Ebele Mary-Anne (Achebe) Umeukeje MD MPH

Nephrology•Nashville, TN

Assistant Professor of Medicine

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1161 21st Ave S# McnNashville, TN 37232
Phone+1 615-343-6105

Education & Training

Vanderbilt University School of MedicineMPH, Epidemiology, 2013 - 2015
Vanderbilt University Medical CenterFellowship, Nephrology, 2011 - 2013
Meharry Medical CollegeChief Residency, Internal Medicine, 2010 - 2011
Meharry Medical CollegeResidency, Internal Medicine, 2007 - 2010
University of Nigeria Faculty of MedicineClass of 2003

Certifications & Licensure

CA State Medical License 2010 - 2026
TN State Medical License 2011 - 2026
American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine Nephrology

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Diversity Liaison Nephrology Division at VUMC, 2020
Member VUMC Diversity Liaison Council VUMC, 2020
Member Neilson Society Steering Committee VUMC, 2020
Peer Mentoring Group Leader - Neilson Society VUMC - Department of Medicine, 2020
Fellow, NIH Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research 2019 Summer Institute on Randomized Clinical Trials NIH/OBSSR, 2019
1st author manuscript selected as one of JASN’s best in 2019 titled You Are Just Now Telling Us About This? African American Perspectives on Testing for Genetic Journal of American Society of Nephrology (JASN), 2019
NIH/NIDDK K23 award, “Patient-centered Approach To Improving Dialysis Adherence In African Americans”, PI: Ebele Umeukeje NIH 1K23DK114566-01A1 NIH/NIDDK, 2018
Vanderbilt University Medical Center Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women’s Health” Faculty Scholar (K12) award NIH K12HD043483 NIH, 2017
NIDDK Network of Minority Research Investigators (NMRI) 2017 – best clinical research poster award NIH/NIDDK, 2017
Research Supplement to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research Administrative supplement to NIH/NIDDK R01 DK 103935-01A1: NIH/NIDDK, 2016
NIDDK Network of Minority Research Investigators (NMRI) 2016 – best clinical research poster award NIH/NIDDK, 2016
NIH/NIDDK, Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Awards (NRSA) for Individual Postdoc Fellows, F32 DK102366; “Increasing Autonomous Motivation in ESRD to Enhance Phosphate Binder Adherence NIH/NIDDK, 2014
Oral presentation Winner, 13th Annual SSCI Nephrology Young Investigator Forum Southern Society for Clinical Investigation, 2013
Member Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society, 2011
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Interdisciplinary Care for Geriatric Syndromes in Chronic Kidney Disease: A Qualitative Study.
Aishwarya Subash, Maya Levinson, Kemberlee Bonnet, Rasheeda K Hall, Fahad Saeed
Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. 2025-03-14
African American Patients' Perspectives on Determinants of Hemodialysis Adherence and Use of Motivational Interviewing to Improve Hemodialysis Adherence.
Kemberlee Bonnet, Erin M Bergner, Melissa Ma, Kathryn Taylor, Emily Desantis
Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. 2025-01-01
Health Competence Is a Determinant of Exercise Frequency in Older Adults With CKD.
Devika Nair, Jonathan S Schildcrout, Heather L Prigmore, Robert Greevy, Ricardo J Trochez
Kidney International Reports. 2024-08-01

Journal Articles

Interventions to Improve Dialysis Treatment Adherence in Blacks with ESRD: A Systematic Review.
18. Charlotte Blumrosen, Russom Desta), Kerri L. Cavanaugh, Heather Laferriere, Marino A. Bruce, Keith C. Norris, Derek M. Griffith, Ebele Umeukeje., Journal of Patient Preference and Adherence, 8/17/2020
Psychological Adaptation to Life-limiting Illness in Vulnerable Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease: A Qualitative Study.
17. Devika Nair, MD, MSCI, Kemberlee Bonnet, MA, Marcus G. Wild, MS, Ebele M. Umeukeje, MD, MPH, Rachel B. Fissell, MD, MS, Marquetta Faulkner, MD, MBA, Nader Bahri, ..., Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, 7/21/2020