Overview

Larry Greenbaum, MD, PhD is Division Director of Pediatric Nephrology and the Bernard Marcus Professor of Pediatric Nephrology at the Emory School of Medicine in Atlanta. He is also the Director of Pediatric Nephrology and Executive Clinical Director at Childrens Healthcare of Atlanta. He received his MD and PhD degrees from the Yale School of Medicine, and completed a residency in Pediatrics and a fellowship in Pediatric Nephrology at the UCLA School of Medicine.
Dr. Greenbaum is an NIH-funded investigator and conducts clinical research in a variety of areas in pediatric nephrology, including cystinosis, RTA, urinary tract infections, aHUS, chronic kidney disease, and nephrotic syndrome. He co-edited the textbooks Practical Strategies in Pediatric Diagnosis and Therapy and Clinical Pediatric Nephrology. He is a major contributor to Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics. He has received multiple awards for teaching residents and medical students. Dr. Greenbaum has served as president of the American Society of Pediatric Nephrology, chair of the Executive Committee of the American Academy of Pediatrics Section on Nephrology, and on the nephrology section of the American Board of Pediatrics. He is currently on the steering committees of the Midwest Pediatric Nephrology Consortium, the CKiD NIH study of children with CKD and the CureGN NIH study of patients with glomerular disease.

Academic Appointment

• Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine
• Division Director and Marcus Professor, Pediatric Nephrology, Emory University School of Medicine

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Research