Lauren D Stern, MD
Clinical Associate Professor
Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
Medicine
Nephrology

MD, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
BS, University of Florida



Dr. Stern is a Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine in Nephrology at the Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine. She has been active in medical student and resident education since 2011 and currently serves as the Director of the Integrated Renal Physiology and Pathophysiolgy PISCES course for first year medical students. She is also a Field Specific Advisor for fourth year medical students who are applying for residencies in Internal Medicine. She has previously served as an Associate Clerkship Director to the third year medical students in the Medicine 1 clerkship and as a core faculty member in the Internal Medicine Residency with a focus on curriculum innovation for residents.

Dr. Stern's clinical practice focuses on home dialysis therapies and she is the Medical Director of the Home Dialysis Program, which provides peritoneal dialysis and home hemodialysis for patients with end stage kidney disease. In addition, she is also attends on the renal consult service, dialysis and transplantation service, and sees patients in the Multidisciplinary Amyloidosis Research Center. She has been teaching faculty in a number of national home dialysis courses and served on a number of committees through the American Society of Nephrology. Dr. Stern received her BS with Honors in Zoology from the University of Florida and her MD from Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. She completed her Internal Medicine Residency, chief residency, and nephrology fellowship at The Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City. She is currently pursuing a Masters of Public Health at the T.H. Chan Harvard School of Public Health.

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Boston University
Amyloidosis Center




Stigma Syndemics and End-Stage Kidney Disease in Disenfranchised Urban Communities Fighting COVID- 19
10/01/2020 - 12/31/2021 (Multi-PI)
PI: Lauren D Stern, MD
Social Science Research Council



Determinants of Hemodialysis AV Fistula Maturation
01/01/2012 - 05/31/2014 (PI)
University of Pennsylvania NIH-NIDDK

Determinants of Hemodialysis AV Fistula Maturation
01/01/2012 - 06/30/2013 (PI)
University of Pennsylvania NIH-NIDDK


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  1. Lotfollahzadeh S, Vazirani A, Sellinger IE, Clovie J, Hoekstra I, Patel A, Malloum AB, Yin W, Paul H, Yadati P, Siracus J, Malikova M, Pernar LI, Francis J, Stern L, Chitalia VC. Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor Pathway Augments Peritoneal Fibrosis in a Murine CKD Model Exposed to Peritoneal Dialysate. Kidney360. 2024 Sep 01; 5(9):1238-1250.View Related Profiles. PMID: 39235862; PMCID: PMC11441816; DOI: 10.34067/KID.0000000000000516;
     
  2. Boyle SM, Martindale J, Parsons AS, Sozio SM, Hilburg R, Bahrainwala J, Chan L, Stern LD, Warburton KM. Development and Validation of a Formative Assessment Tool for Nephrology Fellows' Clinical Reasoning. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2024 Jan 01; 19(1):26-34. PMID: 37851423; PMCID: PMC10843222; DOI: 10.2215/CJN.0000000000000315;
     
  3. Shohet M, Nguyen NH, Stern LD, Waikar SS, Schmidt IM. Structural and Psychosocial Challenges Among Underserved Patients Receiving Hemodialysis During and Beyond the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Qualitative Study. Kidney Med. 2023 Nov; 5(11):100717.View Related Profiles. PMID: 37817797; PMCID: PMC10561110; DOI: 10.1016/j.xkme.2023.100717;
     
  4. Stern LD, Warburton K, Kim T, Cohen-Osher M. Challenges in Nephrology Education: Integration of the Preclinical Curriculum. Adv Chronic Kidney Dis. 2022 Nov; 29(6):483-485.View Related Profiles. PMID: 36371109; DOI: 10.1053/j.ackd.2022.07.005;
     
  5. Lotfollahzadeh S, Zhang M, Napoleon MA, Yin W, Orrick J, Elzind N, Morrissey A, Sellinger IE, Stern LD, Belghasem M, Francis JM, Chitalia VC. A Retrograde Implantation Approach for Peritoneal Dialysis Catheter Placement in Mice. J Vis Exp. 2022 07 20; (185).View Related Profiles. PMID: 35938794; DOI: 10.3791/63689;
     
  6. Nader R, Zhen A, Angel-Korman A, Pavlovich SS, Pogrebinsky A, Doros G, Menn-Josephy H, Stern L, Sanchorawala V, Havasi A. Predictors and outcomes of acute kidney injury during autologous stem cell transplantation in AL amyloidosis. Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2022 Jun 23; 37(7):1281-1288.View Related Profiles. PMID: 34043009
     
  7. Stern LD, Waikar S. Time to Expand Access and Utilization of Home Dialysis: Lessons From the COVID-19 Pandemic. Mayo Clin Proc. 2020 07; 95(7):1323-1324.View Related Profiles. PMID: 32622441; PMCID: PMC7264034; DOI: 10.1016/j.mayocp.2020.04.038;
     
  8. Angel-Korman A, Stern L, Angel Y, Sarosiek S, Menn-Josephy H, Francis J, Ghai S, Sloan JM, Sanchorawala V, Havasi A. The Role of Kidney Transplantation in Monoclonal Ig Deposition Disease. Kidney Int Rep. 2020 Apr; 5(4):485-493.View Related Profiles. PMID: 32274452; PMCID: PMC7136323; DOI: 10.1016/j.ekir.2020.01.011;
     
  9. Angel-Korman A, Stern L, Sarosiek S, Sloan JM, Doros G, Sanchorawala V, Havasi A. Long-term outcome of kidney transplantation in AL amyloidosis. Kidney Int. 2019 02; 95(2):405-411.View Related Profiles. PMID: 30580886
     
  10. Batalini F, Econimo L, Quillen K, Sloan JM, Sarosiek S, Brauneis D, Havasi A, Stern L, Dember LM, Sanchorawala V. High-Dose Melphalan and Stem Cell Transplantation in Patients on Dialysis Due to Immunoglobulin Light-Chain Amyloidosis and Monoclonal Immunoglobulin Deposition Disease. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant. 2018 01; 24(1):127-132.View Related Profiles. PMID: 28865972
     
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Boston Medical Center Shows Expanded Home Dialysis Fosters Equity in Kidney Disease

HealthCity 10/27/2023

In A Time Of Social Distancing, Doctors Warn Dialysis Is Better Done At Home

WGBH 6/23/2020

2023 Boston University School of Medicine: Evans Clinician Designation
2023 Boston Magazine: Top Doctors Award
2022 Boston Magazine: Top Doctors Award
2021 Boston Magazine: Top Doctors Award
2021 Caste Connolly: Exceptional Women in Medicine
2020 Boston Magazine: Top Doctors Award
2020 Castle Connolly: Exceptional Women in Medicine
2018 Boston University School of Medicine: Excellence in Teaching
2017 Boston University School of Medicine: The Illustrator Award
In addition to these self-described keywords below, a list of MeSH based concepts is available here.

End Stage Kidney Disease
Peritoneal Dialysis
Home Hemodialysis
Hemodialysis
Amyloidosis
Paraproteinemia related kidney disease
Electrolyte disorders
Kidney Stones
Hypertension
Glomerular Disease

Dr. Stern's mentoring interests include helping trainees and faculty develop curricula for medical student, resident, and fellow education. Other interests include, mentoring students in the physician assistant's program as their thesis advisor, and serving as a field specific mentor/advisor for medical students that are interested in internal medicine and/or nephrology.

Available to Mentor as: (Review Mentor Role Definitions):
  • Advisor
  • Education Mentor
  • Work / Life Integration Mentor
Contact for Mentoring:
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