incorporate high-resolution tissue typing into deceased donor kidney allocation using computational modeling to improve immunological matching while preserving pediatric priority and equity (racial and geographic) in access to transplantation. Research Summary Dr. Charnaya’s primary research focus is pediatric kidney transplantation. She has several ongoing research endeavors, including exploring how to implement eplet mismatch analysis in pediatric kidney transplantation, reducing racial and ethnic disparities in pediatric kidney transplantation, and studying the response of pediatric transplant recipients to the COVID-19 vaccine. Dr. Charnaya leads one of the division quality improvement initiatives to optimize care of children with nephrotic syndrome, which is a collaborative effort with eight other children’s hospitals. In 2020, she received the KL2 Clinical Research Scholars Award to support her research and allow her to complete a doctorate in clinical investigation at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
Her top areas of expertise are Chickenpox and Hypertension.
Her clinical research consists of co-authoring 30 peer reviewed articles. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years.
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200 North Wolfe Street, Rubenstein BLDG Lower Level, Rubenstein BLDG Lower Level, Baltimore, MD 21287
6420 Rockledge Drive, Suite 2300, Bethesda, MD 20817
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Dr. Meredith Atkinson is an associate professor of pediatrics in the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. She provides care for children with kidney problems of any type, including patients on dialysis; patients with proteinuria, hematuria and chronic kidney disease; and kidney transplant. Dr. Atkinson's clinical research interests focus on chronic kidney disease and end-stage kidney disease in children. Her specific interests include mechanisms and treatment of anemia in chronic kidney disease and racial disparities in patient outcomes. She is the recipient of numerous research grants and awards, including a K23 Patient Oriented Research award from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases/NIH, and young investigator grants from the National Kidney Foundation, the National Kidney Foundation of Maryland, the Thrasher Research Fund and Amgen Inc. She is currently the PI of the Renal Anhydramnios Fetal Therapy (RAFT) trial. She received her undergraduate degree in biology from Mount Holyoke College. She earned her M.D. from the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry. She completed a residency in pediatrics at Johns Hopkins, followed by a fellowship in pediatric nephrology at Hopkins, completed in June 2007. During her fellowship training, Dr. Atkinson received a master’s degree in epidemiology from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Dr. Atkinson joined the Johns Hopkins faculty in 2007. Dr. Atkinson was elected to the Society for Pediatric Research in 2014. She is a member of several professional organizations including the American Society of Nephrology, and is the president of the American Society of Pediatric Nephrology for 2024-2026. Dr. Atkinson is highly rated in 7 conditions, according to our data. Her top areas of expertise are Potter Syndrome, Lupus Nephritis, Glomerulonephritis, Anemia, and Kidney Transplant.
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- ChickenpoxDr. Charnaya isExperienced. Learn about Chickenpox.
- HypertensionDr. Charnaya isExperienced. Learn about Hypertension.