Polycystic Kidney Disease

Cristian V. Riella received his M.D. from Universidade Federal do Paraná, Brazil in 2010. He then moved to Boston, for his post-graduate studies, where he completed training in internal medicine at Tufts University (2010-2013), followed by a clinical nephrology fellowship, at Beth Israel Medical Center (BIDMC), Harvard Medical School (2013-2015). He currently holds a position as Research Fellow at BIDMC. During his clinical training in nephrology, Dr. Riella had extensive exposure to polycystic kidney disease patients under the mentorship of Dr. Theodore Steinman, with whom he has published review articles and chapters on the subject. His main field of research is on inherited kidney diseases, focused on Apolipoprotein L1 (APOL1) genetic variants and its association with focal segmental glomerulosclerosis. Other interests include RNA sequencing, microRNA biology, computational biology and machine learning applications for biology research. Dr. Riella contributes actively to medical education as a tutor for the courses of Practice of Medicine and Renal Pathophysiology, Harvard Medical School.