Susan L Furth, M.D., Ph.D.
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
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
34th Street and Civic Center Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19104-4399
34th Street and Civic Center Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19104-4399
Office: 215-590-2449
Fax: 215-590-3705
Fax: 215-590-3705
Email:
furths@chop.edu
furths@chop.edu
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.
Permanent linkB.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.
Selected Publications
Faulkner SC, Matheson MB, Greenberg JH, Garimella PS, Furth SL, Ix JH, Bakhoum CY: Association of clinical characteristics with urine uromodulin in children with chronic kidney disease. Pediatr Nephrol 38(11): 3859-3862, Nov 2023 Notes: DOI: 10.1007/s00467-023-05947-5 Epub 2023 Mar 29.Kurzinski KL, Xu Y, Ng DK, Furth SL, Schwartz GJ, Warady BA, CKiD Study Investigators: Hyperkalemia in pediatric chronic kidney disease. Pediatro Nephrol 38(9): 3083-3090, Sep 2023 Notes: Epub 2023 Mar 20 DOI: 10.1007/s00467-023-05912-2.
Inker LA, Tighiouart, Adingwupu OM, Ng DK, Estrella MM, Maahs D, Yang W, Froissart M, Mauer M, Kalil R, Torres V, deBorst M, Klintmalm G, Poggio ED, Seegmiller JC, Rossing P, Furth SL, Warady BA, Schwartz GJ, Velez R, Coresh J, Levey A: Performance of GFR Estimating Equations in Young Adults. Am J Kidney Dis Sep 2023 Notes: DOI: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2023.06.008 Online ahead of print.
Brown DD, Roem J, Ng DK, Coglan RF, Johnstone B, Horton W, Furthh SL, Warady BA, Melamed ML, Dauber A: Associations between collagen X biomarker and linear growth velocity in a pediatric chronic kidney disease cohort. Pediatr Nephrol July 2023 Notes: DOI: 10.1007/s00467-023-06047-0 Online ahead of print.
Harshman LA, Ward RC, Matheson MB, Dawson A, Kogon AJ, Lande MB, Molitor SJ, Johnson RJ, Wilson C, Waracy BA, Furth SL, Hooper SR: The Impact of Pediatric Chronic Kidney Disease on Educational and Employment Outcomes. Kidney 360 July 2023 Notes: DOI: 10.34067/KID.0000000000000206 Online ahead of print.
Byfield RL, Xiao R, Shimbo D, Kronish IM, Furth SL, Amaral S, Cohen JB: Antihypertensive medication nonadherence and target organ damage in children with chronic kidney disease. Pediatr Nephrol July 2023 Notes: DOI: 10.1007/s00467-023-06059-w Online ahead of print.
Schwaderer AL, Maier P, Greenbaum LA, Furth SL, Schwartz GJ: Application of GFR estimating equations to children with normal, near-normal, or discordant GFR. Pediatr ephr July 2023 Notes: DOI: 10.1007/s00467-023-06045-2 Online ahead of print.
Ng DK, Matheson MB, Schwartz GJ, Wang FM, Mendley SR, Furth SL, Warady BA: Development of an adaptive clinical web-based prediction tool for kidney replacement therapy in children with chronic kidney disease. Kidney Int June 2023 Notes: DOI: 10.1016/j.kint.2023.06.020 Online ahead of print.
Bae S, Schwartz GJ, Mendley SR, Warady BA, Furth SL, Munoz A: Trajectories of eGFR after kidney transplantation according to trajectories of eGFR prior to kidney replacement therapies in children with chronic kidney disease. Pediatr Nephrol June 2023 Notes: DOI: 10.1007/s00467-023-06056-z Online ahead of print.
Ng DK, Carroll MK, Furth SL, Warady BA, Flynn JT, CKiD study investigators: Blood Pressure Classification Status in Children with CKD Following Adoption of the 2017 American Academy of Pediatrics Guideline. Am J Kidney Dis 81(5): 545-553, May 2023 Notes: DOI: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2022.10.009 Epub 2022 Dec 12.