Dr. Ashish Upadhyay Boston University School of Medicine, USA

Dr. Ashish Upadhyay is an Associate Professor of Medicine and the Program Director of Nephrology Fellowship at Boston Medical Center and Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine. Dr. Upadhyay has academic interests in diabetic kidney disease, chronic kidney disease (CKD), cardiovascular diseases in CKD, hemodialysis systems, and evidence-based... read moremedicine. He has conducted epidemiologic research in the Framingham Heart Study, led the evidence review team for the Kidney Disease Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) clinical practice guidelines on lipid management in CKD, and participated in the evidence review teams for the KDIGO clinical practice guidelines on blood pressure management in CKD and anemia management in CKD. He maintains an active clinical practice in general nephrology, hemodialysis, and peritoneal dialysis. Outside of Boston University, Dr. Upadhyay serves as a voting member of the Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation (AAMI)’s Renal Disease and Detoxification Committee, the primary source of national and international consensus standards for hemodialysis technology and dialysis water sterilization processes. Dr. Upadhyay is the recipient of the 2021 Program Leadership Award from Boston Medical Center and the 2022 Robert Dawson Evans Special Recognition Teaching Award from Boston University’s Department of Medicine.