S. Ananth Karumanchi
ISN Jean Hamburger Award
The Jean Hamburger Award rewards outstanding research in nephrology with a clinical emphasis. This year’s winner is S. Ananth Karumanchi.
Dr. Ananth Karumanchi, Medallion Chair in Vascular Biology, is Director of Renovascular Research and Professor in the Department of Medicine at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Dr. Karumanchi has a second appointment as a Visiting Staff Scientist at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) and Harvard Medical School, Boston. He completed his medical degree at the University of Madras, India (1992), followed by a residency in Internal Medicine at the Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit (1996), and a fellowship in Nephrology at BIDMC, Boston (1999).
His laboratory characterizes pathogenic pathways and develops therapies for hypertensive disorders in pregnancy and chronic renal disease. Dr. Karumanchi’s research activities are vertically integrated, ranging from molecular and cell biological studies through animal models to first-in-class human clinical trials. Dr. Karumanchi has published over 300 papers (including NEJM, Circulation, Nature, Nature Medicine, and JCI, with an H index of 108).
He has received several prestigious awards:
- Established Investigator Award, 2008, American Heart Association (AHA)
- Chesley Award, 2010, International Society for the Study of Hypertension in Pregnancy
- Outstanding Investigator Award, 2010, American Federation for Medical Research
- Gregory Pincus Memorial Medal, 2021, Worcester Foundation for Biomedical Research
Dr. Karumanchi became an elected member of the American Society for Clinical Investigation in 2007 and the Association of American Physicians in 2015. His research has received funding from the National Institutes of Health, the AHA, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, and the Gates Foundation.
Commenting on his award, Dr. Karumanchi says, “Jean Hamburger is considered as one of the founders of modern nephrology, and I am indeed honored to receive this prestigious ISN award that bears his name.”