Abhilash Koratala, MD, FASN
Citation: Kidney News 16, 10/11
Dr. Koratala is associate professor of medicine and director of clinical imaging for nephrology at the Medical College of Wisconsin. He is internationally known for his expertise in point-of-care ultrasonography (POCUS), particularly in bedside hemodynamic assessment using Doppler techniques, and for his educational efforts supporting it.
Dr. Koratala has delivered more than 100 invited talks on POCUS globally. He has developed comprehensive POCUS curricula for nephrology trainees, which have been published in the American Journal of Kidney Diseases and Kidney360. Dr. Koratala also teaches POCUS on online platforms such as Twitter/X, in which his handle @NephroP is among the most followed in medical education, boasting over 65,000 followers. He authors posts for “Focus on POCUS” on the Renal Fellow Network, a nephrology blog published in partnership with ASN. He serves as associate editor of the POCUS Journal.
His online POCUS teaching tool won the ASN Innovations in Kidney Education Contest in 2020. He won an educational tools contest sponsored by the American Heart Association Council on the Kidney in Cardiovascular Disease and has received exemplary teacher awards from the University of Florida. In addition to his expertise in POCUS, Dr. Koratala's work in all aspects of nephrology has led to more than 200 publications in peer-reviewed journals.
Dr. Koratala received his medical degree from Kakatiya Medical College in Warangal, India. He completed a residency in internal medicine at the BronxCare Health System (formerly Bronx Lebanon Hospital Center) in New York City, a fellowship in nephrology at the University of Florida in Gainesville, and a mini-fellowship in renal ultrasonography at Emory University in Atlanta.
