
Milda Renne Saunders MD
Hospital Medicine/Hospitalist
Instructor of Medicine, University of Chicago Medicine
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5841 S Maryland AveChicago, IL 60637
Phone+1 888-824-0200
Fax+1 773-834-7492
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Education & Training
University of ChicagoResidency, Internal Medicine/Pediatrics, 2004 - 2008
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of PennsylvaniaClass of 2004
Certifications & Licensure
IL State Medical License 2007 - 2026
IL State Medical License 2008 - 2026
American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 2 citationsTrends in Co-morbid Dementia and Chronic Kidney Disease.Milda R Saunders, Mingyu Qi, Elbert S Huang, R Tamara Konetzka
Journal of General Internal Medicine. 2025-07-01 - Chicago Neighborhood Context and Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Maternal Diabetes.Anika Lucas, Sophia Mlawer, Kingsley Weaver, Julia Caldwell, Arshiya Baig
Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities. 2025-02-01 - Changing Perceptions of Health Care Among Patients With Kidney Disease.Beatrice P Concepcion, Milda R Saunders
JAMA Network Open. 2024-11-04
Journal Articles
- Patient Experience with Primary Care Physician and Risk for HospitalizationBen S Gerber, Edward J Horwitz, Ana C Ricardo, Milda Saunders, James P Lash, Journal of the American Society of Nephrology
- Donor OutcomesMilda R Saunders, Michelle A Josephson, Journal of the American Society of Nephrology
Authored Content
- Racialized Violence and Health Care’s Call to ActionJune 2020
- Racialized Violence and Health Care’s Call to ActionJune 2020
Press Mentions
Pre-Visit Handout Raised Post-Visit CKD Knowledge Regardless of Health LiteracyMarch 25th, 2025
Study Reveals Health Disparities in Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease in the United StatesJune 15th, 2022
Erasing Race in MedicineFebruary 3rd, 2022
Grant Support
- Intensive Patient Referral and Education Program prior to Renal Replacement Therapy (iPREP RRT)UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO2020–2025
- A pilot to develop and test an Interactive Computer-adaptive Chronic Kidney Disease education program for hospitalized African American patients (I-C-CKD)UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO2020–2025
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