Scott K. Van Why, MD               

Titles
Pediatric nephrologist, Children's Hospital of Wisconsin; associate professor, Pediatrics, Medical College of Wisconsin.

Division
Nephrology

Research center/program
Children's Kidney Disease Research Program

Research interests
Cell and developmental biology, kidney disease/urological disorders

Study interests
Acute renal failure, heat shock proteins.

Education
Medical degree, University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City, 1986; residency, University of Wisconsin Hospitals, Madison, 1986-1989; fellowship, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Conn., 1989-1992.

Certifications
American Board of Pediatrics Diplomate, Pediatric Nephrology.

Honors
Phi Beta Kappa, 1981; Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society, 1985; American Society of Pediatric Nephrology-Fellow Research Award, 1992; American Heart Association-Clinician Scientist Award, 1992; elected to the Society for Pediatric Research, 1998; American Heart Association-Established Investigator Award, 2000.

Representative publications

• Aufricht C, Bidmon B, Ruffingshofer D, Regele H, Herknerm K, Siegel NJ, Kashgarian M, Van Why SK. Ischemic Conditioning Prevents Na,K-ATPase Dissociation from the Cytoskeletal Cellular Fraction after Repeat Renal Ischemia in Rats. Pediatric Research. 2002; 51:722-727.
• Raja KA, Schurman S, D'mello RG, Blowey D, Goodyer P, Van Why S, Ploutz-Snyder RJ, Asplin J, Scheinman SJ. Responsiveness of Hypercalciuria to Thiazide in Dent's Disease. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. 2002; 13:2938-2944.
• Van Why SK, Mann AS, Ardito T, Thulin G, Ferris S, MacLeod MA, Kashgarian M, Siegel NJ. Hsp 27 Associates with Actin and Limits Injury in Energy Depleted Renal Epithelia. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. 2003; 14:98-106.
• Mueller T, Bidmon B, Pichler P, Arbeiter K, Ruffingshofer D, Van Why SK, Aufricht C. Urinary Heat Shock Protein-72 Excretion in Clinical and Experimental Renal Ischemia. Pediatric Nephrology. 2003; 18:97-99.
• Fiaschi-Taesch NM, Santos S, Reddy V, Van Why SK, Philbrick WF, Ortega A, Esbrit P, Orloff JJ, Garcia-Ocana A. Prevention of Acute Ischemic Renal Failure by Targeted Delivery of Growth Factors to the Proximal Tubule in Transgenic Mice: The Efficacy of Parathyroid Hormone-related Protein and Hepatocyte Growth Factor. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. 2004; 15:112-125.
• Basile DP, Donohoe D, Cao X, Van Why SK. Resistance to Ischemic Acute Renal Failure in the Brown Norway Rat: A New Model to Study Cytoprotection. Kidney International. Accepted.

• The Role of Stress Proteins in Injured Renal Epithelia, principal investigator, American Heart Association.

Contact
Children's Research Institute
8701 Watertown Plank Road
Wauwatosa, WI 53226
Phone: (414) 456-4180
Fax: (414) 456-6539
E-mail: svanwhy@mcw.edu