Ladan Zand, MD

Ladan Zand, MD, is an associate professor of medicine in the Division of Nephrology and Hypertension at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN.

Dr Zand received her medical degree from the University of Toronto Temerty Faculty of Medicine in Ontario, followed by residency training in internal medicine and fellowship training in nephrology at Mayo Clinic in Rochester.

She is a clinician-scientist with a focused expertise in glomerular diseases. Dr Zand serves as program director for the Glomerular Diseases Fellowship at Mayo Clinic, overseeing advanced subspecialty training in complex glomerular pathology and therapeutics.

Her research is centered on the development of novel therapeutic approaches for glomerulonephritis, including focal segmental glomerulosclerosis, IgA nephropathy, fibrillary glomerulonephritis, lupus nephritis, and proliferative glomerulonephritis with monoclonal immunoglobulin deposits. She has also served as principal investigator for multiple investigator-initiated and multicenter clinical trials in these disease areas. She has authored more than 100 peer-reviewed publications in leading journals, contributing significantly to the understanding and management of glomerular diseases.