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
Wu JG, Guha C, Hughes A, Torrisi LG, Craig C, Sinha A, Dart A, Eddy AA, Bockenhauer D, Hui-Kim Y, Groothoff J, alexander SI, Furth SL, Samuel S, Carter SA, Walker A, Kausman J, Jaure A: Patient, Parental, and Health Professional Perspectives on Growth in Children with CKD. Am J Kidney Dis 85(1): 14-24, Jan 2025 Notes: Epub 2024 Aug 9.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 Jan 2025 Notes: Online ahead of print doi:10.1007/s00467-024-06580-6.
Johnson KB, Iannone SL, Furth SL, Taylor L, Tan ASL: Culturally Tailored Messages and Trial Registry Enrollment: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Network Open 4(7): 44229, Nov 2024.
Lee AM, Xu Y, Hu J, Xiao R, Hooper SR, Hartung EA, Coresh J, Rhee EP, Vasan RS, Kimmel PL, Warady BA, Furth SL, Denburg MR, CKD Biomarkers Consortium: Longitudinal Plasma Metabolome Patterns and Relation to Kidney Function and Proteinuria in Pediatric CKD. Clin J Am Soc Nephrology 19(7): 837-850, July 2024.
Kim HS, Ng DK, Matheson MB, Atkinson MA, Akhtar Y, Warady BA, Furth SL, Ruebner RL: Pubertal Luteinizing Hormone Levels in Children with Chronic Kidney Disease and Association with Change in Glomerular Filtration Rate. Pediatric Nephrology 39(5): 1543-1549, May 2024.
Li T, Grams ME, Inker LA, Che J, Rhee EP, Warady BA, Levey AS, Denburg MR, Furth SL, Ramachandran VS, Kimmel PL, Coresh J: Consistency of metabolite associations with measured glomerular filtration rate in children and adults. Clin Kidney J 17(6): sfae 108, Apr 2024.
Fino N, Adingwupu OM, Coresh J, Greene T. Haaland B, Shlipak MG, Costa E, Silva VT, Kalil R, Mindikoglu AL, Furth SL, Seegmiller JC, Levey AS, Inker LA: Evaluation of Novel Candidate Filtration Markers from a Global Metabolomic Discovery for Glomerular Filtration Rate Estimation Kidney Int 105(3): 582-592, Mar 2024.
Inker LA, Tighiouart H, 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 AS: Performance of GFR Estimating Equations in Young Adults. Am J Kidney Dis 83(2): 272-276, Feb 2024.
Lee AM, Xu Y, Hooper SR, Abraham AG, Hu J, Xiao R, Matheson MB, Brunson C, Rhee EP, Coresh J, Vasan RS, Schrauben S, Kimmel PL, Warady BA, Furth SL, Hartung EA, Denburg MR,CKD Biomarkers Consortium: Circulating Metabolomic Associations with Neurocognitive Outcomes in Pediatric CKD. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 19(1): 13-25, Jan 2024.
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 39(1): 221-231, Jan 2024.