Faculty & Staff
Dr. Priya Pais
MD, M.Sc Diplomate of the American Board of Pediatrics & Pediatric Nephrology
Professor & Head, Pediatric Nephrology
Languages
English, Hindi, Kannada, Tamil, Telugu
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I have 18 years of experience in pediatric nephrology spanning India and the United States with a master's degree in clinical investigation. My special clinical interests include hypertension, nephro-urology and chronic kidney disease. My research focuses on hypertension, CKD outcomes and quality of life. I have had leadership roles in the hospital ethics committee and national & international pediatric nephrology bodies (Indian society of pediatric nephrology, International pediatric nephrology association IPNA & International pediatric transplant association IPTA) "
Qualification/ Education
- M.B.B.S., St John’s Medical College, Bangalore, India
- Intern, Pediatrics, University of Illinois College of Medicine, Chicago, IL
- Residency, Pediatrics, Medical College of Wisconsin-Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
- 3 Year Academic Fellowship, Pediatric Nephrology, Feinberg School of Medicine,
- Northwestern University – Children’s Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL
- MSc, in Clinical Investigation, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago IL
Areas of interest
My special clinical interests include hypertension, nephro-urology and chronic kidney disease
Extramural portfolios/ Committees
International
- International Pediatric Nephrology Association (IPNA): Sister Centre Committee, Core Group (2020 - )
- Chair - International Pediatric Transplant Association: Outreach Committee (2023 -)
- International Society of Nephrology (ISN) Ethics in Kidney Care Curriculum Project committee (2024- current)
- International Society of Nephrology (ISN) Initiative for Guidelines on kidney supportive care and conservative kidney management (2024 – current)
National
- Indian Society of Pediatric Nephrology. South Zone Coordinator (2019-2021)
- Member, Consensus guidelines for UTI, Acute Kidney Injury Indian Society of Pediatric Nephrology
Institutional portfolios/ Committees
Institutional: Current
- Vice-President, St John’s Medical College Alumni Association
- Hospital (Clinical) Ethics Committee. Convenor (2019 – current).
- Internal Complaints (institutional anti- Sexual Harassment) Committee (Member (2019 – current)
- Student Scholarship Committee: 2016 – current.
Institutional: Previous
- Human Research Protection Program. Secretary: 2015 – 2016.
- Cultural Committee. 2014-2016
- St John’s Alumni Association, Academic Secretary. 2016-2018
No experience details available.
My special clinical interests include hypertension, nephro-urology and chronic kidney disease
No groups and associations specified.
No project details available.
| S.I. No | Publication Title | Authors | Source | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Approach to Diagnosis and Management of Pediatric Hypertension in an Outpatient Setting | Shawn Khullar, Anu Asaithambi, Priya Pais, Rahul Chanchlani | Indian J Nephrol | 2025 |
| 2 | Inequities in Pediatric Nephrology: Disparities in Children's Kidney Health and Access to Care | Nivedita Kamath, Erica Bjornstad, Paul Mashanga, Patience Obiagwu, Anita van Zwieten, Priya Pais | Adv Kidney Dis Health | 2025 |
| 3 | Clinical presentation of children with lupus nephritis from a low- and middle-income country (LMIC): an initial report from the Indian pSLE Nephritis Registry | Sanjukta Poddar, Deblina Dasgupta, Subal Pradhan, Sangeetha Perungo, Mahesh Janarthanan, Kinnari Vala, Priya Pais, Susan Uthup, Jyoti Singhal, Suparna Guha, Sumantra Raut, Shakil Akhtar, Jigna Bathia, Suma Balan, Priyankar Pal, Rajiv Sinha; On behalf, of the Indian pSLE Nephritis consortium | Clin Rheumatol | 2025 |
| 4 | The catastrophic costs of chronic kidney disease | Priya Pais, Valerie Luyckx, Susmita Chatterjee, Beverley M Essue | Nat Rev Nephrol | 2025 |
| 5 | Responding to ethical dilemmas in pediatric nephrology: a framework for clinicians in varied practice settings | Priya Pais, Ali Asghar Lanewala, Cecil Levy, Aaron Wightman | Pediatr Nephrol | 2025 |
| 6 | Ambulatory Hypertension in children with kidney failure on maintenance dialysis | Kamal SZ, John M, Pais P | Indian J Nephrol | 2024 |
| 7 | Catastrophic healthcare expenditure and caregiver burden in pediatric chronic kidney disease - a mixed methods study from a low resource setting | Reddy S, Scholes-Robertson N, Raj JM, Pais P | Pediatr Nephrol | 2024 |
| 8 | Overcoming barriers to solid organ transplant in low resource settings: Is fostering altruism the key? | Reddy D, McCulloch M, Pais P | Pediatr Transplant | 2024 |
| 9 | Rare Kidney Diseases: Children Being Left Out in the Cold | Iyengar A, Lanewala AA, Shirol PB, Pais P | Clin J Am Soc Nephrol | 2024 |
| 10 | Evidence-based clinical practice guideline for management of urinary tract infection and primary vesicoureteric reflux | Hari P, Meena J, Kumar M, Sinha A, Thergaonkar RW, Iyengar A, Khandelwal P, Ekambaram S, Pais P, Sharma J, Kanitkar M, Bagga A | Pediatr Nephrol | 2023 |
| 11 | Transition of Kidney Care at 18: Challenges and Practical Solutions for India | Girimaji N, Pais P, Iyengar A | Indian J Nephrol | 2023 |
| 12 | Inequities in kidney heath and kidney care | Raymond Vanholder, Lieven Annemans, Marion Braks, Edwina Brown, Pais P, Tanjala Purnell, Simon Sawhney, Nicole Scholes-Robertson, Benedicte Stengel, Elliot Tannor, Vladimir Tesar, Arjan van der Tol, and Valerie Luyckx | Nature Reviews Nephrol | 2023 |
| 13 | Kidney Care for All: Addressing the Gaps in an Imperfect World-A Global Perspective on Improving Access to Kidney Care in Low-Resource Settings | Pais P, Iyengar A | Kidney 360 | 2023 |
| 14 | Clinical features and outcomes of patients with diacylglycerol kinase epsilon nephropathy: a nationwide experience | Khandelwal P, Thangaraju S, Krishnamurthy S, Ohri A, Pais P, Mathew G, Sharma J, Sharma A, Hari P, Sinha A, Singh G, Bagga A | Pediatr Nephrol | 2023 |
| 15 | Key ethical challenges in providing dialysis in low resource settings — A view from the trenches | Pais P, Luyckx V | Indian Journal of Medical Ethics | 2023 |
No Others Contributions details available.