Faculty Biography

Scott E. Wenderfer, MD, PhD

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Education:

M.D./Ph.D., University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio

Pediatric Residency, University of Texas-Houston Medical School, Houston, Texas

Pediatric Nephrology Fellowship, University of Texas-Houston Medical School

Clinical and Research Interests:

1. Dr. Wenderfer's clinical interests include glomerulonephritis, hereditary kidney diseases, and renal manifestations of rheumatic syndromes such as lupus erythematosus. He cares for patients with all forms of pediatric kidney disease or hypertension.
2. Dr. Wenderfer has a joint appointment at the Center for Immunology and Autoimmune Diseases at the UT Brown Foundation Institute of Molecular Medicine. He has a PhD in molecular genetics and wrote his dissertation on "genomic analysis of antigen processing and the IL-4 cytokine family in the immune system" under the mentorship of Dr. John Monaco (University of Cincinnati). He did a research fellowship with Dr. Michael Braun (here at UT) to study the role of complement and complement regulatory proteins in inflammatory kidney diseases. His current research interest is studying the role of immune complex receptors in kidney disease, and his laboratory is funded by grants from the NIH and the National Kidney Foundation.
3. Dr. Wenderfer is a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Society of Pediatric Nephrology, the American Society of Nephrology, and the American Association of Immunologists.

Publications (selected):

• 2010 Scott E. Wenderfer, R.D. Swinford, and M.C. Braun. C1q nephropathy in the pediatric population: pathology and pathogenesis. Pediatric Nephrology. In press.
• 2009 Scott E. Wenderfer, W.P.Dubinsky, M. Hernandez-Sanabria, M.C. Braun. Urine Proteome Analysis in Murine Nephrotoxic Serum Nephritis. Am J Nephrol. 2009 Sep 24;30(5):450-458. PMID: 19776558
• 2009 Scott E. Wenderfer, H. Wang, B. Ke, R.A. Wetsel, M.C. Braun. C3a Receptor Deficiency Accelerates the Onset of Renal Injury in the MRL/lpr Mouse. Molecular Immunology. 46(7): 1397-404. PMID: 19167760
• 2008 Scott E Wenderfer, S. Stepkowski, M.C. Braun. Increased survival and reduced renal injury in MRL/lpr mice treated with a novel sphingosine-1-phosphate receptor agonist. Kidney International. 74(10): 1319–26. PMID: 18769369
• 2007 Scott E. Wenderfer, K. Soimo, R.A. Wetsel, M.C. Braun. The Role of C4 Binding Protein in a Mouse Model of Inflammatory Kidney Disease. Arthritis Research & Therapy 9(5): R114. PMID: 17971229
• 2007 Scott E. Wenderfer, R.D. Swinford, S Mauiyyedi, D.P. Witte, Michael C. Braun. Cytomegalovirus and Recurrent Idiopathic Membranoproliferative Glomerulonephritis Type 1: Cause or Consequence? Transplantation. 83(4): 523-4. PMID: 17318089
• 2005 Scott E. Wenderfer, B. Ke, T.J. Hollman, H.Y. Lan, R.A. Wetsel, M.C. Braun. C5a Receptor Deficiency Attenuates T-cell Functions and Renal Disease in MRLlpr Mice. J Am Society Nephrology 16(12):3572-82. PMID: 16207826

Location & Contact

6431 Fannin Street
MSB 3.020
Houston, Texas 77030
713-500-5757 (Voice)

Faculty Biography

• Scott E. Wenderfer, MD, PhD
  Assistant Professor
• Department of Pediatrics
  Division of Pediatric Nephrology and Hypertension
• University of Texas-Houston Medical School
  6431 Fannin Street, MSB 3.124
  Houston, Texas 77030
• phone: (713) 500-5670
  fax: (713) 500-5680
  e-mail: scott.wenderfer@ uth.tmc.edu