Marciana Lee Laster MD

Physician

Summary

Marciana Laster, MD is a Pediatric Nephrologist based in Indianapolis, IN. She completed her residency in Pediatrics at the University of Southern California/LAC+USC Medical Center and a fellowship in Pediatric Nephrology at the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical Center. Dr. Laster is a 2011 alumni of Northwestern University The Feinberg School of Medicine and also holds a B.A. in Biology from Loyola University New Orleans and a M.S. from the University of California, Los Angeles. Since 2018, she has been working as a physician at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center. Her professional experience includes hypertension, chronic kidney disease and osteoporosis. In addition to her clinical work, she has published in several prominent journals within her field, often focusing on topics such as structural racism in pediatric clinical practice and ambulatory blood pressure monitoring in children with chronic kidney disease.

UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical CenterFellowship, Pediatric Nephrology, 2014 - 2017
University of California, Los AngelesM.S., 2017
University of Southern California/Los Angeles General Medical Center (USC/LA General)Residency, Pediatrics, 2011 - 2014
Northwestern University The Feinberg School of MedicineClass of 2011
Loyola University New OrleansB.A., Biology, 2007

PubMed

The Impact of Glomerular Disease on Dyslipidemia in Pediatric Patients Treated with Dialysis.
Edward Zitnik, Elani Streja, Marciana Laster
Nutrients. 2025-01-27
Progress made toward equitable transplantation in children and young adults with kidney disease.
Mercedes Harford, Marciana Laster
Pediatric Nephrology. 2024-09-01
1 citations
Associations between anemia and FGF23 in the CKiD study.
Elizabeth Thomas, Alexandra M Klomhaus, Marciana L Laster, Susan L Furth, Bradley A Warady
Pediatric Nephrology. 2024-03-01

Abstracts/Posters

Racial-ethnic differences in Cortical Bone in Pediatric Patients on Dialysis
Laster M, Pereira RC, Salusky IB, Pediatric Academic Societies/American Society of Pediatric Nephrology Annual Meeting, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 1/5/2018
Racial-ethnic Disparities in Bone and Mineral Metabolism in the Pediatric Dialysis Population
Laster M, Soohoo M, Streja E, Norris KC, Salusky IB and Kalantar-Zadeh K, ASN Kidney Week Annual Meeting; Pediatric Academic Societies/American Society of Pediatric Nephrology Annual Meeting; ASN Kidney Week Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, 2016; San Francisco, CA, 2017; New Orleans, LA, 2017, 1/5/2017
Intermittent Carpopedal spasm: Late presentation of congenital renal disease
Ogbonnaya A, Laster M, ACP Southern California Chapters, Marina Del Rey, CA, 1/1/2017
Association of Race with Risk of Mortality and Transplantation in Pediatric Dialysis Patients
Soohoo M, Streja E, Laster M, Rhee C, Norris KC, Mehrotra R, Salusky IB and Kalantar-Zadeh K, ASN Kidney Week Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, 1/3/2016
Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Survival Outcomes among Pediatric Dialysis Patients
Hall C, Laster M, Rhee C, Streja E, Soohoo M, Norris KC, Salusky IB and Kalantar-Zadeh K, Annual Dialysis Conference, Seattle, WA, 1/1/2016
Racial/ethnic Disparities in Kidney Transplantation in Pediatric Dialysis Patients
Laster M, Hall C, Rhee C, Streja E, Soohoo M, Norris KC, Salusky IB and Kalantar-Zadeh K, Annual Dialysis Conference, Seattle, WA, 1/1/2016
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Lectures

Racial-ethnic Disparities in Mortality and Kidney Transplant Outcomes Among Pediatric Dialysis Patients
Toronto, Canada - 1/7/2018
Salt-losing Tubulopathies:��Bartter and Gitelman Syndromes
1/22/2017
Pediatric Hypertension
1/9/2017
Intermittent Carpopedal spasm: Late presentation of congenital renal disease
Marina Del Rey, CA - 1/1/2017
Post-infectious Glomerulonephritis
1/24/2016
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