Office:	Scaife A915
E-mail:	johnstonedb@upmc.edu

Education
	BA, Harvard, 1990
	MD, PhD, University of Washington, 2001
	Internal Medicine Residency, Northwestern, 2004
	Nephrology Fellowship, University of Michigan, 2006

1. Clinical studies of FSGS 2. clinical studies of uremic pruritic 3. rare diseases

1. Glomerular diseases including Alport's, FSGS, membranous, amyloidosis, cryoglobulinemia, and others. 2. Cystic diseases including ADPKD and others. 3. Genetic / heritable kidney disease 4. Drug induced kidney disease, including hydralazine and levamisole 5. Peritoneal dialysis 6. Medication practices, pharmacokinetics in kidney disease 7. Patient safety

1. Renal physiology 2. Glomerular disease 3. Critical reading of medical and scientific literature