Faculty

Gaurav Kapur, MD

Pediatric Nephrologist
Division Chief
Director, Pediatric Dialysis Program
Professor of Pediatrics, Central Michigan University

Board certification: Pediatrics, Pediatric Nephrology
Languages spoken: English, Hindi
Medical School: Maulana Azad Medical College
Residency: Children’s Hospital of Michigan
Fellowship: Children’s Hospital of Michigan
Awards/Honors: Detroit Top Doc
Areas of research/interest: dialysis, hemolytic uremic syndrome, hypertension
Publications: My Bibliography - NCBI (nih.gov)

Rudolph P. Valentini, MD

Pediatric Nephrologist
Group Chief Medical Officer, Detroit Medical Center
Chief Medical Officer, Children’s Hospital of Michigan
Professor of Pediatrics, Central Michigan University

Board certification: Pediatrics, Pediatric Nephrology
Languages spoken: English
Medical School: Wayne State University
Residency: University of Cincinnati
Fellowship: University of Michigan
Awards/Honors: Detroit Top Doc
Areas of research/interest: lupus and renal vasculitis, nephrotic syndrome, kidney stones, dialysis, hemodialysis vascular access

Selected publications:

1. Acute kidney injury in pediatric acute SARS-CoV-2 infection and multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C): is there a difference? Grewal MK, Gregory MJ, Jain A, Mohammad D, Cashen K, Ang JY, Thomas RL, Valentini RP. Front Pediatr 2021;9:692256. PMID: 34434905
2. KDOKI Clinical Practice Guideline for Vascular Access: 2019 Update. Lok CE, Huber TS, Lee T, Shenoy S, Yevzlin AS, Abreo K, Allon M, Asif A, Astor BC, Glickman MH, Graham J, Moist LM, Rajan DK, Roberts C, Vachharajani TJ, Valentini RP; National Kidney Foundation. Am J Kidney Dis 2020;75(4 Suppl 2): S1-S164. PMID: 32778223
3. Reducing central venous catheters in chronic hemodialysis – a commitment to arteriovenous fistula creation in children. Baracco R, Mattoo T, Jain A, Kapur G, Valentini RP. Pediatr Nephrol 2014;29(10):2013-20. PMID: 24474576
4. Nephrolithiasis in children. Valentini RP, Lakshmanan Y. Adv Chronic Kidney Dis 2011;18(5):370-5. PMID 21896379
5. Membranous glomerulonephritis: treatment response and outcome in children. Valentini RP, Mattoo TK, Kapur G, Imam A. Pediatr Nephrol 2009;24(2):301-8. PMID: 18846392
6. Membranous nephropathy in children: clinical presentation and therapeutic approach. Menon S, Valentini RP. Pediatr Nephrol 2010;25(8):1419 – 28. PMID: 19908069

Melissa Gregory, MD

Pediatric Nephrologist
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Central Michigan University

Board certification: Pediatrics, Pediatric Nephrology
Languages spoken: English
Medical School: University of Michigan Medical School
Residency: C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital/University of Michigan
Fellowship: C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital/University of Michigan/National Institutes of Health
Areas of research/interest: chronic kidney disease, tuberous sclerosis, nutrition in kidney disease, cystic kidney disease
Awards/honors: 2020 Wayne State University School of Medicine excellence in teaching award, Pediatric scientist training award, Detroit Top Doc

Amrish Jain, MD, FAAP

Pediatric Nephrologist
Medical Director, Pediatric Kidney Transplant Program
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Central Michigan University

Board certification: Pediatrics, Pediatric Nephrology
Languages spoken: English, Hindi
Medical School: Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Medical College/Maulana Azad Medical College
Residency: Children’s Hospital of Michigan
Fellowship: Children’s Hospital of Michigan
Areas of research/interest: kidney transplant, nephrotic syndrome, hypertension, hematuria

Awards/Honors:

1. Associate Professor Teacher of the Year Award 2021
2. Top Doc (2016 – 2021)
3. Wayne State University School of Medicine Excellence in Teaching Award 2017
4. Physician difference maker award 2015

Selected publications:

1. Jain A, Baracco, Kapur. Pheochromocytoma and paraganglioma – an update on diagnosis, evaluation and management. Pediatr Nephrol 2020;35(4):581-94. PMID 30603807
2. Taormina SP, Galloway MP, Jain A. Barriers to live donor kidney transplants in the pediatric population: A single-center experience. Pediatr Transplant 2017;21(2). PMID 27885788
3. Jain A. Body fluid composition. Pediatr Rev 2015;36(4):141-50. PMID 25834218
4. Romero M, Kapur G, Baracco R, Valentini RP, Mattoo TK, Jain A. Treatment of hypertension in children with catecholamine-secreting tumors: a systematic approach. J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich) 2015;17(9):720-5. PMID 26010736