Matthew R. Weir MD

Matthew R. Weir, MD, is Professor and Director of the Division of Nephrology at the University of Maryland School of Medicine and Attending Physician at the University of Maryland Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland.

Dr. Weir received his medical degree from the University of Virginia in Charlottesville. He then completed his internship and residency in medicine at the Waterbury and Yale-New Haven Hospitals in Connecticut, followed by a fellowship in nephrology at Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts.

Dr. Weir’s primary research interests include the use of antihypertensive therapy for the treatment of diabetic nephropathy, hypertensive renal injury in African Americans, cardiovascular disease in patients with chronic kidney disease, and mineralocorticoid receptor antagonism to treat atherosclerosis. He has written more than 700 manuscripts and book chapters about these topics, and has edited 8 books on topics in nephrology, transplantation, and hypertension. In addition, he has presented at numerous international scientific association meetings, hospitals, and medical schools.

Dr. Weir currently reviews manuscripts for more than 40 major medical journals, including the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, The New England Journal of Medicine, and Kidney International. He is on the editorial board of 22 journals and is Associate Editor of Clinical Nephrology and the American Journal of Nephrology. He has five active grants supported by the National Institute of Diabetes & Digestive & Kidney Diseases (two R01 and three U01). In addition, Dr. Weir is a member of numerous associations, including the American Society of Nephrology, the National Kidney Foundation, the American Heart Association, and the American Society of Transplantation.