Nelson Leung, MD, BRCU Faculty
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 finished his internal medicine residency and Nephrology fellowship at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester Minnesota. He has an academic rank of professor of medicine and is jointly appointed in the Division of Nephrology and Hypertension and the Division of Hematology. He is the current program director of the OncoNephrology fellowship at the Mayo Clinic and the head of the section of Onconephrology. He is also the current David L. and Colleen B. Kessenich named Professor in Multiple Myeloma.
His main interests are monoclonal gammopathy related kidney diseases and amyloidosis. He is the leading authority 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 is a founding member of the International Kidney and Monoclonal Gammopathy Research Group and is the current treasurer. He is also an active member of the International Myeloma Working Group, International Myeloma Society, International Society of Amyloidosis and American Society of Onconephrology. He is a current member of the American Society of Nephrology Workforce and Training Committee, National Kidney Foundation Spring Clinical Meeting planning committee and the co-chair of the ASN core curriculum on Onconephrology. He sits on the editorial board of Nephrology Dialysis and Transplantation and is a reviewer for multiple Hematology and Nephrology journals.