Kirk Campbell

Associate professor
Medicine and Nephorology
Icahn School of Medicine
United States of America

Professor Nephrology
Biography

Kirk Campbell, MD, is an Associate Professor in the Division of Nephrology and the Vice Chair of Diversity and Inclusion. He is also the Director of the Nephrology Fellowship Program and an Ombudsperson for medical students at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. He is board certified in Nephrology. Dr. Campbell is a graduate of the University of Connecticut School of Medicine and completed his residency training in Internal Medicine at Yale-New Haven Hospital and a clinical and research fellowship in Nephrology at The Mount Sinai Hospital. In addition to treating patients with renal disease, Dr. Campbell leads an NIH-funded research program focused on understanding the mechanism of podocyte injury in the progression of proteinuric kidney diseases. He is a Nephcure Foundation Young Investigator Awardee and a recipient of the Carl Gottschalk Research Scholar Grant from the American Society of Nephrology.  Dr. Campbell is a member of the Medical Advisory Board of the National Kidney Foundation Serving Greater New York. 

Research Intrest

Nephrology

List of Publications
Campbell KN, Wong JS, Gupta R, Asanuma K, Sudol M, etal (2013) Yes-associated protein (YAP) promotes cell survival by inhibiting proapoptotic dendrin signaling. The Journal of biological chemistry PP: 288.
Campbell KN, Raij L, Mundel P (2011) Role of angiotensin II in the development of nephropathy and podocytopathy of diabetes. Current diabetes reviews Vol: 7.
Sieber J, Lindenmeyer MT, Kampe K, Campbell KN, Cohen CD, etal (2010) Regulation of podocyte survival and endoplasmic reticulum stress by fatty acids. American journal of physiology. Renal physiology PP: 299.
Faul C, Donnelly M, Merscher-Gomez S, Chang YH, Franz S, etal (2008) The actin cytoskeleton of kidney podocytes is a direct target of the antiproteinuric effect of cyclosporine A. Nature medicine Vol: 14.
Asanuma K, Campbell KN, Kim K, Faul C, Mundel P (2007) Nuclear relocation of the nephrin and CD2AP-binding protein dendrin promotes apoptosis of podocytes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. Vol: 104.