Keri Drake, M.D.

Pediatrics - Nephrology

Biography

Dr. Keri Drake is a Pediatric Nephrologist at UT Southwestern and Children’s Medical Center Dallas. She graduated from the University of Wisconsin Medical School, completed her pediatric training at the University of Minnesota, and was a fellow in pediatric nephrology at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. During her fellowship, Dr. Drake participated in the Pediatric Scientist Development Program, which provided mentorship and grant support for her research in renal development. Her work was recognized with the Fellows Basic Science Research Award from the Society of Pediatric Research and the American Society for Pediatric Nephrology Fellow Research Award. Additionally, she received the Mallinkcrodt Fellowship Research Award, which provided grant support for an independent project examining proximal tubule regeneration. Dr. Drake is continuing her research in renal development at UT Southwestern, with the goal of improving the understanding and treatment of congenital kidney disease.

Education & Training

Medical School - University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health (2006-2010)
Residency - University of Minnesota/Masonic Children's Hospital (2010-2013), Pediatrics
Fellowship - Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center (2013-2017), Pediatric Nephrology

Professional Associations & Affiliations

American Society of Pediatric Nephrology (2012-2016)

Honors & Awards

D Magazine Best Doctor 2024-2025
Fellow Research Presentation Award 2017, American Society for Pediatric Nephrology
Society for Pediatric Research Fellows Basic Research Award 2016, Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting, Baltimore, MD
Arnold W. Strauss Fellow Award 2015
Pediatric Scientist Development Award 2013
American Society of Pediatric Nephrology Travel Award 2012-2015
Research Honors 2010, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine & Public Health
Best Student Presentation Award 2007, Midwest Society of Pediatric Research
Shapiro Excellence in Student Research Award 2007

Books & Publications

Publications
- Updates in atypical hemolytic syndrome
  Drake K, Gattineni J Current opinion in pediatrics 2026 Apr 38 219-225
- Defects in nephrogenesis result in an expansion of the Foxd1+ stromal progenitor population
  Michalopoulos MG, Liu Y, Raju DR, Lafin JT, Ma Y, Gaur D, Khadka S, Xing C, Mcmahon AP, Carroll TJ, Drake KA Development (Cambridge) 2026 Jan 153
- Young adults born moderately to extremely preterm have higher eGFR and cystatin C compared to young adults born at term
  Shimfessel TT, Barton GP, Drake KA, Goss KN Pediatric Nephrology 2026
- Acute Kidney Replacement Therapy (KRT) in Pediatric Patients: A National Survey Assessing Nursing Structure and Standards in KRT Education
  Short K, Riley AA, Merrill KA, Shih WV, Crawford B, Selewski DT, Drake K, Menon S, Askenazi D, Plomaritas K Nephrology Nursing Journal 2025 Nov 52 589-594
- Developmental origins of disease – Effects of iron deficiency in the rat developing kidney and beyond
  Babu A, Hulse WN, Harer MW, Drake KA, Kling PJ Pediatric Nephrology 2025 41 23-32
- Acetaminophen induced high anion gap metabolic acidosis: a potentially under-recognized consequence from a common medication
  Gaur D, Michalopulos MG, Drake KA, Gattineni J Pediatric Nephrology 2025 Jan 40 99-101
- Responding to the workforce crisis: consensus recommendations from the Second Workforce Summit of the American Society of Pediatric Nephrology
  Soranno DE, Amaral S, Ashoor I, Atkinson MA, Barletta GM, Braun MC, Carlson J, Carter C, Chua A, Dharnidharka VR, Drake K, Erkan E, Feig D, Goldstein SL, Hains D, Harshman LA, Ingulli E, Kula AJ, Leonard M, Mannemuddhu S, Menon S, Modi ZJ, Moxey-Mims M, Nada A, Norwood V, Starr MC, Verghese PS, Weidemann D, Weinstein A, Smith J Pediatric Nephrology 2024 Dec 39 3609-3619
- The Landscape of Pediatric Acute Care Nephrology Programs: A National Survey from the American Society of Pediatric Nephrology
  Author Collaboration TA, Drake K, Menon S, Short K, Plomaritas K, Crawford B, Merrill K, Riley A, Shih WV, Askenazi D, Selewski D Kidney360 2024 Nov 5 1713-1717
- C3 glomerulopathy in a patient with a history of post-infectious glomerulonephritis
  Nnadi N, Hendricks AR, Torrealba JR, Drake KA, Gattineni J Pediatric Nephrology 2024 Mar 39 745-748
- Integration of Multiple, Diverse Methods to Identify Biologically Significant Marker Genes
  Chaney CP, Drake KA, Carroll TJ Journal of Molecular Biology 2022 Oct 434
- Transcription Factors YAP/TAZ and SRF Cooperate to Specify Renal Myofibroblasts in the Developing Mouse Kidney
  Drake KA, Chaney C, Patel M, Das A, Bittencourt J, Cohn M, Carroll TJ Journal of the American Society of Nephrology 2022 Sep 33 1694-1707
- Updates in the Management of Antenatal Hydronephrosis—from Current Practices to On-going Challenges
  Drake K Current Treatment Options in Pediatrics 2022 Mar 8
- Case Report: Atypical HUS Presenting With Acute Rhabdomyolysis Highlights the Need for Individualized Eculizumab Dosing
  Benoit SW, Fukuda T, VandenHeuvel K, Witte D, Fuller C, Willis J, Dixon BP, Drake KA Frontiers in Pediatrics 2022 Feb 10
- The Pediatric Nephrology Workforce Crisis: A Call to Action
  Author Collaboration AW, Ashoor I, Weidemann D, Elenberg E, Halbach S, Harshman L, Kula A, Mahan JD, Nada A, Quiroga A, Mahon AR, Smith J, Somers M, Brophy PD, Weinstein A, Lee-Son K, George R, Muff-Luett M, Sethna C, Merchant K, Menon S, Warejko J, Sudha S, Brophy P, Soranno D, Sheth R, Drake K, Riar S, Lombel R, Garimella S, Kamil E, Seo-Mayer P, Pillutla K Journal of Pediatrics 2021 Dec 239 5-10.e4
- Single-cell profiling of AKI in a murine model reveals novel transcriptional signatures, profibrotic phenotype, and epithelial-to-stromal crosstalk
  Rudman-Melnick V, Adam M, Potter A, Chokshi SM, Ma Q, Drake KA, Schuh MP, Matthew Kofron J, Devarajan P, Steven Potter S Journal of the American Society of Nephrology 2020 Dec 31 2793-2814
- Identification and characterization of cellular heterogeneity within the developing renal interstitium
  England AR, Chaney CP, Das A, Patel M, Malewska A, Armendariz D, Hon GC, Strand DW, Drake KA, Carroll TJ Development (Cambridge) 2020 Aug 147
- Clinicopathological features of C3 glomerulopathy in children: a single-center experience
  Drake KA, Ellington N, Gattineni J, Torrealba JR, Hendricks AR Pediatric Nephrology 2020 Jan 35 153-162
- Stromal β-catenin activation impacts nephron progenitor differentiation in the developing kidney and may contribute to Wilms tumor
  Drake KA, Chaney CP, Das A, Roy P, Kwartler CS, Rakheja D, Carroll TJ Development (Cambridge) 2020 147
- A bigenic mouse model of FSGS reveals perturbed pathways in podocytes, mesangial cells and endothelial cells
  Potter AS, Drake K, Brunskill EW, Steven Potter S PloS one 2019 Aug 14
- Methods for renal lineage tracing: In vivo and beyond
  Drake KA, Fessler AR, Carroll TJ 2019 121-143
- Disruption of Hox9,10,11 function results in cellular level lineage infidelity in the kidney
  Drake KA, Adam M, Mahoney R, Potter SS Scientific reports 2018 Dec 8
- Increased susceptibility to structural acute kidney injury in a mouse model of presymptomatic cardiomyopathy
  Pleasant LT, Ma Q, Devarajan M, Parameswaran P, Drake K, Siroky B, Shay-Winkler K, Robbins J, Devarajan P American Journal of Physiology - Renal Physiology 2017 Sep 313 F699-F705
- Hyponatremia, hypo-osmolality, and seizures in children early post-kidney transplant
  Drake K, Nehus E, Goebel J Pediatric Transplantation 2015 19 698-703
- Unusual presentations of BK virus infections in pediatric renal transplant recipients
  Drake KA, Najera L, Reed RC, Verghese PS Pediatric Transplantation 2013 Feb 17 E9-E15
- Iron deficiency and renal development in the newborn rat
  Drake KA, Sauerbry MJ, Blohowiak SE, Repyak KS, Kling PJ Pediatric Research 2009 Dec 66 619-624

Research

Genetics of kidney disease
Renal development

Links

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