Dr. Matthew Grinsell completed his medical degree and doctorate of philosophy from the University of Nevada School of Medicine. He then completed his Pediatric residency and fellowship in Nephrology at The University of Virginia. He is board-certified in Pediatric Nephrology. Dr. Grinsell is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Utah in the Division of Nephrology and Hypertension. Dr. Grinsell is the Program Director for the Pediatric Nephrology Fellowship and has clinical interests in glomerulonephritis, developmental nephrology, kidnedyh stones and hyperntesion.

Dr. Grinsell’s clinical practice includes care of patients with disorders of the kidney including chronic kidney disease, nephrotic syndrome, glomerulonephritis, tubular disorders, cystic kidney disease, kidney malformations, kidney stones and hypertension. He also and provides medical supervision of dialysis treatments, plasma exchange and kidney transplantation in children and adolescents. He has a special interest in sports-related kidney injuries, nephrotic syndrome and management of kidney disease in infants. His regional practice includes patients from Utah, as well as from the surrounding states of Nevada, Colorado, Idaho, New Mexico and Montana.

Specialties

Pediatric Nephrology

Patient Rating

5.0 /5

( out of 16 reviews )

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EXTERNAL SITE

Dr. Grinsell has a great deal of knowledge. He's always so informative and friendly.

EXTERNAL SITE

Always friendly and professional. He makes sure to explain things so we understand.

EXTERNAL SITE

Dr. Grinsel is very knowledgeable and shares his knowledge freely. He monitors closely the tiny numbers to make sure nothing gets missed. He is a good man who wants to help my son. Has an amazing bedside manner when delivering sad news about the deterioration of kidney function and waited once while my son and I cried. It was like 10 minutes.

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PRIMARY CHILDREN'S OUTPATIENT SERVICES

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Board Certification and Academic Information

Academic Departments	Pediatrics -Associate Professor (Clinical)
Academic Divisions	Nephrology & Hypertension

Education history

Undergraduate	Biology - Gonzaga University	B.S.
Professional Medical	Medicine - University of Nevada School of Medicine	M.D.
Doctoral Training	Cell and Molecular Biology - University of Nevada, Reno	Ph.D.
Internship	Pediatrics - University of Virginia	Intern
Residency	Pediatrics - University of Virginia	Resident
Fellowship	Pediatric Nephrology - University of Virginia	Fellow
Other Training	Medical Scholars Program - University of Utah School of Medicine	Certificate

Selected Publications

Journal Article

Onder AM, Flynn JT, Billings AA, Deng F, DeFreitas M, Katsoufis C, Grinsell MM, Patterson LT, Jetton J, Fathallah-Shaykh S, Ranch D, Aviles D, Copelovitch L, Ellis E, Chanda V, Elmaghrabi A, Lin JJ, Butani L, Haddad M, Couloures OM, Brakeman P, Quigley R, Stella Shin H, Garro R, Liu H, Rahimikollu J, Raina R, Langman CB, Wood EG, Midwest Pediatric Nephrology Consortium (2019). Predictors of patency for arteriovenous fistulae and grafts in pediatric hemodialysis patients. Pediatric nephrology (Berlin, Germany), 34(2), 329-339.
Onder AM, Flynn JT, Billings AA, Deng F, DeFreitas M, Katsoufis C, Grinsell MM, Patterson L, Jetton J, Fathallah-Shaykh S, Ranch D, Aviles D, Copelovitch L, Ellis E, Chadha V, Elmaghrabi A, Lin JJ, Butani L, Haddad M, Marsenic O, Brakeman P, Quigley R, Shin HS, Garro R, Liu H, Rahimikollu J, Raina R, Langman CB, Wood E, Midwest Pediatric Nephrology Consortium (2020). Predictors of time to first cannulation for arteriovenous fistula in pediatric hemodialysis patients: Midwest Pediatric Nephrology Consortium study. Pediatric nephrology (Berlin, Germany), 35(2), 287-295.
Grinsell MM, Showalter S, Gordon KA, Norwood V (2006). Single kidney and sports participation: perception versus reality. Pediatrics, 118(3), 1019-27.
Grinsell MM, Butz K, Gurka MJ, Gurka KK, Norwood (2012). Sport-related kidney injury among high school athletes. Pediatrics, 130(1), e40-5.
Bender JM, Ampofo K, Byington CL, Grinsell M, Korgenski K, Daly JA, Mason EO, Pavia A (2010). Epidemiology of Streptococcus pneumoniae-induced hemolytic uremic syndrome in Utah children. The Pediatric infectious disease journal, 29(8), 712-6.
Verghese PS, Luckritz KE, Moudgil A, Chandar J, Ranch D, Barcia J, Lin JJ, Grinsell M, Zahr R, Engen R, Twombley K, Fadakar PK, Jain A, Al-Akash S, Bartosh (2021). Practice patterns and influence of allograft nephrectomy in pediatric kidney re-transplantation: A pediatric nephrology research consortium study. Pediatric transplantation, 25(6), e13974.
Malone Jenkins S, Chan G, Weaver-Lewis K, Bardsley T, Felix J, Grinsell (2022). Vitamin D, bone density, and nephrocalcinosis in preterm infants: a prospective study. Pediatric nephrology (Berlin, Germany), 37(6), 1325-1332.
Misurac JM, Grinsell MM, Narus JH, Mason S, Kallash M, Andreoli S (2023). NSAID-associated acute kidney injury in hospitalized children - a prospective Pediatric Nephrology Research Consortium study. Pediatric nephrology (Berlin, Germany), 38(9), 3109-3116.
Onder AM, Ansari MAY, Deng F, Grinsell MM, Patterson L, Jetton J, Fathallah-Shaykh S, Ranch D, Aviles D, Copelovitch L, Ellis E, Chadha V, Elmaghrabi A, Lin JJ, Butani L, Haddad M, Marsenic O, Brakeman P, Quigley R, Shin HS, Garro R, Raina R, Langman C (2023). Persistent Increase in Serum Ferritin Levels despite Converting to Permanent Vascular Access in Pediatric Hemodialysis Patients: Pediatric Nephrology Research Consortium Study. Journal of clinical medicine, 12(13),
Tarrell A, Grinsell M, Murray M, Lewis KW, Yoder BA, Jenkins S (2023). Tibial quantitative ultrasound compared to dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry in preterm infants. Journal of perinatology, 43(5), 642-646.
Nikhil Nair, Charles Varnell, Manish Patel, Jonathan VanGeest, Matt Grinsell, Kathleen Altemose, Sidharth K Sethi, Rupesh Rain (2024). Pediatric Kidney Biopsy: Clinical Perspectives Based on Survey of Pediatric Nephrologists and Interventional Radiologists. Kidney medicine, 6(8), 1-3.
Onder AM, Flynn JT, Ansari MAY, Deng F, DeFreitas M, Katsoufis C, Grinsell MM, Patterson L, Jetton J, Fathallah-Shaykh S, Ranch D, Aviles D, Copelovitch L, Ellis E, Chadha V, Elmaghrabi A, Lin JJ, Butani L, Haddad M, Marsenic O, Brakeman P, Quigley R, Shin HS, Garro R, Raina R, Langman CB, Wood E; Pediatric Nephrology Research Consortium (2021). Conversion to permanent vascular access is assocaited with improved markers of hemodialysis efficacy in children: Pediatric nephrology research consortium study. Clinical nephrology, 96(5), 270-280.

Review

Grinsell MM, Norwood V (2009). At the bottom of the differential diagnosis list: unusual causes of pediatric hypertension. Pediatric nephrology (Berlin, Germany), 24(11), 2137-46.

Book Chapter

Grinsell MM, Norwood V (2021). Renal Structure and Function.

Case Report

Lozano-Chinga M, Afify Z, Lowichik A, Grinsell MM, Seamon M, Meznarich (2022). Female adolescent with recurrent anemia and thrombocytopenia: Questions. Pediatric Nephrology, 37(9), 2067-2068.
Lozano Chinga M, Afify Z, Lowichik A, Grinsell MM, Seamon M, Meznarich J (2022). Female adolescent with recurrent anemia and thrombocytopenia: Answers. Pediatric nephrology (Berlin, Germany), 37(9), 2069-2071.

Letter

Tarrell A, Grinsell M, Lewis KW, Yoder BA, Malone Jenkins (2024). Bronchopulmonary dysplasia severity and bone status in preterm infants. Pediatric pulmonology, 59(6), 1826-1828.

Other

Onder AM, Flynn JT, Billings AA, Deng F, DeFreitas M, Katsoufis C, Grinsell MM, Patterson LT, Jetton J, Fathallah-Shaykh S, Ranch D, Aviles D, Copelovitch L, Ellis E, Chadha V, Elmaghrabi A, Lin JJ, Butani L, Haddad M, Couloures OM, Brakeman P, Quigley R, Shin HS, Garro R, Liu H, Rahimikollu J, Raina R, Langman CB, Wood EG, Midwest Pediatric Nephrology Consortium (2019). Correction to: Predictors of patency for arteriovenous fistulae and grafts in pediatric hemodialysis patients. Pediatric nephrology (Berlin, Germany), 34(8), 1483-1484.