Keri Drake, M.D. Titles and Appointments Assistant Professor Schools Medical School Departments Pediatrics You have reached the Academic Profile. For more information on the doctor and patient care, please visit the clinical profile. Biography Dr. Keri Drake is a Pediatric Nephrologist at UT Southwestern and Children’s Medical Center Dallas. She graduated from the University of Wisconsin Medical School, completed her pediatric training at the University of Minnesota, and was a fellow in pediatric nephrology at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. During her fellowship, Dr. Drake participated in the Pediatric Scientist Development Program, which provided mentorship and grant support for her research in renal development. Her work was recognized with the Fellows Basic Science Research Award from the Society of Pediatric Research and the American Society for Pediatric Nephrology Fellow Research Award. Additionally, she received the Mallinkcrodt Fellowship Research Award, which provided grant support for an independent project examining proximal tubule regeneration. Dr. Drake is continuing her research in renal development at UT Southwestern, with the goal of improving the understanding and treatment of congenital kidney disease. Education Medical School University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health (2010) Residency University of Minnesota/Masonic Children's Hospital (2013), Pediatrics Fellowship Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center (2017), Pediatric Nephrology Research Interest Genetics of kidney disease Renal development Publications Updates in atypical hemolytic syndrome Drake K, Gattineni J Current opinion in pediatrics 2026 Apr 38 219-225 Defects in nephrogenesis result in an expansion of the Foxd1+ stromal progenitor population Michalopoulos MG, Liu Y, Raju DR, Lafin JT, Ma Y, Gaur D, Khadka S, Xing C, Mcmahon AP, Carroll TJ, Drake KA Development (Cambridge) 2026 Jan 153 Young adults born moderately to extremely preterm have higher eGFR and cystatin C compared to young adults born at term Shimfessel TT, Barton GP, Drake KA, Goss KN Pediatric Nephrology 2026 Acute Kidney Replacement Therapy (KRT) in Pediatric Patients: A National Survey Assessing Nursing Structure and Standards in KRT Education Short K, Riley AA, Merrill KA, Shih WV, Crawford B, Selewski DT, Drake K, Menon S, Askenazi D, Plomaritas K Nephrology Nursing Journal 2025 Nov 52 589-594 Acetaminophen induced high anion gap metabolic acidosis: a potentially under-recognized consequence from a common medication Gaur D, Michalopulos MG, Drake KA, Gattineni J Pediatric Nephrology 2025 Jan 40 99-101 Developmental origins of disease – Effects of iron deficiency in the rat developing kidney and beyond Babu A, Hulse WN, Harer MW, Drake KA, Kling PJ Pediatric Nephrology 2025 41 23-32 Responding to the workforce crisis: consensus recommendations from the Second Workforce Summit of the American Society of Pediatric Nephrology Soranno DE, Amaral S, Ashoor I, Atkinson MA, Barletta GM, Braun MC, Carlson J, Carter C, Chua A, Dharnidharka VR, Drake K, Erkan E, Feig D, Goldstein SL, Hains D, Harshman LA, Ingulli E, Kula AJ, Leonard M, Mannemuddhu S, Menon S, Modi ZJ, Moxey-Mims M, Nada A, Norwood V, Starr MC, Verghese PS, Weidemann D, Weinstein A, Smith J Pediatric Nephrology 2024 Dec 39 3609-3619 The Landscape of Pediatric Acute Care Nephrology Programs: A National Survey from the American Society of Pediatric Nephrology Author Collaboration TA, Drake K, Menon S, Short K, Plomaritas K, Crawford B, Merrill K, Riley A, Shih WV, Askenazi D, Selewski D Kidney360 2024 Nov 5 1713-1717 C3 glomerulopathy in a patient with a history of post-infectious glomerulonephritis Nnadi N, Hendricks AR, Torrealba JR, Drake KA, Gattineni J Pediatric Nephrology 2024 Mar 39 745-748 Integration of Multiple, Diverse Methods to Identify Biologically Significant Marker Genes Chaney CP, Drake KA, Carroll TJ Journal of Molecular Biology 2022 Oct 434 Results 1-10 of 25 1 2 3 Next Last Honors & Awards Early Career Research AwardChildren's Clinical Research Advisory Committee (2018-2020) UTSW Kidney Cancer SPORE Career Enhancement Program Award (2018-2019) Fellow Research Presentation AwardAmerican Society for Pediatric Nephrology (2017) Society for Pediatric Research Fellows Basic Research AwardPediatric Academic Societies Meeting, Baltimore, MD (2016) Arnold W. Strauss Fellow Award (2015) Pediatric Scientist Development Award (2013) American Society of Pediatric Nephrology Travel Award (2012-2015) Research HonorsUniversity of Wisconsin School of Medicine & Public Health (2010) Best Student Presentation AwardMidwest Society of Pediatric Research (2007) Shapiro Excellence in Student Research Award (2007) Professional Associations/Affiliations American Society of Pediatric Nephrology (2012) International Pediatric Nephrology Association (2017)
