Consultant
Division of hematology and Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
Rochester, Minnesota, United States
Nelson Leung is currently a professor of Medicine at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester Minnesota. Dr. Leung graduated from Creighton University School of Medicine in Omaha, Nebraska. He completed his internship at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, and internal medicine residency and Nephrology fellowship at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester Minnesota. He joined the staff in the division of Nephrology and Hypertension and has an academic rank of professor of medicine. He later joined the Division of Hematology and has a joint appointment in both divisions since 2010.
His main interest is in monoclonal gammopathy related kidney diseases. He has written extensively on renal amyloidosis, myeloma cast nephropathy and monoclonal immunoglobulin deposition disease. He introduced the concept of monoclonal gammopathy of renal significance and has made substantial contributions in the treatment of paraprotein related kidney diseases. He was the president of the International Kidney and Monoclonal Gammopathy Research Group and an active member of the International Myeloma Working Group. He sits on the editorial board of Journal of Nephrology and is a reviewer for multiple Hematology and Nephrology journals. He is also the program director of the OncoNephrology fellowship at the Mayo Clinic.
Meet the Professor: Understanding the concept of MGRS
Thursday, September 28, 2023
7:00 AM – 8:00 AM EEST