Faculty

Carolyn L Abitbol, M.D.

Professor of Clinical
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Biography: Dr. Abitbol is a professor of pediatrics, who has been in practice for over 40 years. She currently serves as the chief of the Division of Pediatric Nephrology and Hypertension. She has national and international affiliations through the Neonatal Kidney Collaborative as a founding member and is a past-president of the American College of Nutrition. Her dedication to research...
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Jayanthi Chandar, M.D.

Professor of Clinical

Biography: Dr. Chandar is a Professor of Clinical Pediatrics, who has been in practice for more than 20 years. She serves as medical director of the pediatric kidney transplant program at the Miami Transplant Institute. Her dedication to research is specifically in the field of post-transplant biomarkers for rejection and immune quiescence, recurrent post-transplant FSGS and health...
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Marissa J. DeFreitas, M.D., M.S.

Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics
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Biography: Dr. DeFreitas is an associate professor of clinical pediatrics, who has been in practice for more than 9 years. She currently serves as the associate program director of the Pediatrics Nephrology Fellowship Program. Nationally, she holds leadership roles in the Neonatal Kidney Collaborative and the Chronic Kidney Disease in Children Study. Her dedication to research is...
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Chryso Pefkaros Katsoufis, M.D.

Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics
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Biography: Dr. Katsoufis is an associate professor of clinical pediatrics, who has been in practice for more than 10 years. She currently serves as the medical director of the Pediatric Dialysis of Holtz Children’s Hospital. She has also previously served as the associate program director of the Pediatrics Residency Program. Nationally, she has leadership roles in both the Pediatric...
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Shathiyah Kulandavelu, Ph.D.

Research Assistant Professor
Publications
Biography: Throughout my research career, I have accumulated unique experience in cardiovascular physiology, pregnancy, nitric oxide, echocardiography, and molecular and cellular biology. Early in my career, I developed a keen interest in elucidating the role of nitric oxide signaling in both physiological and pathological conditions. During my graduate studies at University of Toronto,...
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Wacharee Seeherunvong, M.D.

Associate Professor of Clinical
Clinical Profile
Biography: Dr. Seeherunvong is an Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics with nearly 20 years of experience in pediatric nephrology. She serves as the Program Director for the Pediatric Nephrology Fellowship Program at the University of Miami, affiliated with Jackson Health System. Nationally recognized, she is actively engaged in clinical research, leading trials and collaborating...
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Vaka Kristin Sigurjonsdottir, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics

Biography: Dr.Sigurjonsdottir is a pediatric nephrologist, clinical scientist, and Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics. Her clinical research interest is using biomarkers in risk stratification in kidney transplantation. Her work has led to several publications and national recognition as a young investigator by the American Transplant Congress.
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