Education
Medical School
Delhi University/Maulana Azad Medical College, India (1986)
Internship
Aultman Hospital - NEOUCOM (1995), Internal Medicine
Residency
Aultman Hospital - NEOUCOM (1997), Internal Medicine
Fellowship
Ohio State University Hospitals (1999), Nephrology

Research Interest
  • Intensive Care Nephrology
  • Lupus Nephritis
  • Peritoneal Dialysis

Publications

Featured Publications LegendFeatured Publications

Peritoneal Dialysis: Misperceptions and Reality.
Saxena R Am. J. Med. Sci. 2014 May
Tissue engineering bone using autologous progenitor cells in the peritoneum.
Shen J, Nair A, Saxena R, Zhang CC, Borrelli J, Tang L PLoS ONE 2014 9 3 e93514
The effect of erythropoietin on autologous stem cell-mediated bone regeneration.
Nair AM, Tsai YT, Shah KM, Shen J, Weng H, Zhou J, Sun X, Saxena R, Borrelli J, Tang L Biomaterials 2013 Oct 34 30 7364-71
Urinary Angiostatin - a novel marker of renal pathology chronicity in lupus nephritis.
Wu T, Du Y, Han J, Singh S, Xie C, Guo Y, Zhou XJ, Ahn C, Saxena R, Mohan C Mol. Cell Proteomics 2013 Jan
Urine VCAM-1 as a marker of renal pathology activity index in lupus nephritis.
Singh S, Wu T, Xie C, Vanarsa K, Han J, Mahajan T, Oei HB, Ahn C, Zhou XJ, Putterman C, Saxena R, Mohan C Arthritis Res. Ther. 2012 Jul 14 4 R164
Peritoneal catheter implantation elicits IL-10-producing immune-suppressor macrophages through a MyD88-dependent pathway.
Min SY, Fu Y, Hutcheson J, Wu T, Khobahy E, Zhu J, Vanarsa K, Du Y, Park MJ, Park HS, Saxena R, Kim HY, Mohan C Clin. Immunol. 2012 Apr 143 1 59-72
Lupus Nephritis: A Retrospective Analysis of Clinical Presentation and Outcomes From a Single Center.
Singh S, Zhou XJ, Ahn C, Saxena R The American journal of the medical sciences 2011 Jun
Lupus nephritis: current update.
Saxena R, Mahajan T, Mohan C Arthritis Res. Ther. 2011 13 5 240
Quantitative planar array screen of 1000 proteins uncovers novel urinary protein biomarkers of lupus nephritis.
Vanarsa K, Soomro S, Zhang T, Strachan B, Pedroza C, Nidhi M, Cicalese P, Gidley C, Dasari S, Mohan S, Thai N, Truong VTT, Jordan N, Saxena R, Putterman C, Petri M, Mohan C, Ann. Rheum. Dis. 2020 Jul
Comprehensive aptamer-based screening identifies a spectrum of urinary biomarkers of lupus nephritis across ethnicities.
Stanley S, Vanarsa K, Soliman S, Habazi D, Pedroza C, Gidley G, Zhang T, Mohan S, Der E, Suryawanshi H, Tuschl T, Buyon J, Putterman C, Mok CC, Petri M, Saxena R, Mohan C, Nat Commun 2020 May 11 1 2197

Honors & Awards
  • Anna Greta Crafoord Prize, 1991
    Best PhD thesis for the University of Lund (0)
  • Swedish Institute Scholarship
    Award by Swedish Government to pursue higher studies in a Swedish University (0)

Professional Associations/Affiliations
  • American Society of Nephrology
  • International Society of Nephrology
  • International Society of Peritoneal Dialysis
  • National Kidney Foundation
  • Texas Medical Association