Susan L Furth, M.D., Ph.D.

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Professor of Pediatrics (Nephrology)
Chief Scientific Officer and Executive Vice President, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Edmond F. Notebaert Endowed Chair in Pediatric Research, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Department: Pediatrics

Contact information
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
2716 South Street
Roberts Center for Pediatric Research, 20th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19146-2305
Office: 267-425-0880
Fax: 267-426-6995
Education:
B.A.
University of Pennsylvania (English), 1984.
M.D.
University of Pennsylvania , 1988.
Ph.D.
Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health (Clinical Investigation), 1999.
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Selected Publications

Atkinson MA, Chang JC, Davies AG, Maltenfort M, Luna IY, Scobell R, Mitsnefes M, Stotter BR, Dharnidharka VR, Dixon BP, Flynn JT, Gluck C, Kallash M, Smoyer WE, Razzaghi H, Bailey LC, Furth SL, Forrest CB, Denburg MR, Wenderfer SE.: Using a multi-institutional pediatric learning health system to characterize induction therapy for incident lupus nephritis in children. Pediatr Nephrol Dec 2025 Notes: doi: 10.1007/s00467-025-07025-4. Online ahead of print. PMID: 41324646

Viteri B, Morales-Tisnés T, Logan J, Zee J, Kaplan S, Back SJ, Hartung EA, Pradhan M, Guay-Woodford L, Furth SL, Amaral S, Tasian G, Otero HJ: US-derived Pediatric Kidney Length and Volume Percentiles by Age: A Big Data Approach. Radiol Artif Intell Nov 2025 Notes: doi: 10.1148/ryai.250056. Online ahead of print.

Hasson DC, Surapaneni A, Rebholz CM, Greenberg JH, Goncalves M, Ng DK, Lee AM, Furth SL, Denburg MR, Grams ME; CKiD Study Investigators.: Association of Dietary Micronutrient Intake and the Metabolome in Children with CKD. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 1(20): 1536-1548, November 2025.

Hammond JH, Ng DK, Blanchette ED, Flynn JT, Mitsnefes MM, Furth SL, Warady BA, Brady TM, CKiD Study Investigators: Interval healthcare provider contact and blood pressure control in children with chronic kidney disease and hypertension. Pediatr Nephrol 40(8): 2579-2587, Aug 2025 Notes: Epub 2025 Mar 24.

Chang JC, Atkinson MA, Goodwin Davies A, Maltenfort M, Luna IY, Razzaghi H, Dharnidharka VR, Flynn JT, Smoyer WE, Mitsnefes MM, Dixon BP, Gluck CA, Scobell R, Bailey LC, Furth SL, Forrest CB, Denburg MR, Wenderfer SE: Hypertension, proteinuria, and RAAS inhibition use in children with systemic lupus erythematosus: Data from a multi-institutional pediatric learning health system. Lupus 4(8): 832-843, Jul 2025 Notes: Epub 2025 May 20 DOI: 10.1177/09612033251345201.

Denburg MR, Hirabayashi K, Goodwin Davies A, Razzaghi H, Dharnidharka VR, Dixon BP, Flynn JT, Gluck CA, Mitsnefes MM, Smoyer WE, Furth SL, Forrest CB: Utilization of anti-CD20 antibodies for treatment of childhood nephrotic syndrome, 2010 to 2022. Pediatr Nephrol 40(10): 3121-3127, Jun 2025 Notes: Online ahead of print DOI: 10.1007/s00467-025-06811-4.

Ebrahimi M, Hooper SR, Mitsnefes MM, Ramachandran SV, Kimmel PL, Warady BA, Furth SL, Hartung EA, Denburg MR, Lee AM: Investigation of a targeted panel of gut microbiome-derived toxins in children with chronic kidney disease. Pediatr Nephrol 40(5): 1759-1770, May 2025 Notes: Epub 2025 Jan 16 doi:10.1007/s00467-024-06580-6.

Ng DK, Matheson MB, Schwartz GJ, Kurgansky KE, Warady, BA, Furth SL: Effectiveness of Allopurinol on Uric Acid and Pediatric Chronic Kidney Disease Severity in the Chronic Kidney Disease in Children Study. Kidney Med 7(7): 101021, May 2025 Notes: eCollection 2025 Jul DOI: 10.1016/j.xkme.2025.101021.

Eaton CK, Pruette CS, Riekert KA, Yousefzadeh N, Pai AL, Amaral S, Dharnidharka VR, Knauper B, Smith JM, Furth SL, Foster BJ: Tacrolimus IPV Group Membership Does Not Consistently Track with Electronically Monitored or Self-reported Adherence in Adolescent and Young Adult Kidney Transplant Recipients. Transplant Direct 11(6): e1806, May 2025 Notes: eCollection 2025 Jun DOI: 10.1097/TXD.0000000000001806.

Ng DK, Patel A, Schwartz GJ, Seegmiller JC, Warady BA, Furth SL, Cox C, CKiD study investigators: A comparison of neural networks and regression-based approaches for estimating kidney function in pediatric chronic kidney disease: Practical predictive epidemiology for clinical management of a progressive disease. Ann Epidemiol 105: 75-79, May 2025 Notes: Epub 2025 Apr 8 DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2025.04.004.

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