Anitha Vijayan MD

Dr. Anitha Vijayan received her medical degree from the University of the West Indies in 1990. She completed her residency in Internal Medicine at St. Luke’s Hospital in Chesterfield, MO, and her Nephrology fellowship at Washington University. Dr. Vijayan then joined the Division of Nephrology at Washington University in St. Louis as an instructor in 1999 and was promoted to Professor of Medicine in 2012. She also served as Medical Director of Acute Dialysis Services at Barnes-Jewish Hospital, the premier teaching institution of the university. Her clinical expertise and research have been primarily dedicated to improving outcomes in patients with acute kidney injury. She has published widely in the area of biomarkers for early diagnosis and renal replacement therapy in AKI. She is also a member of the American Society of Nephrology and the National Kidney Foundation.