KarenGriffinMD
Nephrology • Maywood, ILNephrologist @ Loyola University Medical Center and Edward Hines, Jr. Veterans Administration
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Office
2160 S First Ave
Luh - North Ent., Rm. 7604
Maywood, IL 60153Phone+1 708-216-3306- Is this information wrong?
Summary
- Dr. Griffin is a Professor of Medicine and Division Director of Nephrology at Loyola University Medical Center and Renal Section Chief at the Edward Hines, Jr. V.A. Dr. Griffin received her MD from Rush University, and subsequently completed her internal medicine residency and clinical/research fellowship in nephrology at Rush. As a clinician, she is primarily focused on hypertension and kidney disease and has been director of the Loyola University American Heart Association’s Designated Comprehensive Hypertension Center and has been recognized as a U.S. News and World Reports Top Doctor. Her research focus has been on the role of hypertension on the progression of chronic kidney disease and the impact of altered hemodynamics in the development and progression of diabetic and obesity-related nephropathies. She has received research funding from the NIH and Merit Review and published more than 80 articles, invited reviews and book chapters. Dr. Griffin has served as chair of the Joint Biomedical Laboratory Research and Development and Clinical Science Research and Development Services of the Scientific Merit Review Board; the VA Merit Review Renal Study Section; and National Kidney Foundation of Illinois, Research committees. Additionally, she has served as a reviewer for several NIH study sections and been a member of several editorial boards and associate-editor of the ASN Nephrology Self-Assessment Program. She is currently Chair of the AHA Council on Hypertension and Guest Editor of the journal Hypertension. She has served as a member of the American Society of Nephrology’s Hypertension Advisory Group. Dr. Griffin is a recipient of the American Medical Women's Association Awards for Leadership and Academic Excellence, The Student’s Choice Award at the Medical College of Wisconsin, the Arthur C. Corcoran Memorial Lecture of the AHA Hypertension Council, and Lois T. Ellison Lecture of the Medical College of Georgia.
Education & Training
Rush University Medical CenterFellowship, Nephrology, 1987 - 1990- Rush University Medical CenterChief Residency, Internal Medicine, 1986 - 1987
- Rush University Medical CenterResidency, Internal Medicine, 1983 - 1986
Rush Medical College of Rush University Medical CenterClass of 1983
Certifications & Licensure
IL State Medical License 1983 - 2026- American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
- American Board of Internal Medicine Nephrology
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2012-2013
- Super Doctor SuperDoctors.com
- Fellow (ASNF) American Society of Nephrology
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- In Memoriam: Anil K. Bidani, MD.Karen A Griffin, Vinod K Bansal> ;Hypertension. 2022 Nov 1
- 23 citationsPathophysiology of unilateral ischemia-reperfusion injury: importance of renal counterbalance and implications for the AKI-CKD transition.Aaron J. Polichnowski, Karen A. Griffin, Hector Licea-Vargas, Rongpei Lan, Maria M. Picken, Jainrui Long, Geoffrey A. Williamson, Christian Rosenberger, Susanne Mathia...> ;American Journal of Physiology. Renal Physiology. 2020 May 1
- 7 citationsBP Fluctuations and the Real-Time Dynamics of Renal Blood Flow Responses in Conscious Rats.Anil K. Bidani, Aaron J. Polichnowski, Hector Licea-Vargas, Jianrui Long, Stephanie Kliethermes, Geoffrey A. Williamson, Karen A. Griffin> ;Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. 2020 Feb 1
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Press Mentions
EHR Alerts Flag Acute Kidney Injury and Avert ProgressionNovember 17th, 2022- Mixed Results with Alerts for AKI-Related Medications in HospitalNovember 6th, 2022
- Highlights from the American Heart Association's Joint Hypertension 2018 Scientific SessionsMarch 5th, 2019
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Professional Memberships
- Fellow
Hospital Affiliations
Loyola University Medical CenterMaywood, Illinois
Edward Hines, Jr. Veterans Affairs HospitalHines, Illinois
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