Elaine M Worcester MD

Summary

• Dr. Elaine Worcester is a nephrologist based in Chicago, IL, who graduated from the University of Illinois College of Medicine in 1979. She completed her residency in Internal Medicine at Loyola University Medical Center and a fellowship in Nephrology at the University of Chicago. From 1986 to 1996, she served as an Assistant and Associate Professor of Medicine at the Medical College of Wisconsin. After four years in private practice in Wisconsin she joined the University of Chicago in 2000. Her expertise includes chronic renal failure, kidney and ureteral stones, and metabolic stone disease. Dr. Worcester has contributed to multiple publications on kidney stone pathogenesis and treatment and has been involved in clinical trials, such as those investigating the effects of dietary sodium and potassium citrate on renal mineral handling. She is recognized as a Fellow by the American Society of Nephrology and was the recipient of the 2023 ASN Jack Coburn Endowed Lectureship. She holds multiple certifications from Epic Systems Corporation for CMS Meaningful Use Stages.