Department of Internal Medicine

Nephrology Faculty

Carla Nester

Medical School:
Penn State University

Graduate School:
Central Michigan University
Health Care Administration

Residency:
University of North Carolina
Internal Medicine and Pediatrics

Fellowship:
University of North Carolina
Adult and Pediatric Nephrology

Carla Nester, M.D., M.S.A.
Clinical Assistant Professor

Dr. Nester’s clinical interest is in both Adult and Pediatric Nephrology and her focus is in diseases that affect the glomerulus of the kidney.  She has a particular interest in those renal diseases that result from abnormal complement activation and deposition.

Dr. Nester’s current research focuses on complement mediated renal diseases with a special laboratory focus on Dense Deposit Disease (DDD) and Atypical Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome (aHUS).  She is a Child Health Research Scholar who is funded through a K12 mechanism to study novel therapies for these diseases.

An additional project under development  involves the collection of renal biopsy material with paired urine, plasma, and leukocyte DNA/RNA from patients with renal disease.  This project is designed to foster collaboration with other institutions and researchers into genetic and epigenetic mechanisms of renal disease.

Select Publications:

  1. Nester, C., Thomas, D., and Gipson, D.: Renal Involvement in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and Vasculitis. P. 245-260 In:Clinical Pediatric Nephrology. 2nd Ed. Editors: Kher, K., Schnaper, H.W., and Makker, S.P., Informa Healthcare. 2006.
  2. Nester, C., Falk, R.: Chapter 149. Vasculitis. In:Netter’s Internal Medicine. 2nd Edition. Editors: Runge, M.S. and Greganti, M.A., Saunders - In Press. 2008.
  3. Nester, C., Gipson, D., Falk, R.: Chapter 37. Pathophysiology of Vasculitis. In:Critical Care Nephrology. 2nd Ed. Editors: Ronco, C, Bellomo, R, and Kellum, J., Elsevier - In Press. 2008.
  4. Nester, C., and Bieber, D: Vasculitis. In:The 5-Minute Clinical Consult 2009.  Editor: Domino, F.J., Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. 2009.
  5. Mottl, A., and Nester, C: Renal Pathophysiology. In:  Handbook of Molecular Pathology: The Molecular Basis of Human Disease, Editor: W. Coleman and G. Tsongalis, Academic Press – In Press 2010. 
  6. Nester, C. and Brophy, P., Creatinine Clearance and Children in the ICU. Encyclopedia of Intensive Care Medicine, Editors-in-Chief: Jean Louis Vincent and Jesse Hall – In Press. 2010.

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