Lisa Guay Woodford, MD Nephrologist

Biography

Lisa Guay-Woodford, MD, is a pediatric nephrologist and an internationally recognized investigator whose research focuses on identifying clinical and genetic factors involved in the pathogenesis of inherited renal disorders, most notably autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease. She holds the Richard L. and Agnes F. Hudson Professorship in Health Services Research.

Specialties

Education & Training

• Fellowship Program, Pediatric Nephrology, 1989
  Children's Hospital of Boston
• Residency Program, Pediatrics, 1986
  Children's Hospital of Boston
• Internship Program, Pediatrics, 1984
  Children's Hospital of Boston
• MD, 1983
  Harvard Medical School
• BA, 1979
  College of the Holy Cross

News

Children’s National Physicians Named “Top Doctors” By Northern Virginia Magazine

February 01, 2017

Northern Virginia Magazine has named 64 Children’s National Health System physicians to its 2017 list of “Top Doctors.”

Researchers Stress the Need to Strengthen Pediatric Clinical Trials Infrastructure

March 13, 2014

Strengthening the infrastructure required to conduct pediatric research is essential for the medical care of children, writes Children’s Director of the Office of Innovation Development in Science Translational Medicine.

Research & Publications

Candidate exomecapture identifies mutation of SDCCAG8 as the cause of a retinal renal ciliopathy

(2010) Nature Genetics

Loss of primary cilia upregulates renal hypertrophic signaling and promotes cystogenesis

(2011) Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

Mutational analysis of the PLCE1 gene in steroid resistant nephrotic syndrome

(2010) Journal of Medical Genetics

Telomerase Immortalization of Principal Cells from Mouse Collecting Duct

(2010) American Journal of Physiology - Renal Physiology