Stephen M. Korbet MD, FASN

Stephen M. Korbet, MD is the Lester and Muriel Anixter Professor of Nephrology and former Chief of the Division of Nephrology at Rush University Medical Center from 2009-to 2017. He graduated from Rush Medical College in 1979 where he was elected a member of the Alpha Omega Alpha honor society. His internship, residency, and fellowship in nephrology were spent at Rush-Presbyterian St. Luke’s Medical Center where he was named Outstanding Resident.

Korbet became a member of the Section of Nephrology at Rush in 1984 and over the course of the last 35 years, he has been extensively involved in clinical research. His areas of interest include renal biopsy, glomerular diseases with a particular focus on lupus nephritis and focal segmental glomerulosclerosis, and the management of anemia in end-stage renal disease.

His research in the area of lupus nephritis was instrumental in the 2004 revision of the classification of lupus nephritis developed by the International Society of Nephrology and Renal Pathology Society. His work in the area of focal segmental glomerulosclerosis led to the increasing awareness of the treatability of this otherwise progressive form of renal disease.