Jay L. Koyner, MD, is a Professor of Medicine in the Section of Nephrology at the University of Chicago. He currently serves as the Medical Director of the Inpatient Dialysis Unit and Director of ICU Nephrology. In addition to being a dedicated clinician educator, Dr. Koyner’s critical care nephrology research interests have focused on the utilization of plasma,  urine and electronic biomarkers to improve patient risk stratification and outcomes in the setting of acute kidney injury (AKI). He has contributed to several multicenter studies investigating the biomarkers of AKI, including the TRIBE-AKI study, the Furosemide Stress Test and several industry sponsored studies. He has published over 200 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters on AKI and the care of patients in with kidney injury in the ICU. He is the primary editor of The Handbook of Critical Care Nephrology (Wolters Kluwer).