Susan Furth, MD, PhD
Areas of expertise: Chronic kidney disease and its complication in children, Hypertension, Nephrotic syndrome, Glomerulonephritis
Locations: Main Building
About Susan Furth, MD, PhD
Susan L. Furth, MD, PhD, is Chief Scientific Officer, Executive Vice President and is an attending physician at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. She’s Professor of Pediatrics and Epidemiology and was formally appointed as holder of the Edmond F. Notebaert Endowed Chair in Pediatric Research effective July 1, 2021 related to her role as Chief Scientific Officer. She is past president of the Society for Pediatric Research, and was named in 2017 to the Johns Hopkins Society of Scholars.
Dr. Furth completed her undergraduate training at the University of Pennsylvania, where she graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa with a major in English. She also received her MD from the University of Pennsylvania before doing her internship, residency and fellowship at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. She earned her PhD (clinical investigation) from the Bloomberg School of Hygiene and Public Health at Hopkins in 1999, earning research awards from the American Society of Transplantation and the Johns Hopkins Comprehensive Transplant Center. Following fellowship, she joined the faculty at Johns Hopkins where she rose through the ranks to become a Professor status before being recruited in 2010 as Division Chief to Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.
Dr. Furth is the principal investigator of The Chronic Kidney Disease in Children Study, sponsored by the National Institutes of Health. Now in its 17th year, this is the largest study of children with chronic kidney disease ever conducted in North America. With more than 1,000 children enrolled, the goal is to define risk factors for kidney disease progression in children and characterize the effect of kidney function decline on other aspects of child development. She is also the principal investigator of the Pediatric Center of Excellence in Nephrology Award recently given to CHOP to promote clinical trials in children with kidney disease.
Dr. Furth lectures national and internationally on chronic kidney disease in children. Her clinical interests include chronic kidney disease, hypertension, nephrotic syndrome and glomerulonephritis.
Titles
Attending Physician
Professor, Department of Pediatrics and Epidemiology, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Certifications
Pediatric Nephrology – American Board of Pediatrics
Awards and Honors
2023, Elected to the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)
Editorial and Academic Positions
Editorial positions
2010 - present, Associate Editor, Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology
2009 - present, Reviewer, New England Journal of Medicine
2008 - present, Reviewer, Clinical Journal of American Society of Nephrology
2007 - present, Reviewer, American Journal of Transplantation
2007 - present, Reviewer, Urology
2007 - present, Reviewer, American Journal of Epidemiology
2007 - present, Reviewer, Nephrology, Dialysis, Transplantation
2006 - present, Reviewer, International Journal of Infectious Disease
2006 - present, Reviewer, Pharmacia
2006 - present, Reviewer, American Journal of Medicine
2005 - present, Reviewer, Journal of Pediatrics
2005 - present, Reviewer, Pediatric Transplantation
2004 - present, Reviewer, Drugs
2004 - present, Reviewer, Medical Care
2004 - present, Reviewer, Journal of American Society of Nephrology
2004 - present, Reviewer, Kidney International
2003 - present, Reviewer, Pediatrics
2003 - present, Reviewer, JAMA
2002 - present, Reviewer, Pediatric Nephrology
2007 - present, Editorial Board, Journal of American Society of Nephrology
2003 - present, Editorial Board, Advances in Chronic Kidney Disease
Academic positions
2011-present, Department of Pediatrics, University of Pennsylvania Operating Plan, Committee on Mentorship
2010-present, External Advisory Board, Einstein-Montefiore Institute for Clinical and Translational Research
2008-2009, Chair, Selection Committee for Johns Hopkins KL2 Clinical Research Scholars Program, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutes, Institute for Clinical and Translational Research (ICTR)
2006-2010, Member, Selection Committee for Johns Hopkins K12 Clinical Research Scholars Program, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutes, Institute for Clinical and Translational Research (ICTR)
2006-2010, Member, Executive Committee, “Multidisciplinary Clinical Research Career Development Program” K12, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutes, Institute for Clinical and Translational Research (ICTR)
2005-2010, Member, Clinical and Translational Science Award Application: Training and Education Workgroup, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutes
2005 – 2010, Member, Clinician Scientist Award Committee – Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Selection committee for Junior Faculty salary support award applications
Research Interests
Chronic Kidney Disease in Children Study (CKiD) Neuroimaging in Chronic Kidney Disease Study (NiCK) Teen Adherence in Kidney Transplantation Effectiveness of Intervention Trial (TAKE-IT)
Education & training
Graduate Degree
PhD in Clinical Investigation - Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health, Baltimore, MD
Medical Degree
MD - University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
Internship
Pediatrics - Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD
Residency
Pediatrics - Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD
Fellowship
Pediatric Nephrology - Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD
Publications
Publications
Editorials, Reviews, Chapters
2012
Askenazi D, Smith L, Furth SL, Warady B. Acute and chronic renal failure. In: Devaskar SU, Gleason CA. Avery's diseases of the newborn. 9th ed. Philadelphia: Elsevier; 2012.
2011
Furth SL, Gerson A. Quality of life of children on dialysis. In: Warady BA, Alexander SR, Schaefer F. Pediatric dialysis. 2nd ed. New York: Springer Science and Business Media; 2011.
2009
Furth SL, Fadrowski JJ. Clinical investigation. In: Avner ED, Harmon WE, Niaudet P, Yoshikawa N, editors. Pediatric nephrology. 6th ed. Philadelphia: Lippincott, Williams and Wilkins; 2009.
2008
Gerson A, Harrison C, Furth SL. Psychological and ethical issues in chronic kidney disease. In: Geary D, Schaefer F. Comprehensive clinical nephrology. Philadelphia: Mosby, Inc.; 2008.
Tan J, Furth S. Nephrology. In: Johns Hopkins Hospital, Custer J, Rau R, Lee C, editors. The Harriet Lane handbook. 18th ed. Philadelphia: Mosby, Inc.; 2008.
2007
Wong CS, Furth S. Epidemiology of renal disease in children. In: Kher KK, Schnaper HW, Makker SP, editors. Clinical pediatric nephrology. 2nd ed. London (England): Informa UKK Ltd.; 2007. p. 63-70.
Furth SL, Amaral S. Themes across renal disease and renal failure: anemia. In: Molony D, Craig J. Evidence based nephrology. Oxford (UK): Blackwell Publishing; 2007.
2006
Wong C, Furth SL. Epidemiology of chronic kidney disease in children. In: Clinical pediatric nephrology. 2nd ed. Kher K, Makker SP, Schnaper HW. London (UK): Dunitz & Parthenon Publishing; 2006.
2005
Furth SL, Levin A, Schwartz G. Normal kidney function and choice of laboratory studies. In: Hogg RJ, editor. Kidney disorders in children and adolescents: a practical handbook. London (UK): Taylor & Francis; 2005.
2004
Furth SL, Gerson A. Quality of life of children on dialysis. In: Warady BA, Fine RN, Alexander SR, Schaefer F. Pediatric dialysis. Norwell: Kluwer Academic Publishers; 2004.
2003
Furth SL, Fadrowski JJ. Clinical investigation. In: Avner ED, Harmon WE, Niaudet P, editors. Pediatric nephrology. 5th ed. Philadelphia: Lippincott, Williams and Wilkins; 2003.
2000
Furth S. Therapy in nephrology and hypertension — a comparison to Brenner and Rector's: the kidney. In: Brady HR, Wilcox CS. Philadelphia: Saunders; 1990.