Clinical and Research Background
Dr. Akilesh's laboratory uses a combination of human tissue systems and animal models to study medical kidney disease and kidney cancer using cutting edge tools such as functional genomics, spatial -omics, bioinformatics, and pathology.
Board Certifications
Anatomic Pathology, 2012-present
Research Interests
Renal Pathology, Epigenomics, Spatial -Omics, Bioinformatics, Kidney Cancer,
Academic and Medical Appointments
Academic Appointments
Professor, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 2026-present
Adjunct Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 2026-present
Lawrence True and Linda Brown Endowed Chair in Anatomic Pathology, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 2025-present
Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 2023-2026
Associate Professor, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 2021-2026
Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 2015-2021
Acting Instructor, Department of Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 2013-2015
Medical Appointments
Director, UW Spatial Biology Core Facility, 2022-present
Medical Director, Immunofluorescence Laboratory, 2020-present
Renal Pathology Service, 2013-present
Education and Training
Fellowship, Renal Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 2012-2013
Residency, Anatomic and Molecular Pathology, Barnes-Jewish Hospital, St. Louis, MO, 2009-2012
MD and PhD in Immunology, Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, 2002-2009
BA in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, 1996-2000
Publications
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