Olesya Ilkun, M.D., Ph.D., FASN

I am a board-certified nephrologist and assistant professor in the University of Florida Division of Nephrology, Hypertension & Renal Transplantation. My clinical interests include chronic kidney disease, those who have had an organ transplantation (lung, liver and heart), hypertension, metabolic diseases and end stage renal disease. I aim to provide the highest quality of care for my patients.

I earned my doctoral degree, studying insulin resistance and mitochondrial function in the context of diabetes and heart disease, and medical degree from the University of Utah. Subsequently, I completed an internal medicine residency, where I developed interests in vascular disease, hypertension and nephrology, and thereafter completed a nephrology fellowship. I was the recipient of the T32 NIH funding and the Kidney Stars award from the American Society of Nephrology.

After completing my training, I joined the Division of Nephrology, Hypertension & Renal Transplantation at UF. I teach nephrology fellows, medical students and physician assistant students, and received a 2023 Exemplary Teacher award by the UF College of Medicine. Additionally, I author and co-author a variety of publications, present at national and international conferences, and have been recognized as a Fellow of the American Society of Nephrology (FASN).

Olesya Ilkun, MD, PhD, is an Assistant Professor at the University of Florida College of Medicine.

Dr. Ilkun graduated from the University of Utah with her PhD degree in 2011 where she studied insulin resistance and mitochondrial function in the context of diabetes and heart disease. She then stayed at the University of Utah to pursue her MD degree. During her Internal Medicine residency training at the same institution, she developed her interests in vascular disease, hypertension and Nephrology. She further specialized through a fellowship in Nephrology at the University of Utah.

After completing her training, Dr. Ilkun joined the Division of Nephrology, Hypertension & Renal Transplantation at the University of Florida as an Assistant Professor. Dr. Ilkun is board certified in both Internal Medicine and Nephrology by the American Board of Internal Medicine. She was recognized as a Fellow of the American Society of Nephrology (FASN). She was the recipient of the T32 NIH funding and the Kidney Stars award from the American Society of Nephrology.

Dr. Ilkun’s goal is to provide the highest quality of care to her patients. Her clinical interests include treating patients with chronic kidney disease who had organ transplantation (lung(s), liver, heart), as well as patients with hypertension, metabolic diseases, and end stage renal disease.

Dr. Ilkun gives lectures for Nephrology fellows, medical students and physician assistant students at the University of Florida. She authored and co-authored a variety of publications and has presented her research findings at national and international conferences.