Faculty Directory

Education

• Medical Degree: Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
• Residency: University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama
• Fellowship: Pediatric Nephrology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
• Undergraduate Degree: University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX
 

Medical Interests

• Chronic kidney disease
• Dialysis

Areas of research interest include:

• Chronic kidney disease
• Transplant immunosuppression
• Transplant biomarkers

Professional/Scientific Societies

• American Academy of Pediatrics
• American Society of Nephrology
• American Society of Pediatric Nephrology
• International Pediatric Nephrology Association
• International Pediatric Transplant Association

Honors/Awards

• Resident Travel Award, American Society of Pediatric Nephrology, 1992
• Outstanding Pediatric Intern, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 1991

Publications

Fever of Unknown Origin (FUO) in a pediatric kidney transplant recipient: Answers. Nadeem S, Sukumaran L, Siegel DA, Jernigan SM, Greenbaum LA. Pediatr Nephrol. 2014 Nov 1

Fever of Unknown Origin (FUO) in a pediatric kidney transplant recipient: Questions. Nadeem S, Sukumaran L, Siegel DA, Jernigan SM, Greenbaum LA. Pediatr Nephrol. 2014 Oct 15

Hematuria in the Newborn. Jernigan SM. Clin Perinatol. 2014 Sep:41(3):591-603

Book Chapters

Experimental insights into the mechanisms of tubulointerstitial scarring. Jernigan SM, Eddy AA. In: A.Nahas (Ed.) Mechanisms and Clinical Management of Chronic Renal Failure. Oxford University Press, 2000.

Acute Renal Failure. Jernigan, S. In: S. Shah and G. Frank (Ed.) Patient Encounters: The Inpatient Pediatrics Work-Up. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2010.

Research Group(s)

• Pediatric Nephrology Clinical Research Group →

Research Center(s)

• Children’s Center for Immunity and Applied Genomics (CIAG) →