Dr. Mary Hammes

Biography

Mary Hammes is an Associate Professor in the Department of Medicine at the University of Chicago. She is a certified clinical Nephrologist with over 30 years of experience, concentrating on chronic out-patient hemodialysis. Her clinical efforts aim to improve the lives and outcomes of patients with End Stage Kidney Disease. Hammes conducts research on vascular access, a critical component for patients receiving hemodialysis, focusing on the failure mechanisms such as stenosis and thrombosis. In collaboration with scientists at the University of Chicago, she has developed innovative patient-specific milli-fluidic models to study hemodynamic flow in veins used for dialysis. Throughout her career, she has published numerous papers on these topics and has been awarded research grants, directing a monthly conference on dialysis access. Her work incorporates a multidisciplinary approach, intersecting medicine, surgery, radiology, epidemiology, bioengineering, and genetics, to better understand vascular access placement choices, failure mechanisms, and to improve treatment methods that affect morbidity and mortality in patients requiring hemodialysis. Recent research areas include the effects of acute kidney injury and its associations with thrombosis, as well as patient attitudes towards hepatitis C positive organs.

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