Eleanor Lederer, M.D.

Biography

Eleanor Lederer, M.D., is a Professor in the Department of Internal Medicine at UT Southwestern Medical Center. She specializes in chronic kidney disease complications, kidney stones, and kidney transplants.

Dr. Lederer earned her medical degree at Baylor College of Medicine, where she also completed her residency in internal medicine and fellowship in nephrology.

Certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine in internal medicine and nephrology, she joined the UT Southwestern faculty in 2020.

Dr. Lederer is the John S. Fordtran Endowed Professor in Calcium Research at UTSW’s Charles and Jane Pak Center for Mineral Metabolism. In addition, she serves as the Assistant Chief of Medical Services for Research and Co-Director of the Network of Dedicated Enrollment Sites (NODES) program at the affiliated VA North Texas Health Sciences Center.

Dr. Lederer is currently funded through the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to study the regulation of parathyroid hormone, phosphate, and calcium in chronic kidney disease. She has published a number of peer-reviewed articles and has authored or coauthored chapters in numerous books, including Essentials of Chronic Kidney Disease and Principles of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology.

She is a past president of the American Society of Nephrology and an active member of many other professional organizations, including the Renal Physicians Association, the American College of Physicians, the International Society of Nephrology, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Among many other honors, in 2020 Dr. Lederer received the Excellence in Patient Care Award from the National Kidney Foundation of Kentucky.