Department of Pediatrics

Education

• BS, Case Western Reserve University , 1980
• PhD, Case Western Reserve University , 1987
• MD, Case Western Reserve University, 1989
• MSc, Churchill College, University of Cambridge , 1981

Training

• Resident , St Louis Children's Hospital, 1989 - 1991
• Fellow, St. Louis Children's Hospital, 1991 - 1994

Licensure and Board Certification

• 1993 - PresMO, State License
• 2002 - PresAmerican Board of Pediatrics/Pediatric Nephrology Certificate #000467 (recert in 2014)
• 2008 - PresAmerican Board of Pediatrics/Pediatrics Board Certificate #053551(Recert in 2008)
• 2014 - 2020IL, State License
• 2016 - 2026American Board of Preventive Medicine / Clinical Informatics Certificate #071791

Honors and Awards

• Churchill Scholar, Churchill College, Cambridge, UK, 1980
• Saunders Award in Pediatrics, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, 1989
• Upjohn Award in Clinical Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, 1989
• National Kidney Foundation of Eastern Missouri and MetroEast, Research Fellow, 1992 - 1993
• National Kidney Foundation/American Society of Nephrology/Pfizer Fellow, 1993 - 1994
• Outstanding Teacher Award, Pediatric Residents of St Louis Children's Hospital, 2001
• Outstanding Division Teaching Award, Pediatric Residents of St Louis Children's Hospital, MO, 2002 - 2003
• Outstanding Division Teaching Award, Pediatric Residents of St Louis Children's Hospital, MO, 2003 - 2004
• Outstanding Subspecialty Teaching Award, Pediatric Residents of St Louis Childrens Hospital, 2005 - 2006
• Best Doctors in America, 2005 - 2019
• Outstanding Subspecialty Teaching Award, Pediatric Residents of St Louis Childrens Hospital, 2015 - 2016
• Robert Strunk MD Award in Clinical Excellence, 2019

Recent Publications view all (31)

Publication Co-Authors

Gregory A. Storch, M.D.

Shalini Shenoy, M.D.

Todd Druley, M.D., Ph.D.

Tara M. Neumayr, M.D.

Stuart C. Sweet, M.D., Ph.D.

Matthew I. Goldsmith, M.D.

Keith A. Hruska, M.D.

Lori R. Holtz, M.D., M.S.P.H.

Richard Buller, Ph.D. D(ABMM)

Aadil Kakajiwala

Charles Canter, M.D.

Dennis J. Dietzen, Ph.D.

Ahmed, Said, M.D., Ph.D.

Dorothy Katherine Grange, M.D.

Miriam Steinberg

Yumirle Turmelle, M.D., M.S.P.H.

Robert J. Hayashi, M.D.

Vikas Dharnidharka, M.D., M.P.H.

Washington University has a long tradition of collaboration amongst colleagues.The faculty above have co-authored publications with S. Paul Hmiel, M.D., Ph.D.

1. Dharnidharka VR, Vyas N, Gaut JP, Walther L, Hmiel SP. The utility of surveillance biopsies in pediatric kidney transplantation. Pediatr Nephrol. 2018;33(5):889-895. PMID:29260318 
2. Steinberg M, Gaut JP, Hmiel SP, Kakajiwala A. The light at the end of the tunnel: an unusual case of acute kidney injury in a pediatric patient: Questions. Pediatr Nephrol. 2018. PMID:29523957 
3. Steinberg M, Gaut JP, Hmiel SP, Kakajiwala A. The light at the end of the tunnel: an unusual case of acute kidney injury in a pediatric patient: Answers. Pediatr Nephrol. 2018. PMID:29523959 
4. Kullgren KA, Scholl P, Kidwell KM, Hmiel SP. Using an interactive water bottle to target fluid adherence in pediatric kidney transplant recipients: a pilot study. Pediatr Transplant. 2015;19(1):35-41. doi:10.1111/petr.12385  PMID:25388882 
5. Warejko JK, Hmiel SP. Single-center experience in pediatric renal transplantation using thymoglobulin induction and steroid minimization. Pediatr Transplant. 2014;18(8):816-21. doi:10.1111/petr.12374  PMID:25311592 
6. Said A, Hmiel P, Goldsmith M, Dietzen D, Hartman ME. Successful use of plasma exchange for profound hemolysis in a child with loxoscelism. Pediatrics. 2014;134(5):e1464-7. doi:10.1542/peds.2013-3338  PMID:25349320 
7. Davis TK, Hmiel P. Pediatric Hematuria Remains a Clinical Dilemma. Clin Pediatr (Phila). 2014. doi:10.1177/0009922814551137  PMID:25253774 
8. Davis TK, Neumayr T, Geile K, Doctor A, Hmeil P. Citrate anticoagulation during continuous renal replacement therapy in pediatric critical care. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2014;15(5):471-85. doi:10.1097/PCC.0000000000000148  PMID:24777299 
9. Kullgren KA, Hmiel SP, Gevers A. Measuring family management of transplant tasks: the transplant responsibility questionnaire. Pediatr Transplant. 2013;17(3):307-14. doi:10.1111/petr.12064  PMID:23489734 
10. Chatterjee R, Ramos E, Hoffman M, VanWinkle J, Martin DR, Davis TK, Hoshi M, Hmiel SP, Beck A, Hruska K, Coplen D, Liapis H, Mitra R, Druley T, Austin P, Jain S. Traditional and targeted exome sequencing reveals common, rare and novel functional deleterious variants in RET-signaling complex in a cohort of living US patients with urinary tract malformations. Hum Genet. 2012;131(11):1725-38. doi:10.1007/s00439-012-1181-3  PMCID:PMC3551468  PMID:22729463 
11. Siebrasse EA, Bauer I, Holtz LR, Le BM, Lassa-Claxton S, Canter C, Hmiel P, Shenoy S, Sweet S, Turmelle Y, Shepherd R, Wang D. Human polyomaviruses in children undergoing transplantation, United States, 2008-2010. Emerg Infect Dis. 2012;18(10):1676-9. doi:10.3201/eid1810.120359  PMCID:PMC3471627  PMID:23017293 
12. Dodson JL, Cohn SE, Cox C, Hmiel PS, Wood E, Mattoo TK, Warady BA, Furth SL. Urinary incontinence in the CKiD cohort and health related quality of life. J Urol. 2009;182(4 Suppl):2007-14. doi:10.1016/j.juro.2009.06.012  PMCID:PMC2950781  PMID:19695588 
13. Vaudry W, Ettenger R, Jara P, Varela-Fascinetto G, Bouw MR, Ives J, Walker R, Valcyte WV16726 Study Group.. Valganciclovir dosing according to body surface area and renal function in pediatric solid organ transplant recipients. Am J Transplant. 2009;9(3):636-43. PMID:19260840 
14. Hmiel SP, Canter C, Shepherd R, Lassa-Claxton S, Nadler M. Limitations of cyclosporine C2 monitoring in pediatric heart transplant recipients. Pediatr Transplant. 2007;11(5):524-9. doi:10.1111/j.1399-3046.2007.00712.x  PMID:17631021 
15. Reisiger K, Vardi I, Yan Y, Don S, Coplen D, Austin P, Venkatesh R, Bhayani S, Hmiel P, Figenshau R. Pediatric nephrolithiasis: does treatment affect renal growth? Urology. 2007;69(6):1190-4. doi:10.1016/j.urology.2007.01.072  PMID:17572213 
16. Hmiel SP, Beck AM, de la Morena MT, Sweet S. Progressive chronic kidney disease after pediatric lung transplantation. Am J Transplant. 2005;5(7):1739-47. doi:10.1111/j.1600-6143.2005.00930.x  PMID:15943634 
17. Hmiel SP, Martin RA, Landt M, Levy FH, Grange DK. Amino acid clearance during acute metabolic decompensation in maple syrup urine disease treated with continuous venovenous hemodialysis with filtration. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2004;5(3):278-81. PMID:15115568 
18. Schnitzler MA, Lowell JA, Hmiel SP, Hardinger KL, Liapis H, Ceriotti CS, Brennan DC. Cytomegalovirus disease after prophylaxis with oral ganciclovir in renal transplantation: the importance of HLA-DR matching. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2003;14(3):780-5. PMID:12595516 
19. Liapis H, Gökden N, Hmiel P, Miner JH. Histopathology, ultrastructure, and clinical phenotypes in thin glomerular basement membrane disease variants. Hum Pathol. 2002;33(8):836-45. PMID:12203217 
20. Coopersmith CM, Brennan DC, Miller B, Wang C, Hmiel P, Shenoy S, Ramachandran V, Jendrisak MD, Ceriotti CS, Mohanakumar T, Lowell JA. Renal transplantation following previous heart, liver, and lung transplantation: an 8-year single-center experience. Surgery. 2001;130(3):457-62. doi:10.1067/msy.2001.115834  PMID:11562670 
21. Hayashi RJ, Kraus MD, Patel AL, Canter C, Cohen AH, Hmiel P, Howard T, Huddleston C, Lowell JA, Mallory G Jr, Mendeloff E, Molleston J, Sweet S, DeBaun MR. Posttransplant lymphoproliferative disease in children: correlation of histology to clinical behavior. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2001;23(1):14-8. PMID:11196263 
22. Shea M, Hmiel SP, Beck AM. Use of tissue plasminogen activator for thrombolysis in occluded peritoneal dialysis catheters in children. Adv Perit Dial. 2001;17:249-52. PMID:11510286 
23. Buller RS, Arens M, Hmiel SP, Paddock CD, Sumner JW, Rikhisa Y, Unver A, Gaudreault-Keener M, Manian FA, Liddell AM, Schmulewitz N, Storch GA. Ehrlichia ewingii, a newly recognized agent of human ehrlichiosis. N Engl J Med. 1999;341(3):148-55. doi:10.1056/NEJM199907153410303  PMID:10403852 
24. Miller BW, Hmiel SP, Schnitzler MA, Brennan DC. Cyclosporine as cause of thrombotic microangiopathy after renal transplantation. Am J Kidney Dis. 1997;29(5):813-4. PMID:9159323 
25. Merabet E, Dagogo-Jack S, Coyne DW, Klein S, Santiago JV, Hmiel SP, Landt M. Increased plasma leptin concentration in end-stage renal disease. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 1997;82(3):847-50. doi:10.1210/jcem.82.3.3817  PMID:9062494 
26. Kilani RA, Hmiel P, Garver MK, Srinathan SK, Wickline KM, Langer JC. Familial jejunal atresia with renal dysplasia. J Pediatr Surg. 1996;31(10):1427-9. PMID:8906679 
27. Hmiel SP, Snavely MD, Florer JB, Maguire ME, Miller CG. Magnesium transport in Salmonella typhimurium: genetic characterization and cloning of three magnesium transport loci. J Bacteriol. 1989;171(9):4742-51. PMCID:PMC210275  PMID:2548998 
28. Grubbs RD, Snavely MD, Hmiel SP, Maguire ME. Magnesium transport in eukaryotic and prokaryotic cells using magnesium-28 ion. Methods Enzymol. 1989;173:546-63. PMID:2674619 
29. Hmiel SP, Snavely MD, Miller CG, Maguire ME. Magnesium transport in Salmonella typhimurium: characterization of magnesium influx and cloning of a transport gene. J Bacteriol. 1986;168(3):1444-50. PMCID:PMC213658  PMID:3536881 
30. Hmiel SP, Snavely MD, Miller CG, Maguire ME. Magnesium transport in Salmonella typhimurium: characterization of magnesium influx and cloning of a transport gene. J Bacteriol. 1986;168(3):1444-50. PMCID:PMC213658  PMID:3536881 
31. Chisolm GM 3rd, Sila CA, Hmiel SP. Measurements of the degradation products of radioiodinated proteins. Anal Biochem. 1981;111(2):212-9. PMID:7247019