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 CKD and its
effects. Dr. Block also 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 KDIGO.
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David Allen
Bushinsky, MD
Professor of Medicine and of Pharmacology
and Physiology, University of Rochester School of Medicine, and
Chief, Nephrology Division, University of Rochester Medical Center
Dr. Bushinsky is a Professor of Medicine and of Pharmacology
and Physiology at the University of Rochester School of Medicine. He
is Chief of the Nephrology Division at the University of Rochester
Medical Center and Associate Chair for Academic Affairs in
the Department of Medicine. Dr. Bushinsky has lectured
throughout the world on stone formation, effects of acid on
bone and other disorders of divalent ion metabolism and has
published over 100 peer-reviewed articles and over 60 invited
reviews, chapters and editorials. His research has been
consistently funded by grants from the National Institutes
of Health for over 2 decades. Dr. Bushinsky received
his medical degree from Tufts University School of Medicine
in Boston, Mass. He completed an internship and residency at
Tufts New England Medical Center Hospital in Boston, Mass.
He also completed a fellowship in clinical nephrology and a
research fellowship in nephrology at Tufts New England Medical
Center Hospital in Boston, Mass. Dr. Bushinsky is a member
of a number of organizations including the Association of American
Physicians and the American Society for Clinical Investigation.
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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. 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 with the discovery
of 1,25(OH)2D2 and is a named inventor on numerous patents
and is author of more than 200 papers and presentations. Dr.
Jones is a co-founder of Cytochroma.
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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 KDIGO.
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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 PTH.
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