Biographical summary
Ladan Zand, M.D., is an Associate Professor of Medicine at the Division of Nephrology and Hypertension with expertise in treating patients with glomerular diseases. She completed her medical school training at the University of Toronto, Faculty of Medicine (Toronto, ON) and her internal medicine residency training and nephrology fellowship at Mayo Clinic, Rochester. Her research interest focuses
on finding novel therapeutic approaches in management of patients with glomerulonephritis including FSGS, membranous nephropathy, fibrillary GN, IgA nephropathy, ANCA associated vasculitis, lupus nephritis, and PGNMID. Her interest also focuses on the role of monoclonal gammopathy in causing kidney injury and predictors of finding in MGRS in patients with CKD and MGUS. She is the principal investigator in several ongoing clinical trials at the Mayo Clinic in the field of glomerular diseases. She has published over 70 peer-reviewed publications.
Conditions treated
Interests
- Use of daratumumab for treatment of patients with lupus nephritis
- Obinutuzumab and daratumumab for treatment of refractory primary FSGS
- Use of Obinutuzumab for treatment of fibrillary glomerulonephritis
- Use of machine learning to understand the phenotypes of TMA
- Predictors of outcomes in patients with PLA2R associated MN
- Predictors of finding an MGRS lesions in patients with monoclonal gammopathy and CKD
- Effect of PCP prophylaxis in patients treated with rituximab
- Effect of monoclonal gammopathy in patients with ANCA associated vasculitis
Mayo Clinic locations
Education
- 2014
FellowNephrology, Programs in Rochester, Mayo School of Graduate Medical Education, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
- 2014
FellowDivision of Nephrology & Hypertension, Department of Internal Medicine
- 2011
ResidentInternal Medicine, Programs in Rochester, Mayo School of Graduate Medical Education, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
- 2011
ResidentDepartment of Internal Medicine
- 2008
Medical SchoolToronto University, Faculty of Medicine
- 2004
BScUniversity of British Columbia
Activities and honors
Certifications
- 2014
NephrologyAmerican Board of Internal Medicine
- 2011
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal Medicine
Awards and honors
- 2014
Outstanding Fellow Research, Nephrology and Hypertension Division of Nephrology & Hypertension, Department of Internal Medicine
- 2004
Prakash GILL Memorial Prize in Pharmacology and therapeuticsUniversity of British Columbia
- 2002
Charles and Jane Banks ScholarshipUniversity of British Columbia
- 2002
Undergraduate Scholar Program ScholarshipUniversity of British Columbia
Professional memberships
- 2020 - present
MemberInternational Society of Nephrology
- 2018 - 2019
Practice Committee MemberDepartment of Nephrology & Hypertension Clinical Practice Committee
- 2017 - 2019
Research Committe MemberDepartment of Nephrology
- 2017 - 2019
Medical Director of the Chronic Kidney Disease ClinicMayo Clinic
- 2017 - 2019
Knowledge Content Board LeaderAsk Mayo Expert
- 2016 - 2019
Education Committee MemberDepartment of Nephrology
- 2013
Committee MemberResearch Committee, Division of Nephrology & Hypertension, Department of Internal Medicine
- 2012 - 2013
Education RepresentativeEducation Committee, Division of Nephrology & Hypertension, Department of Internal Medicine
- 2011 - present
MemberAmerican Society of Nephrology
- 2011 - present
MemberNational Kidney Foundation
- 2008 - present
MemberAmerican College of Physicians
- 2008 - present
MemberAmerican Medical Association
- 2002 - present
UBC Golden Keys
Publications