Steven C. Borkan MD

Dr. Steven C. Borkan, M.D. is an Associate Professor of Medicine at Boston University. He worked in the Renal Function Laboratory with Dr. Jordan Cohen and subsequently received training in clinical Nephrology at the University of Chicago with Dr. Fredric Coe. Dr. Borkan completed a three-year research fellowship in Nephrology at Boston Medical Center with Drs. John Schwartz (Renal Section) and Peter Brecher (Biochemistry) and then joined the Renal Section Faculty in 1989.

His interests include education of nephrology fellows, medical students and house staff, basic research on the cellular mechanisms of ischemic acute renal failure and the care of patients with both general medical and renal diseases. Dr. Borkan is the senior author of numerous publications in the area of the cellular stress response to acute ischemia and has been a Principal Investigator for the NIH for nearly 15 years. Dr. Borkan has also received several awards for excellence in teaching from medical students, house staff and colleagues at Boston Medical Center. Most recently he received the 2007 Grant V. Rodkey award from the Massachusetts Medical Society for significant contributions to medical student education and mentoring. Currently, he is Program Director and Vice Chair of Education for the Department of Medicine at Boston Medical Center.