Important Announcements

Nondiscrimination Statement Update

Boston Medical Center Health System complies with applicable Federal civil rights laws and does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, color, national origin (including limited English proficiency and primary language), religion, culture, physical or mental disabilities, socioeconomic status, sex, sexual orientation and gender identity and/or expression. BMCHS provides free aids and services to people with disabilities and free language services to people whose primary language is not English.

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Campus Construction Update

Starting September 14, we’re closing the Menino building lobby entrance. This, along with the ongoing Yawkey building entrance closure, will help us bring you an even better campus experience that matches the exceptional care you've come to expect. Please enter the Menino and Yawkey buildings through the Moakley building, and make sure to leave extra time to get to your appointment. Thank you for your patience. 

Click here to learn more about our campus redesign. 

Sushrut S. Waikar, MD, MPH

Interim Chief of Medicine; Chief of Nephrology

Sushrut S. Waikar, MD, MPH

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About

Sushrut S. Waikar, MD, MPH, is the Chief of Nephrology at Boston Medical Center (BMC) and a practicing nephrologist at BMC and the Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program. He specializes in treating acute kidney injury and chronic kidney disease. Dr. Waikar is also the Norman G. Levinsky Professor of Medicine at Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine. His research interests include epidemiologic, translational, and interventional studies to address novel and clinically important questions in nephrology. He is a Principal Investigator of several NIH and industry grants focused on improving the diagnosis and treatment for chronic kidney diseases.

  • Departments

  • Specialties

    Biomarkers, interventional trials, physiology, proteomics, acute kidney injury, chronic kidney disease

  • Contact

    617.414.8680

  • Primary Location

    1 Boston Medical Center Pl
    Boston, MA 02118

  • Administrative Title

    Norman G. Levinsky Professor of Medicine, Boston University Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine

  • Residency

    Internal Medicine, University of California, San Francisco (UCSF)

  • Fellowship

    Nephrology, Brigham and Women's Hospital & Massachusetts General Hospital

  • Education

    Yale School of Medicine, 1998

  • Research Interests

    biomarkers; interventional trials; physiology; proteomics; metabolomics

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