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Associate Professor
Department of Pediatrics
University of Utah School of Medicine

81 North Mario Capecchi Drive
Salt Lake City, UT 84113
contact address
https://healthcare.utah.edu/find-a-doctor/matthew-michael-grinsell

Biosketch:

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’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.

No conflicts of interest (3/21/2023)

Selected Bibliography:

Airey JA, Grinsell MM, Jones LR, Sutko JL, Witcher D.
Three ryanodine receptor isoforms exist in avian striated muscles.
Biochemistry. 1993;32(22):5739-45. PubMed abstract

Grinsell M, Weinhold LC, Cutler JE, Han Y, Kozel TR.
In vivo clearance of glucuronoxylomannan, the major capsular polysaccharide of Cryptococcus neoformans: a critical role for tissue macrophages.
J Infect Dis. 2001;184(4):479-87. PubMed abstract

Grinsell MM, Showalter S, Gordon KA, Norwood VF.
Single kidney and sports participation: perception versus reality.
Pediatrics. 2006;118(3):1019-27. PubMed abstract

Grinsell MM, Norwood VF.
At the bottom of the differential diagnosis list: unusual causes of pediatric hypertension.
Pediatr Nephrol. 2009;24(11):2137-46. PubMed abstract / Full Text

Grinsell MM, Butz K, Gurka MJ, Gurka KK, Norwood V.
Sport-related kidney injury among high school athletes.
Pediatrics. 2012;130(1):e40-5. PubMed abstract