Jay L. Koyner, MD, is a Professor of Medicine in the Section of Nephrology at the University of Chicago. Dr. Koyner completed his internal medicine and nephrology training at the University of Chicago, where he currently serves as the Medical Director of the Inpatient Dialysis Unit and Director of ICU Nephrology. In addition to being a dedicated clinician educator, Dr. Koyner’s critical care nephrology research interests have focused on the utilization of plasma and urine biomarkers to improve patient risk stratification and outcomes in the setting of acute kidney injury (AKI).

He has contributed to several multicenter studies investigating the biomarkers of AKI, including the TRIBE-AKI study, the Furosemide Stress Test and several industry sponsored investigations. More recently he has received NIH funding for the development and implementation of an electronic health record derived AKI risk score, with the hopes of improving the care of patients at high risk for the development of severe hospital acquired AKI. He has published over 140 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters on AKI and the care of patients in with kidney injury in the ICU. And has recently published The Handbook of Critical Care Nephrology (Wolters Kluwer).