Joseph V Bonventre MD

Samuel A. Levine Professor of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital

75 Francis StreetBrigham And Womens Hospital Renal DivisionBoston, MA 02115
Phone+1 617-732-5500

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Education & Training

Mass General Brigham/Brigham and Women's Hospital/Massachusetts General HospitalFellowship, Nephrology, 1979 - 1981
Mass General Brigham/Massachusetts General HospitalResidency, Internal Medicine, 1976 - 1979
Harvard Medical SchoolClass of 1976

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Certifications & Licensure

MA State Medical License 1978 - 2027
American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine Nephrology

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Elected Member The American Society for Clinical Investigation, 1987
Super Doctor SuperDoctors.com
Fellow (ASNF) American Society of Nephrology

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Current evidence and future directions for KIM-1 as a blood-based biomarker in RCC.
Wenxin Xu, Joseph V Bonventre, Toni K Choueiri
Nature Reviews. Clinical Oncology. 2026-08-01
Circulating kidney injury molecule-1 as a prognostic biomarker for long-term renal outcomes in lupus nephritis: a retrospective cohort study.
Keisuke Sako, Yoshitada Toyota, Shiori Nakagawa, Daichi Yomogida, Misaki Yoshida
Lupus Science & Medicine. 2026-07-23
Association of Markers of Kidney Tubular Secretion and Risk of Acute Kidney Injury after Acute Heart Failure.
Henry E Wang, Ashutosh Tamhane, Jennifer A Frey, Alexander Keister, Lauren Shingler
Kidney360. 2026-07-01

Journal Articles

Abemaciclib Inhibits Renal Tubular Secretion Without Changing Glomerular Filtration Rate
Joseph Bonventre, MD, Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics
Biological Variability of Estimated GFR and Albuminuria in CKD
Sushrut S Waikar, Chi-Yuan Hsu, Harold I Feldman, Kathleen D Liu, Joseph V Bonventre, Lesley A Inker, American Journal of Kidney Diseases
Cellular Pathophysiology of Ischemic Acute Kidney Injury
Joseph Bonventre, MD, The Journal of Clinical Investigation

Lectures

Innovations of Dialysis Delivery
American Society of Nephrology Kidney Week 2019 - Washington, D.C. - 11/7/2019
Acute Kidney Injury and Progression of Diabetic Kidney Disease
RES Seminars, San Diego, California - 2/12/2013

Authored Content

Biological Variability of Estimated GFR and Albuminuria in CKDJuly 2018
Acute Kidney Injury and Progression of Diabetic Kidney DiseaseMarch 2018
Kidney InternationalApril 2017

Press Mentions

Growing Human Kidneys in a Lab – Scientists Have Made a Significant BreakthroughSeptember 25th, 2022
A Key Step Toward Growing Human Kidneys in the LaboratoryAugust 30th, 2022
How Organoids Are Advancing the Understanding of Chronic Kidney DiseaseAugust 8th, 2022

Grant Support

Harvard Kidney, Urology and Hematology Training Institute (HKUHTI)BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL2024–2029
Harvard Summer Research Program in Kidney MedicineBRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL2014–2029
Harvard Summer Research Program in Kidney MedicineBRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL2014–2029
Mechanisms of Ischemic Kidney Injury and RepairBRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL1984–2028
Kidney Injury Molecule-1 in Epithelial RepairBRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL2005–2026