Faculty Biography

Scott E. Wenderfer, MD, PhD

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Education:

M.D./Ph.D., University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio

Pediatric Residency, University of Texas-Houston Medical School, Houston, Texas

Pediatric Nephrology Fellowship, University of Texas-Houston Medical School

Clinical and Research Interests:

1. Dr. Wenderfer's clinical interests include glomerulonephritis, tubular and interstitial nephritis, and renal manifestations of rheumatic diseases such as lupus erythematosus. He cares for patients with all forms of pediatric kidney disease or hypertension.
2. Dr. Wenderfer received the Wulsin Fellowship for pre-doctoral research at the University of Cincinnati in 1996 and an NRSA training award in 2005 for fellowship research in the Center for Immunology and Autoimmunity at the Institute of Molecular Medicine here at UT-Houston. He wrote his dissertation on "genomic analysis of antigen processing and the IL-4 cytokine family in the immune system" under the mentorship of Dr. John Monaco. He is currently collaborating with Dr. Michael Braun and Dr. Rick Wetsel to study mechanisms of immune complex disease in the kidney.
3. Dr. Wenderfer is a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Society of Pediatric Nephrology, the American Medical Association, the American Society of Nephrology, and the American Association of Immunologists.

Publications (selected):

• Scott E. Wenderfer, Rita D. Swinford, Shamila Mauiyyedi, David P. Witte, Michael C. Braun. Cytomegalovirus and Recurrent Idiopathic Membranoproliferative Glomerulonephritis Type 1: Cause or Consequence? Transplantation vol 83(4), 2007.
• S.E. Wenderfer, B. Ke, T.J. Hollman, H.Y. Lan, R.A. Wetsel, M.C. Braun. C5a Receptor Deficiency Attenuates T-cell Functions and Renal Disease in MRLlpr Mice. J Am Society Nephrology 16(12):3572-82, 2005.
• Scott E. Wenderfer, John J. Monaco. Exon Trapping for Positional Cloning and Fingerprinting. Methods in Molecular Biology: Bacterial Artificial Chromosomes: Functional Studies. Vol 256, Shaying Zhao, Marvin Stodolsky, Ed., Humana Press, Totowa, New Jersey. pp7-20, 2004.
• Scott E Wenderfer, James Nordlund. The Efficacy and Cost Effectiveness of Adjuvant IFNa2 Therapy for Surgically Resected Melanoma. University of Cincinnati Selected Student Papers: Efficient and Cost-Effective Clinical Decision Making. chapter 38, 1-13, 2000.
• Scott E. Wenderfer, Jay P. Slack, T. Scott McCluskey, John J. Monaco. Identification of 40 Genes on a One Megabase Contig Around the IL-4 Cytokine Family Gene Cluster on Mouse Chromosome 11. Genomics 63(3):354-73, 2000.
• Andres G. Grandea, Paul G. Comber, Scott E. Wenderfer, Gary Schoenhals, Klaus Fruh, John J. Monaco, Thomas Spies. Sequence, Linkage to H-2K, and Function of Mouse Tapasin in MHC Class I Assembly. Immunogenetics 48:260-5, 1998.

Oral Presentations

• Scott E Wenderfer, Baozhen Ke, Rick A Wetsel, Michael C Braun. C3a Receptor Deficiency Is Associated with Exacerbation of Renal Disease and Increased Th-1 Cell Responses in MRLlpr Mice. American Society of Pediatric Nephrology Annual Meeting, 2006. San Francisco, CA
• Scott E Wenderfer, Patricia Brannan, Lori Smith, Kim Tran and Rita D Swinford. Using Icodextrin to Improve Quality of Life and Clearance in a Pediatric Patient with Ultrafiltration Failure. American Nephrology Nurses' Association National Symposium, 2006. Nashville, TN
• S.E. Wenderfer, B. Ke, H.Y. Lan, M.C. Braun. A Role for C5a in T-Cell Function and Renal Disease in MRL/lpr mice. International Complement Workshop, 2004. Honalulu, HI

Abstracts

• Scott E Wenderfer, Patricia Brannan, Lori Smith, Kim Tran and Rita D Swinford. Cloudy Fluid in a 3 year old on CCPD using Icodextrin. American Nephrology Nurses' Association National Symposium, 2006. Nashville, TN
• Scott E Wenderfer, Baozhen Ke, Travis J Hollman, Rick A Wetsel, H Y Lan, Michael C Braun. Attenuation of renal disease associated with reduced T-cell infiltrates in C5a receptor deficient MRLlpr mice. American Society for Pediatric Nephrology Annual Meeting, 2005. Washington, DC
• Scott E Wenderfer, Baozhen. Ke, Travis J Hollman, Rick A. Wetsel, H.Y. Lan, Michael C. Braun. Attenuation of renal disease associated with altered T-cell function in C5a receptor deficient MRLlpr mice. Experimental Biology Meeting, 2005. San Diego, CA
• Scott E. Wenderfer, Jay Slack, and John J. Monaco. A Transcript Map of the IL-4 Cytokine Family Gene Cluster. Experimental Biology Meeting, 1999. Washington, DC
• Scott E. Wenderfer, Jay Slack, and John J. Monaco. A Transcript Map of the IL-4 Cytokine Family Gene Cluster. 13th Annual MD/PhD Conference, 1998. Aspen, CO
• Scott E. Wenderfer, Jay Slack, and John J. Monaco. Positional Cloning in the IL-4 Cytokine Family Cluster. International Mouse Genome Conference, 1997. St. Petersburg, FL
• Scott E. Wenderfer and John J. Monaco. Exon Trapping in the MHC Class II Region. Autumn Immunology Conference, 1996. Chicago, IL

 

Location & Contact

6431 Fannin Street
MSB 3.020
Houston, Texas 77030
713-500-5757 (Voice)

Faculty Biography

• Scott E. Wenderfer, MD, PhD
  Assistant Professor
• Department of Pediatrics
  Division of Pediatric Nephrology and Hypertension
• University of Texas-Houston Medical School
  6431 Fannin Street, MSB 3.124
  Houston, Texas 77030
• phone: (713) 500-5670
  fax: (713) 500-5680
  e-mail: scott.wenderfer@ uth.tmc.edu