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Faculty & Fellows

  • Nephrology Faculty (20-21)

    • Associate Professor of Pediatrics (Nephrology); Section Chief, Pediatric Nephrology; Fellowship Program Director

      Education
      MD, Boston University School of Medicine, 2001
    • Associate Professor of Pediatrics (Nephrology)

      Education
      MHS, Yale University School of Medicine, 2015; MD, SUNY Downstate College of Medicine, 2008; BS, Cornell University College of Engineering, 2003
      Dr. Greenberg grew up in New York, before attending Cornell University to study Biological Engineering. He then attended medical school at the State University of New York at Brooklyn. He completed his residency in Pediatrics at New York University Medical Center. Dr. Greenberg completed his fellowship in Pediatric Nephrology at the Yale University School of Medicine. He also obtained a Masters degree from Yale in Health Sciences Research . Dr. Greenberg is now an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics in the Section of Nephrology at Yale University and a clinical investigator in the Clinical and Translational Research Accelerator (CTRA). His research focuses on improving risk prediction to assist with clinical decision making and inform clinical trials in children with kidney disease.
    • Assistant Professor of Pediatrics (Nephrology); Associate Program Director Pediatric Nephrology Fellowship, Pediatric Nephrology; Section Education Attainment Liaison (SEAL), Section of Pediatric Nephrology, Pediatrics; UNOS Primary Pediatric Physician, Kidney, Yale-New Haven Transplant Center; Medical Director, Pediatric Kidney Transplant Program, Pediatrics

      Education
      MD, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, 2011; BS, University of Rochester, 2007
  • Nephrology Current Fellows - Year 2

    • Instructor, Pediatrics (Nephrology)

      Education
      MD, Duke University School of Medicine, 2013; MPH, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2012; BS, University of Notre Dame, 2009
      James Nugent, MD, MPH is an Instructor of Pediatrics at Yale School of Medicine and an Investigator at Yale’s Clinical and Translational Research Accelerator. He completed his medical degree at Duke University School of Medicine and his residency training in Pediatrics at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. Following residency, he served as an active duty general pediatrician in the United States Air Force for four years. He then completed his fellowship training in Pediatric Nephrology at Yale School of Medicine. He is board-certified in pediatric nephrology and general pediatrics and practices pediatric nephrology at Yale-New Haven Children’s Hospital and pediatric primary care at Fair Haven Community Health Center. His research is focused on improving the diagnosis, evaluation, and treatment of children with hypertension.