Jared J. Grantham (1936–2017) was an American physician and

nephrologist Nephrology (from Greek'' nephros'' "kidney", combined with the suffix ''-logy'', "the study of") is a specialty of adult internal medicine and pediatric medicine that concerns the study of the kidneys, specifically normal kidney function (r ...

who was the founding editor of the ''

Journal of the American Society of Nephrology The ''Journal of the American Society of Nephrology'' is a peer-reviewed medical journal covering nephrology. It was established in 1966 and is published by the American Society of Nephrology Founded in 1966, the American Society of Nephrology ...

'' and co-founder of the

PKD Foundation The PKD Foundation is a United States non-profit organization that funds research into polycystic kidney disease (PKD). It is the second-largest U.S.-based funder of PKD research after the National Institutes of Health The National Institutes ...

. The Jared Grantham Kidney Institute at the

University of Kansas The University of Kansas (KU) is a public research university with its main campus in Lawrence, Kansas, United States, and several satellite campuses, research and educational centers, medical centers, and classes across the state of Kansas. Tw ...

Medical Center is named in his honor.

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