Nephrology

Carrie Geisberg, MD
Cardiology Division, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN

Javed Butler, MD, MPH
Director, Heart and Heart-Lung Transplant Program, Cardiology Division, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN

Address: Javed Butler, MD, MPH, Cardiology Division, 383-PRB, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232-6300; e-mail [email protected]

Carrie Geisberg, MD
Cardiology Division, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN

Javed Butler, MD, MPH
Director, Heart and Heart-Lung Transplant Program, Cardiology Division, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN

Address: Javed Butler, MD, MPH, Cardiology Division, 383-PRB, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232-6300; e-mail [email protected]

Carrie Geisberg, MD
Cardiology Division, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN

Javed Butler, MD, MPH
Director, Heart and Heart-Lung Transplant Program, Cardiology Division, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN

Address: Javed Butler, MD, MPH, Cardiology Division, 383-PRB, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232-6300; e-mail [email protected]

Saul Nurko, MD
Director, EPO Clinic, Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation

Address: Saul Nurko, MD, Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, A51, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44195

Saul Nurko, MD
Director, EPO Clinic, Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation

Address: Saul Nurko, MD, Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, A51, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44195

Saul Nurko, MD
Director, EPO Clinic, Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation

Address: Saul Nurko, MD, Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, A51, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44195

Jeffrey S. Berns, MD
Associate Professor, Renal, Electrolyte, and Hypertension Division, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia

Address: Jeffrey S. Berns, MD, Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, Medical Office Building #240, 41 North 39th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104; e-mail [email protected]

Jeffrey S. Berns, MD
Associate Professor, Renal, Electrolyte, and Hypertension Division, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia

Address: Jeffrey S. Berns, MD, Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, Medical Office Building #240, 41 North 39th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104; e-mail [email protected]

Jeffrey S. Berns, MD
Associate Professor, Renal, Electrolyte, and Hypertension Division, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia

Address: Jeffrey S. Berns, MD, Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, Medical Office Building #240, 41 North 39th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104; e-mail [email protected]

Gerald B. Appel, MD
Director of Clinical Nephrology and Professor of Clinical Medicine, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY

Address: Gerald B. Appel, MD, Presbyterian Hospital, 622 West 168th Street, Room 4124, New York, NY 10032

The author indicates that he has been a speaker and a consultant for and has received research support from the Merck, Pfizer, AstraZeneca, Bristol-Myers Squib, Aspreva, Novartis, Roche, and Genentech corporations.

Medical Grand Rounds articles are based on edited transcripts from Division of Medicine Grand Rounds presentations at The Cleveland Clinic Foundation. They are approved by the author but are not peer-reviewed.

Gerald B. Appel, MD
Director of Clinical Nephrology and Professor of Clinical Medicine, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY

Address: Gerald B. Appel, MD, Presbyterian Hospital, 622 West 168th Street, Room 4124, New York, NY 10032

The author indicates that he has been a speaker and a consultant for and has received research support from the Merck, Pfizer, AstraZeneca, Bristol-Myers Squib, Aspreva, Novartis, Roche, and Genentech corporations.

Medical Grand Rounds articles are based on edited transcripts from Division of Medicine Grand Rounds presentations at The Cleveland Clinic Foundation. They are approved by the author but are not peer-reviewed.

Gerald B. Appel, MD
Director of Clinical Nephrology and Professor of Clinical Medicine, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY

Address: Gerald B. Appel, MD, Presbyterian Hospital, 622 West 168th Street, Room 4124, New York, NY 10032

The author indicates that he has been a speaker and a consultant for and has received research support from the Merck, Pfizer, AstraZeneca, Bristol-Myers Squib, Aspreva, Novartis, Roche, and Genentech corporations.

Medical Grand Rounds articles are based on edited transcripts from Division of Medicine Grand Rounds presentations at The Cleveland Clinic Foundation. They are approved by the author but are not peer-reviewed.

Raja Shekhar R. Sappati Biyyani, MD
Canton Medical Education Foundation, Canton, OH

Anil C. Singh, MD, MPH
Canton Medical Education Foundation, Canton, OH

Loren M. Kirchner, MD, MS
Canton Medical Education Foundation, Canton, OH

Prabhacharan Gill, MD
Department of Maternal and Fetal Medicine, Aultman Hospital, Canton, OH

Address: Loren M. Kirchner, MD, Canton Medical Education Foundation, 2600 6th Street SW, Canton, OH 44710; e-mail [email protected]

Raja Shekhar R. Sappati Biyyani, MD
Canton Medical Education Foundation, Canton, OH

Anil C. Singh, MD, MPH
Canton Medical Education Foundation, Canton, OH

Loren M. Kirchner, MD, MS
Canton Medical Education Foundation, Canton, OH

Prabhacharan Gill, MD
Department of Maternal and Fetal Medicine, Aultman Hospital, Canton, OH

Address: Loren M. Kirchner, MD, Canton Medical Education Foundation, 2600 6th Street SW, Canton, OH 44710; e-mail [email protected]

Raja Shekhar R. Sappati Biyyani, MD
Canton Medical Education Foundation, Canton, OH

Anil C. Singh, MD, MPH
Canton Medical Education Foundation, Canton, OH

Loren M. Kirchner, MD, MS
Canton Medical Education Foundation, Canton, OH

Prabhacharan Gill, MD
Department of Maternal and Fetal Medicine, Aultman Hospital, Canton, OH

Address: Loren M. Kirchner, MD, Canton Medical Education Foundation, 2600 6th Street SW, Canton, OH 44710; e-mail [email protected]

Michael R. Rudnick, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia

Aaron Kesselheim, MD
Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston

Stanley Goldfarb, MD
Professor of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia

Address: Michael Rudnick, MD, Presbyterian Medical Center, Medical Office Bldg., Suite 240, 39th and Market Streets, Philadelphia, PA 19104; e-mail [email protected]

Dr. Rudnick has indicated that he has received grant or research support from, serves as a consultant for, and is on the speakers’ bureau of the GE Healthcare corporation.

Dr. Goldfarb has indicated that he is on the speakers’ bureau of the GE Healthcare corporation.

Michael R. Rudnick, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia

Aaron Kesselheim, MD
Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston

Stanley Goldfarb, MD
Professor of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia

Address: Michael Rudnick, MD, Presbyterian Medical Center, Medical Office Bldg., Suite 240, 39th and Market Streets, Philadelphia, PA 19104; e-mail [email protected]

Dr. Rudnick has indicated that he has received grant or research support from, serves as a consultant for, and is on the speakers’ bureau of the GE Healthcare corporation.

Dr. Goldfarb has indicated that he is on the speakers’ bureau of the GE Healthcare corporation.

Michael R. Rudnick, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia

Aaron Kesselheim, MD
Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston

Stanley Goldfarb, MD
Professor of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia

Address: Michael Rudnick, MD, Presbyterian Medical Center, Medical Office Bldg., Suite 240, 39th and Market Streets, Philadelphia, PA 19104; e-mail [email protected]

Dr. Rudnick has indicated that he has received grant or research support from, serves as a consultant for, and is on the speakers’ bureau of the GE Healthcare corporation.

Dr. Goldfarb has indicated that he is on the speakers’ bureau of the GE Healthcare corporation.

Amgad N. Makaryus, MD
North Shore University Hospital, New York University School of Medicine, Manhasset, NY

Samy I. McFarlane, MD, MPH
State University of New York-Downstate and Kings County Hospital Center, Brooklyn, NY

Address: Samy I. McFarlane, MD, Department of Medicine, Box 50, State University of New York Health Science Center at Brooklyn, Kings County Hospital Center, 450 Clarkson Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11203; e-mail [email protected]

Amgad N. Makaryus, MD
North Shore University Hospital, New York University School of Medicine, Manhasset, NY

Samy I. McFarlane, MD, MPH
State University of New York-Downstate and Kings County Hospital Center, Brooklyn, NY

Address: Samy I. McFarlane, MD, Department of Medicine, Box 50, State University of New York Health Science Center at Brooklyn, Kings County Hospital Center, 450 Clarkson Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11203; e-mail [email protected]

Amgad N. Makaryus, MD
North Shore University Hospital, New York University School of Medicine, Manhasset, NY

Samy I. McFarlane, MD, MPH
State University of New York-Downstate and Kings County Hospital Center, Brooklyn, NY

Address: Samy I. McFarlane, MD, Department of Medicine, Box 50, State University of New York Health Science Center at Brooklyn, Kings County Hospital Center, 450 Clarkson Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11203; e-mail [email protected]

Vesna D. Garovic, MD
Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN

Garvan C. Kane, MB, BCh
Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN

Gary L. Schwartz, MD
Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN

Address: Vesna D. Garovic, MD, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, MN 55905; email [email protected]

Vesna D. Garovic, MD
Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN

Garvan C. Kane, MB, BCh
Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN

Gary L. Schwartz, MD
Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN

Address: Vesna D. Garovic, MD, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, MN 55905; email [email protected]

Vesna D. Garovic, MD
Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN

Garvan C. Kane, MB, BCh
Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN

Gary L. Schwartz, MD
Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN

Address: Vesna D. Garovic, MD, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, MN 55905; email [email protected]