Richard J. Quigg Jr., MD, an internationally regarded researcher
of glomerular diseases, has been named the inaugural Arthur M.
Morris Chair in Nephrology and chief of the Division of
Nephrology.
Quigg is a professor of medicine at the University of Chicago,
where he served as chief of the Section of Nephrology and director
of its Functional Genomics Facility.
He will join the Department of
Medicine in January.
Quigg’s research aims to identify pathogenic mechanisms
that underlie kidney disease. He has published widely on diseases
of the glomeruli.
Glomerular diseases damage the glomeruli—the cluster of
blood vessels that filter blood in the kidneys—letting
protein and sometimes red blood cells leak into the urine,
ultimately hindering kidney function.
His clinical studies explore the role of the complement
system—a major factor in the body’s immune response and
other defenses—in membranous nephropathy and lupus
nephritis. His lab examines gene profiles from renal tissue
obtained from patients with lupus nephritis and diabetic
nephropathy.
In announcing Quigg’s appointment, Anne
B. Curtis, MD, Charles and Mary Bauer Professor and Chair of
the Department of Medicine, described him as “a superb basic
scientist as well as a caring and expert clinician.”
“Dr. Quigg’s recruitment will lead to development of
basic research in the division of nephrology as well as growth in
clinical and translational research, along with expansion of
clinical programs in nephrology and continued excellence in the
fellowship training program,” she said.
Quigg received his undergraduate and medical degrees from Boston
University. His medical residency took place at the State
University of New York at Stony Brook. His training includes
research and clinical fellowships at Boston University Medical
Center.
Quigg served as an assistant professor of medicine at the
Medical College of Virginia from 1988 to 1994. He was appointed
associate professor at the University of Chicago in 1994 and
promoted to professor in 2001.
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