Valentina Kon

Valentina Kon works in Cross-Cutting Cardiology affiliated with Vanderbilt University Medical Center.

Valentina Kon, MD, is Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Nephrology at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, where she holds the Margaret T. and H. Laird Smith Chair in Nephrology. She investigates connections between chronic kidney disease and cardiovascular disease, including mechanisms of lipoprotein abnormalities, inflammation, and renal lymphatic function. Her ORCID is 0000-0001-8333-0205 and she is affiliated with Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt.