Sumant Chugh, MD, FASN, Associate Professor, Division of Nephrology, was born in Chandigarh India, and received his medical degree from Christian Medical College in Ludhiana, India, in 1990. He did his residency in Internal Medicine at the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, India and at Newton – Wellesley Hospital, Newton MA, followed by a Nephrology Fellowship at Boston University Medical Center. He was appointed Instructor in Medicine at Boston University in 1999, and then moved to Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine as Assistant Professor of Medicine in 2000. He joined the Division of Nephrology at UAB as Associate Professor of Medicine in 2007. He is a prior recipient of the ASN Carl W. Gottschalk Research Scholar Award (2002), the NKF Young Investigator Grant Award (2004) and the Faculty Recognition Award (2004), and has been a NIH funded investigator since 2001.

Britt B. Newsome, MD, MSPH, Assistant Professor, Division of Nephrology, received his medical degree from the Medical College of Virginia and completed his residency and internship at UAB. He completed a fellowship from the Agency for Health Research and Quality, National Research Service Award Fellowship in Health Services and Outcomes Research, Division of Preventive Medicine in 2004 and a fellowship in the Division of Nephrology in 2006. Dr. Newsome received his MSPH degree at UAB School of Public Health in 2005. His research focuses on racial disparities and quality improvement for patients with chronic kidney disease.

Ivan D. Maya, MD, FACP, Assistant Professor, Division of Nephrology, received his medical degree from the Juan N. Corpas School of Medicine, Suba, D. E. Columbia and completed his internship and residency at UAB in 1997. He completed his fellowship in 2004 in the Division of Nephrology. Dr. Maya, who has a secondary appointment in the Department of Radiology, was appointed Associate Director of Interventional Nephrology in 2004.