Susan E. Quaggin, MD, FASN, Past President
Susan E. Quaggin, MD, FASN, is a Canadian and a graduate of the University of Toronto where she completed her residency and served as chief medical resident for the University's St. Michael's Hospital. She completed her nephrology fellowship at the University of Toronto and Yale University, where she also undertook research and post-doctoral training. Dr. Quaggin also trained in the developmental biology program at the University of Toronto's Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute.
Currently the Irving S. Cutter and Professor of Medicine, Dr. Quaggin is Chair of the Department of Medicine and Physician-in-Chief of Northwestern Memorial Hospital and Director of the Feinberg Cardiovascular and Renal Research Institute at Northwestern University.
Dr. Quaggin's research interests include a focus on vascular signaling pathways. Her laboratory uses genome editing techniques and proteomic approaches to develop new treatments for kidney and vascular diseases. Translation of her group's findings have revealed pathogenic mechanisms and new therapeutic targets for a number of kidney diseases, including diabetic nephropathy, nephrotic syndromes, AKI and thrombotic microangiopathies as well as eye diseases such as glaucoma.
"My tenure on ASN Council comes at a promising time: one of many challenges but also great opportunities for advancing nephrology," she says. "I am a passionate advocate for patients and the subspecialty, working tirelessly to enhance and broaden the scope of nephrology practice, campaign for enhanced public and political awareness of nephrology, recommend innovations in training, and advance translation of new discoveries to the clinic. The perspective I have on these issues is shaped by my life as a clinician and physician-scientist."
Dr. Quaggin has served in many roles at the American Society of Nephrology including: President (2021, 2022), Associate and Deputy Editor for the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, Chair of Kidney Week's Program Committee (2013), cabinet member for the ASN Foundation for Kidney Research's Securing the Future Campaign, council liaison for the Diversity and Inclusion Committee and for the Innovation and Discovery Task Force, membership on the Public Policy Board, Education Committee, and Young Investigator Award Selection Committee, the Grants Review Committee, Chair of the Awards Committee and Chair of the Diabetic Kidney Disease Collaborative (DKD-C) Task Force.
She has also served on the American Society of Clinical Investigation Council, ISN Executive Council, Nexus Meeting Committee and Publications Committee; was a standing member and then Chair of the National Institute of Health's PBKD Study Section and is a councilor of the Association of American Physicians. She currently sits on Scientific Advisory Boards for Astra Zeneca, Roche, and is member of the Board of Directors of Abbvie, and is Co-founder of Mannin Research.
Dr. Quaggin's awards and honors include the International Society of Nephrology (ISN) Alfred Newton Richards Award for Basic Science, (2013); a Kidney Foundation of Canada Medal for Research Excellence, (2009); American Heart Association, Hypertension Council Donald Seldin Lecture and Award, (2012); Princesses' Lectureship at the Victor Chang Cardiovascular Research Institute, (2013); a Distinguished Finnish Professorship (2012-2017) an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Southern Denmark (2020), AHA Distinguished Scientist Award in 2022 and was co-recipient of the Grand Prix Scientifique from the Fondation Lefoulon-Delalande in 2023 and the John P. Peters Award in 2024. She was elected to the American Society for Clinical Investigation in 2006, the Association of American Physicians in 2013, the National Academy of Medicine in 2019, the National Academy of Investigators in 2021 and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2023.