Dr. Katherine Timmins-Vollmers joined Renal Specialists of Houston in 1997 after completing a research and clinical fellowship in Nephrology at Baylor College of Medicine. She serves in multiple capacities at CHI Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center: Chief of Staff, UNOS Program Director of Kidney Transplantation, Nephrology Section Chief, and Medical Director of Dialysis. Among her many accolades, she has been recognized as a “Texas Super Doctor” for the past five years in a row by Texas Monthly Magazine. Dr. Timmins is Medical Director at Fresenius Kidney Care East Central Dialysis.
PROFESSIONAL/ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
- Clinical Professor, Dept of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine
- Chair, Quality of Care & Patient Safety Committee, Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center
- Chief of Staff, Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center
- Chief of Nephrology, Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center
- Medical Director, Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center Dialysis
- Nephrology Representative, Ebola Response Team
- Clinical Instructor Internal Medicine Ben Taub General Hospital Emergency Room
RENAL FELLOWSHIP
- Baylor College of Medicine, Houston Texas
- Clinical Fellowship 1995 – 1997
- Research Fellowship 1994 - 1995
RESIDENCY
- Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 1991 - 1994
MEDICAL SCHOOL
- Texas Tech University Health Science Center, Lubbock, TX 1986 - 1991
BOARD CERTIFICATION
- American Board of Internal Medicine
- American Board of Internal Medicine Diplomat Nephrology
AREAS OF CLINICAL INTEREST
- Acute and chronic renal failure
- Renal Transplantation
- Lupus
- Vasculitis and Glomerulonephritis
- Chronic Kidney Disease
HOSPITAL AFFILIATIONS
- CHI Baylor St Luke’s Medical Center
- Cornerstone Hospital
- HCA Houston Healthcare Clear Lake
- HCA Houston Healthcare Pearland
- HCA Houston Healthcare Southeast
- Houston Methodist Baytown
- Houston Methodist Clear Lake
- Houston Methodist Medical Center
- Kindred Bay Area Hospital
- Kindred Clear Lake
- Kindred Medical Center
- Memorial Hermann Pearland Hospital
- Memorial Hermann Southeast Hospital
- PAM Rehabilitation Hospital of Clearlake
- PAM Rehabilitation Hospital of Clearlake North
- St. Luke’s Patients Medical Center
MEDICAL ASSOCIATIONS
- American Medical Association
- Texas Medical Association
- American College of Physicians
- Harris County Medical Society
AWARD AND HONORS
- Texas Super Doctor, Texas Monthly 2014-2018
- Top Nephrologists in Texas, US News & World Report 2013
- Outstanding Clinical Faculty Member Award, Baylor College of Medicine
- Excellence in Teaching Award, Baylor College of Medicine 2005
- Excellence in Teaching Award, Baylor College of Medicine 2002
PRESENTATIONS/RESEARCH
- “Quality Matrix in Solid Organ Transplant,” Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center Transplant Roundup Conference 3/2019
- “The effects of calcium channel blockers on PMCA-1 and PMCA-3 in rat aorta smooth muscle cells,” Research Fellowship, Nephrology Baylor College of Medicine 1994
- Moderator and participant on "panel of experts", Acute Kidney Injury - Baylor College of Medicine: 5th Annual Advances in Critical Care Symposium 10/2024
- Speaker: "Contemporary Prevention Strategies for Acute Kidney Failure Following LVAD Placement" and participation on "panel of experts" - The Texas Heart Institute Mechanical Circulatory Support Symposium 2/2024
