Dr. Joseph Thomas Flynn, MD

Joseph Flynn, MD, MS, is a Professor of Pediatrics in the University of Washington School of Medicine and Medical Director of Dialysis at Seattle Children’s. Dr. Flynn completed his pediatric nephrology training at St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children in Philadelphia, PA, and later received an MS in Clinical Research from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY.

During his fellowship training, Dr. Flynn obtained experience in clinical research under the guidance of Bruce Kaiser, MD, and also worked in the laboratory of Dr. Bonita Falkner at the Medical College of Pennsylvania. He has developed specialized expertise in the treatment of childhood hypertension and has published extensively in this area, including several publications as the lead investigator of industry-sponsored clinical trials. More recently, he has established an interest in cardiovascular complications of chronic kidney disease in children and is a lead investigator in the NIH-sponsored …CKiD cohort study, which focuses on cardiovascular disease in this population. Dr. Flynn is currently seeking research funding to establish pediatric ambulatory blood pressure monitoring normative data. He has served as a research mentor to numerous pediatric nephrology trainees who now hold faculty positions at other academic institutions. Additionally, he has served on the Working Group of the National High Blood Pressure Education Program, is an advisor to the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development in the area of antihypertensive medications and currently serves as President-elect of the ASPN. Dr. Flynn in the fonder and director of the Hypertension Clinic at Seattle Children’s Hospital and has been active in outreach clinics in eastern Washington and Montana.