Michelle Denburg, MD, MSCE
Associate Professor of Pediatrics (Nephrology) at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Attending Physician, Division of Nephrology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Senior Scholar, Clinical Epidemiology Unit of the Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Pennsylvania
Core Faculty, Clinical Futures, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Director of Research, Division of Nephrology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Co-Director, Pediatric Center of Excellence in Nephrology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Co-Director, Penn-CHOP Kidney Innovation Center, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Department: Pediatrics
Contact information
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Division of Nephrology
34th Street and Civic Center Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Division of Nephrology
34th Street and Civic Center Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Email:
denburgm@email.chop.edu
denburgm@email.chop.edu
Education:
B.S.
Yale University (Biology, Intensive Research Track), 1998.
M.D.
Weill Medical College of Cornell University, 2003.
M.S.C.E. (Clinical Epidemiology)
University of Pennsylvania, 2010.
Permanent linkB.S.
Yale University (Biology, Intensive Research Track), 1998.
M.D.
Weill Medical College of Cornell University, 2003.
M.S.C.E. (Clinical Epidemiology)
University of Pennsylvania, 2010.
Selected Publications
Hughes A, Matus Gonzalez A, van Zwieten A, Guha C, Carter S, Coghlan D, Dominello A, Recabarren Silva J, Craig JC, Howell M, Kim S, Manera K, O'Reilly C, Rejuso A, Sautenet B, Scholes-Robertson N, Sluiter A, Wu R, Wong G, McCulloch M, Armijo N, Atilano-Carsi X, de la Cerda P, Gallardo Letelier GA, Galvez C, Gonzalez-Agüero N, Maldonado M, Pinto V, Reyes L, Rodriguez L, Rojo A, Sepúlveda A, Torrisi LG, Viecelli AK, Admani B, Foster BJ, Hamilton AJ, Jankauskiene A, Johnson RJ, Kerklaan J, Liu I, Marks SD, Neu A, Schaefer F, Wolfenden S, Jaure A; SONG-Kids Life Participation Workshop Investigators: Establishing a core outcome measure for life participation in children with chronic kidney disease: a Standardized Outcomes in Nephrology-children and adolescents with chronic kidney disease (SONG-Kids) consensus workshop report. Kidney Int 109(2): 273-282, Feb 2026 Notes: doi: 10.1016/j.kint.2025.09.035. Epub 2025 Nov 25.Denburg MR, Goodwin Davies AJ, Maltenfort MG, Mitsnefes MM, Flynn JT, Neu AM, Dixon BP, Glenn DA, Gluck CA, Harshman LA, Pefkaros Katsoufis C, Leonard MB, Modi ZJ, Pan CG, Patel HP, Patterson LT, Verghese PS, Wilson AC, Jovanovska A, Levondosky R, Levondosky M, Dickinson K, Wieand K, Razzaghi H, Li L, Chen Y, Forrest CB, on behalf of the PRESERVE study consortium: Comparative Effectiveness of Antihypertensive Medications in Children with Chronic Kidney Disease. JAMA Pediatrics Accepted 2026.
Meredith A Atkinson, Joyce C Chang, Amy Goodwin Davies, Mitchell Maltenfort, Ingrid Y Luna, Rebecca Scobell, Mark Mitsnefes, Brian R Stotter, Vikas R Dharnidharka, Bradley P Dixon, Joseph T Flynn, Caroline Gluck, Mahmoud Kallash, William E Smoyer, Hanieh Razzaghi, L Charles Bailey, Susan L Furth, Christopher B Forrest, Michelle R Denburg, Scott E Wenderfer: 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.
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 Chronic Kidney Disease. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 20(11): 1536-1548, Nov 2025 Notes: doi: 10.2215/CJN.0000000811. Epub 2025 Sep 5.
Denburg MR, Hirabayashi K, Davies AG, 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, Oct 2025 Notes: doi: 10.1007/s00467-025-06811-4. Epub 2025 Jun 5.
Smoyer WE, Gillespie BS, Oni L, Nester C, Nelson RG, Bjornstad P, Heerspink HJL, Denburg M, Gross O, Marquard J, Steubl D, Lim MD, Creighton C, Balogun S, Eva L, Helm K, Tarnoff JM, Tuchman S, Khurana M, Mulugeta L, Yao L, Mistry K, Thompson A, Trachtman H. : Strategies for the development of sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors for kidney protection in pediatric chronic kidney disease: proceedings of a workshop meeting in July 2023 Kidney Int. 2025 Sep 24:S0085-2538(25)00747-1. S0085-2538(25): 00747-1, Sep 2025 Notes: doi: 10.1016/j.kint.2025.09.009. Online ahead of print.
Biruete A, Anderson C, Bernier-Jean A, Clase CM, Clegg D, Crews DC, Denburg M, Hill Gallant KM, Gutierrez OM, Ix JH, Kienholz M, Lambert K, Lee SY, Liebman SE, Nelms CL, Palmer BF, Perwad F, Picard K, St-Jules DE, Terker AS, Uribarri J, Kovesdy CP; ASN Kidney Health Guidance Workgroup on Food Additives.: ASN Kidney Health Guidance on Potassium and Phosphorus Food Additives. J Am Soc Nephrol Sep 2025 Notes: doi: 10.1681/ASN.0000000873.
Strong AE, Rudolph K, Denburg MR, Badheka A.: Hemolysis Monitoring Practices during ECMO: A Survey Report. Blood Purif Sep 2025 Notes: doi: 10.1159/000548469. Online ahead of print.
Oni L, Smoyer WE, Denburg M, Bjornstad P, Tarnoff J, LimD MD, Trachtman H: The Use of Extrapolation to Promote Clinical Trials in Pediatric Nephrology. J Am Soc Nephrol Sep 2025 Notes: doi: 10.1681/ASN.0000000888. Online ahead of print.
Tasian GE, Chu DI, Nelson CP, DeFoor WR, Ziemba JB, Huang J, Luan X, Kurtz M, Ching CB, Dangle P, Schaeffer AJ, Sturm R, Wu W, Bayne C, Fernandez N, Chua ME, DeMarco R, Ellsworth P, Augelli B, Bi-Karchin J, McCune RD, Vatsky S, Back S, Wang Z, Beck H, Kurth A, Kurth L, Pleskoff A, Forrest CB, Ellison JS; PKIDS Care Improvement Network; Rove K, Sparks S, Nelson E, Schlomer B, Krill A, Tong CMC, Taylor A, Ramachandra P, Stec A, Casale P, Coplen D, Janzen N, Bagley K, Denburg MR, Dickinson K, Laberee R, Lorenzo M, Selman-Fermin A, Dos Santos J, Grant C, Kraft K, Meenakshi-Sundaram B: Ureteroscopy vs Shockwave Lithotripsy to Remove Kidney Stones in Children and Adolescents: A Nonrandomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Netw Open 8(8): e2525789, Aug 2025 Notes: doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.25789.