Professor of Medicine; Medallion Chair, Vascular Biology
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Dr. Ananth Karumanchi is currently Director of Renovascular Research and Professor of Medicine at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California. His laboratory has focused on discovering pathogenic pathways and bringing therapies to patients in the areas of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy and chronic kidney diseases. Dr. Karumanchi’s research activities are vertically integrated, ranging from molecular and cell biological studies to animal models to first-in-class human clinical trials. Over the last decade his work has also led to new molecular diagnostics for metabolic disorders including preeclampsia and chronic kidney disease. Dr. Karumanchi has published over 300 papers (with several publications in NEJM, Circulation, Nature, Nature Medicine, JCI) and has co-authored 25 book chapters.