Kirk Nicholas Campbell, MD
Renal Electrolyte and Hypertension
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Renal Electrolyte and Hypertension Perelman
Penn Medicine Provider

About me

  • Chief, Division of Renal-Electrolyte and Hypertension
  • C. Mahlon Kline Professor

Education and training

  • Medical School: University of Connecticut
  • Residency: Yale-New Haven Hospital
  • Fellowship: Mount Sinai Hospital

Insurance accepted

My Locations

Penn Medicine hospital privileges

  • Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Dr. Campbell is a Penn Medicine physician.

Qualifications and experience

Treatments and Conditions

My research

Ojo AO, Adu D, Bramham K, Freedman BI, Gbadegesin RA, Ilori TO, Jefferson N, Olabisi OA, Susztak K, Young BA, Cheung M, King JM, Grams ME, Jadoul M, Ulasi II; Conference Participants. APOL1 kidney disease: conclusions from a Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) Controversies Conference , Kidney Int: 2025


He X, Ballestas ER, Zeng L, Zhang T, McEvoy CM, Misra PS, Ki V, Apostol A, Wong JS, Meliambro K, Ray J, De Cos M, Melica ME, Romagnani P, Feng Y, Krizova A, How I, Rosales IA, Colvin RB, He JC, Campbell KN, Yuen DA. Podocyte YAP and TAZ hyperactivation drives glomerular epithelial proliferative diseases in mice and humans , Sci Transl Med, 17: 2025,eadq3852


Sridhar A, Pivert K, Mohottige D, Campbell KN, Farouk SS. Why Not Transplant Nephrology? A Survey of US Nephrology Fellows , Kidney Med, 7: 2025,101003


Selbach F, Maggiore U, Gentile M, Meliambro K, Campbell KN, Tucholski J, Julian BA, Placzek WJ, Alibrandi S, Kim-Schulze S, Lanau Martínez M, Fernandez-Lorente ML, Manrique J, Cravedi P. Serum Cytokine Profile in IgA Nephropathy , Kidney Med, 7: 2025,100940


Siegerist F, Campbell KN, Endlich N. A new era in nephrology: the role of super-resolution microscopy in research, medical diagnostic, and drug discovery , Kidney Int: 2025


Mon-Wei Yu S, Choi JY, Kady J, De Cos M, Wong JS, King E, Younis N, Al Rahy N, Al Chaar S, Djebli H, Eskandari S, Samuel S, Merhej T, Sukumar N, Lin JR, Chen JY, Xu Y, Santagata S, Weins A, Yeung M, Cravedi P, Campbell KN, Lemos D, Bonventre JV, Brehm MA, Azzi J. Transplantation of human kidney organoids elicited a robust allogeneic response in a humanized mouse model , Kidney Int: 2025


Gentile M, Goerlich N, Lo IJ, Olson NE, McConnell M, Pospiech J, Bohnenpoll T, Skroblin P, Radresa O, Andag U, Campbell KN, Meliambro K, Sanchez-Russo L, Verlato A, Fiaccadori E, Kim-Schulze S, Lanau M, Fernandez-Lorente ML, Fribourg M, Manrique J, Cravedi P. Patients With Immunoglobulin A Nephropathy Show Abnormal Frequencies of B Cell Subsets, Unconventional T Cells, and High Levels of Galactose-Deficient IgA1-Coated Gut Bacteria , Kidney Int Rep, 10: 2024,475-488


Meliambro K, He JC, Campbell KN. Podocyte-targeted therapies - progress and future directions , Nat Rev Nephrol, 20(10): 2024,643-658


Cantarelli C, Campbell KN, Cravedi P. Parietal epithelial cells in glomerulosclerosis: a new piece in the puzzle? , J Nephrol: 2024


Veličković D, Shapiro JP, Parikh SV, Rovin B, Toto RD, Vazquez MA, Poggio ED, O'Toole JF, Sedor JR, Alexandrov T, Jain S, Bitzer M, Hodgin J, Veličković M, Sharma K, Anderton CR; Kidney Precision Medicine Project. Protein N -Glycans in Healthy and Sclerotic Glomeruli in Diabetic Kidney Disease , J Am Soc Nephrol, 35: 2024,1198-1207