Vanesa Bijol, MD Nephropathologist

About

Dr. Vanesa Bijol joined Arkana in 2023, with nearly two decades of experience in clinical renal pathology practice. She was mentored by Dr. Helmut Rennke at Brigham and Women’s Hospital/Harvard Medical School where after her fellowship she maintained a faculty position until 2017 when she joined Northwell Health in New York as a Chief of Renal Pathology Service. Dr. Bijol has a heart for medical education outreach and from 2012 – 2022 she directed the Clinical Nephropathology Certificate Program of the International Society of Nephrology (ISN).

In this role she has served on multiple missions as an Educational Ambassador of the ISN, visiting Nigeria, Rwanda, Nepal, Georgia, and Romania to help advance the practice of renal pathology in these countries. She routinely engages in educational opportunities in kidney pathology teaching in person and online at all levels, from medical school to peer education. She is currently a director of the GlomCon Kidney Pathology Certificate Program and is a course director for the GlomCon Glomerular Disease Fellowship.

Education & Stats

Our fellowship-trained pathologists have decades of experience interpreting biopsies.

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Joined the Arkana team 2023
Doctor of Medicine University of Zagreb, Croatia
Pathology Residency University of Rochester
Renal Fellowship Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Board Certification American Board of Pathology

Publications by Vanesa Bijol, MD

De Novo ANCA-Associated Vasculitis With Glomerulonephritis In COVID-19 De Novo ANCA-Associated Vasculitis With…

By Uppal NN, Kello N, Shah HH, Khanin Y, De Oleo IR, Epstein E, Sharma P, Larsen CP, Bijol V, Jhaveri KD

November 2020

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a pandemic caused by a novel coronavirus that has been identified to belong to…

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a pandemic caused by a novel coronavirus that has been identified to belong to the β-coronavirus family.

De Novo ANCA-Associated Vasculitis With Glomerulonephritis in COVID-19
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COVID-19-Associated Kidney Injury: A Case Series Of Kidney Biopsy Findings COVID-19-Associated Kidney Injury: A Case Series…

By Sharma P, Uppal NN, Wanchoo R, Shah HH, Yang Y, Parikh R, Khanin Y, Madireddy V, Larsen CP, Jhaveri KD, Bijol V, Northwell Nephrology COVID-19 Research Consortium

September 2020

Reports show that AKI is a common complication of severe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in hospitalized patients

Reports show that AKI is a common complication of severe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in hospitalized patients

COVID-19-Associated Kidney Injury
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Histopathologic And Ultrastructural Findings In Postmortem Kidney Biopsy Material… Histopathologic And Ultrastructural Findings In…

By Golmai P, Larsen CP, DeVita MV, Wahl SJ, Weins A, Rennke HG, Bijol V, Rosenstock JL

September 2020

Since its emergence in Wuhan, China, coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has spread rapidly throughout the world.

Since its emergence in Wuhan, China, coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has spread rapidly throughout the world.

Electron microscopy and in situ hybridization for SARS-CoV-2 reveal no evidence of viral presence in kidney biopsy material
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Congophilic Fibrillary Glomerulonephritis: A Case Series Congophilic Fibrillary Glomerulonephritis: A Case…

By Alexander MP, Dasari S, Vrana JA, Riopel J, Valeri AM, Markowitz GS, Hever A, Bijol V, Larsen CP, Cornell LD, Fidler ME, Said SM, Sethi S, Herrera Hernandez LP, Grande…

September 2018

Congo Red positivity with birefringence under polarized light has traditionally permitted classification of organized…

Congo Red positivity with birefringence under polarized light has traditionally permitted classification of organized glomerular deposits as from amyloid or nonamyloid diseases.

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Kerime Ararat, MD

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Vanesa Bijol, MD

Nephropathologist

Christie Boils, MD

Nephropathologist

Stephen Bonsib, MD, MS

Emeritus Nephropathologist

T. David Bourne, MD

Neuropathologist, Nephropathologist

Frank Boyd, MD

Nephropathologist

Clarissa Cassol, MD

Nephropathologist

Tiffany Caza, MD, PhD

Nephropathologist, Scientist

River Charles, MD

Nephropathologist

L. Nicholas Cossey, MD

Physician Director, Nephropathologist

Rachelle Gietzen, MD

Nephropathologist

Danni Holanda, MD

Nephropathologist

Jolanta Kowalewska, MD, PhD

Nephropathologist

Chris Larsen, MD

Chief Executive Officer, Nephropathologist

Alan Lim, MD

Nephropathologist

Rebecca May, MD, PhD

Nephropathologist

Paul Miller, MD

Nephropathologist, Fellowship Program Director

Odia Molen, MD

Nephropathologist

Joel Murphy, MD

Nephropathologist, Visiting Scholars Program Director

Mohammad Obeidat, MD

Nephropathologist

Miran Rhee-Anagnost, MD

Nephropathologist

Shree Sharma, MD

Laboratory Director, Nephropathologist

Fred Silva, MD

Emeritus Nephropathologist

Jaime Singh, MD

Nephropathologist

Cherry Starling, MD

Nephropathologist

Patrick D. Walker, MD

Founder, Nephropathologist

T. David Bourne, MD

Neuropathologist, Nephropathologist

Eric Goold, MD

Neuropathologist, Molecular Pathologist

Joshua Sonnen, MD

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Jon Wilson, MD

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Nephropathologist

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Nephropathologist

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