The Department of Pediatrics is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Oleh Akchurin to Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics in the Division of Pediatric Nephrology, effective May 1, 2024.
Dr. Akchurin was recruited to Weill Cornell Medicine (WCM) following pediatric nephrology fellowship at Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Montefiore Medical Center. His research focuses on pediatric chronic kidney disease (CKD), and more specifically on alterations of iron metabolism in CKD and kidney fibrosis. Dr. Akchurin has been independently funded, currently through the R03 award from the NIH National Institute for Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Disorders (NIDDK). He is a former recipient of the K08 career development award from the NIDDK. He is also a former Rohr Family Clinical Scholar at WCM, and has received additional grants from foundations and philanthropy, including the Hartwell Foundation Individual Biomedical Research Award and the Sy Syms Foundation Award. In addition to his basic science lab, Dr. Akchurin is the PI of the WCM Pediatric CKD registry and biorepository. He has been committed to the education of medical trainees and serves as the Associate Director of the Pediatric Physician Scientist Training Program at WCM.
He has been a productive investigator, with many original publications in peer-reviewed journals, and has been an invited speaker at regional, national, and international conferences as an emerging expert in the field of iron metabolism in CKD. He is well-poised to critically advance the field by defining the basic mechanisms linking iron metabolism with progression of CKD and translating these basic findings to the clinically relevant studies that would not only improve our understanding of kidney disease but also open new treatment opportunities.
We are delighted about Dr. Akchurin’s accomplishments and promotion to Associate Professor and look forward to his future achievements at Weill Cornell Medicine.