Geoff Block, MD
Director of
Clinical Research, Denver Nephrology
Dr. Block joined Denver
Nephrology in 1997 after completing his fellowship at the University
of Michigan at Ann Arbor. Dr. Block is the Director of Clinical
Research at Denver Nephrology, a department he created to further
enhance the care and treatment of patients suffering from chronic
kidney disease and its effects. Dr. Block is frequently asked
to present or lecture at national and international meetings
and is a Principal Investigator or Investigator for several
national and international clinical studies.
Dr. Block serves
as an Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine at Denver Health
and Hospitals and the University of Colorado Health Sciences
Center, and is an attending physician at St. Josephs Hospital
and the medical director of DaVita Lowry Hemodialysis Unit.
In addition to his research activities, Dr. Block serves as
a manuscript reviewer for several national and international
nephrology publications and is a Work Group member of the international
KDIGO, Kidney Disease Improving Global Outcomes.
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David Allen
Bushinsky, MD
Professor of Pharmacology and Physiology, School
of Medicine and Dentistry, and Chief, Nephrology Division,
Strong Memorial Hospital, at the University of Rochester Medical
Center
Dr. Bushinsky received his medical degree from the Tufts
University School of Medicine. He completed his internship,
residency, and research and clinical fellowships at the Tufts-New
England Medical Center Hospital. He currently serves as Associate
Chair for Academic Affairs, Department of Medicine, and as
Acting Chief, Endocrinology Division, for Strong Memorial Hospital
at the University of Rochester Medical Center.
Dr. Bushinsky
is on the editorial board of several international nephrology
journals, and has chaired over 25 abstract review sessions
for international conferences. He is a frequent invited lecturer
at medical schools and international conferences, and has authored
over 250 peer-reviewed research publications and abstracts.
He is a member of the American Society for Clinical Investigation
and the Association of American Physicians.
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Russell Chesney,
MD
Le Bonheur Professor and Chair, Department of Pediatrics,
University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Dr. Chesney received
his medical degree from the University Rochester, and completed
Fellowships at both the University of Rochester and Middlesex
Hospital Medical School at the University of London. He completed
his internship and residency in pediatrics at the Johns Hopkins
Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Chesney’ previous
academic posts include Professor and Director of the Division
of Pediatric Nephrology at the University of Wisconsin, and
Professor, Director, and Vice Chair of the Department of Pediatrics
at the University of California, Davis School of Medicine.
Dr.
Chesney has served on the editorial board of numerous international
journals in the fields of pediatrics and nephrology, including
his position as Editor-in-Chief for the journal, Pediatric
Nephrology. He is the author of over 160 books and book chapters
on the subjects of pediatrics and nephrology, and over 300
peer-reviewed journal publications. Dr. Chesney is an active
member of many national medical societies, and has previously
served as President of the American Society for Pediatric Nephrology,
President of the American Pediatric Society, and President
of the Society for Pediatric Research.
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Bess Dawson-Hughes, MD
Professor of Medicine, Tufts University
School of Medicine, and Senior Scientist and Director, Bone
Metabolism Laboratory Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research
Center on Aging at Tufts University
Dr. Dawson-Hughes graduated
from Tufts University School of Medicine and completed her
internship at St. Elizabeth's Hospital in Brighton, MA. She
became Chief Resident in Medicine at St. Elizabeth's Hospital
and went on to a research fellowship in Medicine at Harvard
Medical School and Peter Bent Brigham Hospital. She has received
recognition with the Individual National Research Service Award
from Harvard Medical School in 1981 and in 1982, and became
an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Tufts University School
of Medicine. In 1987, Dr. Dawson-Hughes became Chief of the
Calcium and Bone Metabolism Laboratory at the HNRCA. She presently
is a Professor of Medicine at Tufts University School of Medicine.
Dr.
Dawson-Hughes directs the Metabolic Bone Disease Clinic at
the Tufts-New England Medical Center. She is a member of the
medical honor society, Alpha Omega Alpha. In 1995, she received
the Bolton L. Corson Medal from The Franklin Institute for
excellence in research on the role of dietary calcium and vitamin
D in promoting bone health. She has published over 300 peer-reviewed
journal articles, book chapters, abstracts, and reviews.
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Glenville
Jones, PhD
Head of Biochemistry Department, Professor
of Biochemistry & Medicine,
Queen’s University, Kingston Ontario
Dr. Glenville Jones
is Craine Professor and Head, Department of Biochemistry at
Queen's University. Dr. Jones is an internationally respected
researcher in the field of nutrition, metabolism and Vitamin
D. He was a founding member of the advisory board of the Canadian
Institute of Nutrition, Metabolism & Diabetes,
and has served six terms on the scientific program committee
of the International Workshop on Vitamin D. In 2004 Dr. Jones
received a Career Achievement Award for his scientific contributions
to the Vitamin D field at the Thirteenth International Workshop
on Vitamin D.
Dr. Jones is a graduate of Liverpool University
(BSc, PhD) and completed postdoctoral work at University of
Calgary and University of Wisconsin, Madison. Prior to his
appointment to Queen's in 1984 he was a faculty member at the
Hospital for Sick Children and University of Toronto. Dr. Jones
is credited as the founder of 1,25(OH)2D2 and is a named inventor
on numerous patents and is author of more than 200 papers and
presentations.
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Kevin Martin, MD
Director of Research, Division of Nephrology,
St. Louis University School of Medicine
Dr. Martin is Professor
of Medicine and Director of the Division of Nephrology at St.
Louis University of Medicine and has served as the Chief of
the nephrology section at John Cochran Veterans Administration
Hospital. Dr. Martin completed a fellowship and an advanced
research fellowship in the Renal Division of the Washington
University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, as well as fellow
ships with the National Kidney Foundation of Eastern Missouri
and Metro East.
Dr. Martin is on the executive committee of
the Department of Internal Medicine as St. Louis University
and was Chairman of the NIH General Medicine B Study section
and the Endocrinology Study section of the Veterans Administration.
He is a member of the American Federation for Clinical Research
and the International Society of Clinical Investigation. He
is on the editorial board of the American Journal of Physiology
and has authored over 150 publications. Dr. Martin is a Work
Group member of the international KDIGO, Kidney Disease Improving
Global Outcomes.
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L. Darryl Quarles, MD
Vice Chairman for Research, Department
of Internal Medicine, and Director, The Kidney Institute and
Division of Nephrology at the University of Kansas Medical
Center
Dr. Quarles is the Director of the Kidney Institute
and the Department of Internal Medicine’s Nephrology
Division at the University of Kansas Medical Center. He also
serves as Vice Chair for Research in the Department of Internal
Medicine. The Kidney Institute is a model of collaborative
research by scientists and clinicians who work toward a common
goal of achieving excellence in renal research and patient
care. Dr. Quarles graduated magna cum laude from Duke University
and earned his medical degree from the University of Alabama
in Birmingham. He finished his medical school training and
residency in Medicine at the University of Alabama at Birmingham,
and completed his fellowship in Nephrology at Duke University
Medical Center. Dr. Quarles was on the faculty at Duke University
from 1986 to 2004, where he was Professor of Medicine, Director
of the Center for Bone and Mineral Disorders and developed
a strong NIH funded research program. His research group, including
three Assistant Research Professors, and several senior technicians
and postdoctoral fellows, recently relocated to the University
of Kansas Medical Center.
Dr. Quarles is certified by the American
Board of Internal Medicine and in the subspecialty of Nephrology.
He is a former deputy editor for the Journal of Bone and Mineral
Research, and is a member of the editorial board for Bone and
Mineral Metabolism, and a member of the publications committee
for the American Society of Bone and Mineral Research. He is
a member of the American Society of Clinical Research and was
recently inducted into the Association of American Physicians.
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Isidro
Salusky, MD
Professor of Pediatric Medicine, David Geffen School
of Medicine, and Director of Clinical Research Center, UCLA
School of Medicine
Dr. Salusky serves as Director of the Pediatric
Dialysis Program at the UCLA Medical Center, and is a Professor
of Pediatrics and Program Director of the General Clinical
Research Center at UCLA School of Medicine. He earned his medical
degree from the National University of Buenos Aires, and completed
his residency at Dr. Pedro de Elizalde Hospital in Buenos Aires.
He then completed a Pediatric Nephrology fellowship at Hospital
des Enfants Malade in Paris, an advanced Research fellowship
in Nutritional Metabolism at V.A. Wadsworth Medical Center
in Los Angeles, and a Pediatric Nephrology fellowship at UCLA
School of Medicine.
Dr. Salusky was a Vice-Chair, for the K/DOQI
Pediatric Guidelines, published by the National Kidney Foundation.
He is a committee member of numerous pediatric nephrology societies,
including the American Board of Pediatrics, American Society
of Pediatric Nephrology, and the International Pediatric Nephrology
Association. Dr. Salusky has authored over 100 peer-reviewed
research publications, and over 200 abstracts. He is on the
Editorial Board of American Journal of Kidney Diseases, Nephrologia
Latino Americana, American Society of Nephrology, and Nephron.
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Stuart
Sprague, DO
Professor of Medicine, Feinburg School
of Medicine, and Chief, Division of Nephrology & Hypertension,
Evanston Northwestern Healthcare, Northwestern University
Dr. Sprague
serves as Professor of Medicine at the Feinburg School of Medicine,
and is Senior Attending Physician and Chief of the Division
of Nephrology & Hypertension at Evanston
Northwestern Healthcare at Northwestern University. He received
his doctor of osteopathy from the College of Osteopathic Medicine
at Michigan State University in East Lansing, and completed
a nephrology research fellowship at the University of Chicago.
Dr.
Sprague is an active member of many professional nephrology
societies, and was the immediate past Chairperson of the Executive
Committee of the Medical Advisory Board of the National Kidney
Foundation of Illinois, and Chairperson of the Osteoporosis
in Chronic Kidney Disease Group – Controversies in Mineral
Metabolism and Bone Disease in CKD for the National Kidney
Foundation and the European Renal Association.
Dr. Sprague
is on the editorial board of the American Journal of Nephrology,
Clinical Nephrology, Hemodialysis and Clinical Nephrology,
Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, and Clinical
Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. He is a manuscript
referee for numerous kidney and endocrine journals, including
the American Journal of Nephrology, Nephron, Journal of Bone
and Mineral Research, Kidney International, and the Journal
of the American Society of Nephrology. Dr. Sprague has contributed
more than 90 peer-reviewed research publications in the areas
of mineral metabolism, metabolic bone disease, and parathyroid
hormone.
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