Cynthia Nast, MD

Professor of Pathology
Co-Director, Renal Pathology
Associate Medical Director,
Electron Microscopy

Clinical Specialties:
Renal Pathology
Autopsy Pathology
Electron Microscopy

Email: Cynthia.Nast@cshs.org
Phone: 310-423-6658

Education and Training

  • New York Medical College,Valhalla, NY; MD
  • Internship in Pathology, University of California Irvine Medical Center, Orange, CA
  • Internship in Obstetrics and Gynecology, The New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center, NY, NY
  • Residency in Anatomic and Clinical Pathology, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA
  • Fellowship in Renal Pathology, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA

Medical Board Certifications

  • Board Certified, Anatomic Pathology
  • Board Certified, Clinical Pathology

Clinical and Research Interests

  • Native and transplant renal pathology
  • Renal disease pathogenesis correlated with morphology (NEPTUNE study)
  • Bacterial antibiotic resistance
  • Effect of nutrition on renal development
  • Biomarkers in renal disease

Awards and Activities

  • Past-president, Renal Pathology Society
  • Recipient, Jacob Churg Award, Renal Pathology Society
  • Named Transplant Unit, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
  • Golden Apple Award for Excellence in Teaching

Selected Publications

  • Satirapoj B, Bruhn KW, Nast CC, Wang Y, Dai T, Lapage J, Wu X, Natarajan R, Adler SG. Oxidized low-density lipoprotein antigen transport induces autoimmunity in the renal tubulointerstitium. Am J Nephrol. 2012;35:520-30.
  • Nast CC. Infection-related glomerulonephritis: changing demographics and outcomes. Adv Chronic Kidney Dis. 2012;19:68-75.
  • Satirapoj B, Wang Y, Chamberlin MP, Dai T, Lapage J, Phillips L, Nast CC, Adler SG. Periostin: novel tissue and urinary biomarker of progressive renal injury induces a coordinated mesenchymal phenotype in tubular cells. Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2012;27:2702-11.
  • Magee TR, Tafti S, Desai M, Liu Q, Ross MG, Nast CC: Maternal under-nourished fetal kidneys exhibit differential regulation of nephrogenic genes including down-regulation of the Notch signaling pathway.  Reprod Sci 2011;18:563-76.
  • Tafti SA, Nast CC, Desai M, Amaya KE, Ross MG, Magee TR: Maternal under-nutrition up-regulates apoptosis in offspring nephrogenesis.  J Development Origins Health Dis 2011;2:226-235.

Click here for a list of peer-reviewed publications by Cynthia Nast, MD.

print button
WP1