Amy N. Sussman, MD

An Akron, Ohio, native, Dr. Sussman was recruited to the University of Arizona in 2009 and has served as a clinician educator with a strong emphasis in medical student teaching and has been distinguished with multiple teaching awards. Previously, during her nephrology fellowship at the University of Washington, she spent three years dedicated to bench research focusing on mechanisms of podocyte detachment utilizing both cell culture and animal models under the direction of Dr. Stuart Shankland. She maintains an active interest in glomerulonephritis and is a sub-investigator of the Membranous Nephropathy Trial of Rituxan (MENTOR) clinical trial. She additionally serves as the medical director of DCI Desert Dialysis units, Sahuarita, and South Tucson. She has developed and is the clinical director of the nocturnal in-center dialysis program at DCI South Tucson.