Kamyar Kalantar-Zadeh, M.D., M.P.H., Ph.D.

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A Short Biography:

Prof. Kamyar Kalantar-Zadeh, (a.k.a. Kam Kalantar) studied medicine at the Universities of Bonn and Nuremberg in Germany and also obtained MPH and PhD degrees in Epidemiology from University of California Berkeley. His post-graduate trainings include a medicine/pediatrics residency at SUNY Brooklyn program and a Nephrology fellowship at UCSF. During 2000-2012 Dr. Kalantar served as a faculty nephrologist at Harbor-UCLA and was appointed as Professor of Medicine, Pediatrics and Epidemiology at UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine and Fielding School of Public Health. Since August 2012, Dr. Kalantar has served as the chief of the Division of Nephrology and Hypertension at UC Irvine and oversees educational programs at UC Irvine Medical Center and Long Beach Veteran Administration Medical Center. Prof. Kalantar-Zadeh is triple board certified in Internal Medicine, Pediatrics and Nephrology and has been listed in several prestigious top-physician directories including TOP DOCTORS, BEST DOCTORS, and TOP PHYSICIANS.
Work Titles
CTSI Member, CTSI
The Lundquist Institute for Biomedical Innovation Health Sciences Clinical Professor, NEPHROLOGY AND HYPERTENSION
UCLA Director, Harold Simmons Center for Kidney Disease Research & Epidemiology, Director, Dialysis Expansion Program & Epidemiology, Epidemiology Assistant Professor, Medicine Adjunct Professor, Epidemiology
Education:
Degrees:
M.D., University of Bonn, German
Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley
M.P.H., University of California, Berkeley
Fellowship:
University of California, San Francisco
Residency:
State University of New York at Brooklyn
Honors and Awards:
2011 NIH, Mid-career award (K24)
2001 NIH, Early-career award (K23)

Contact Information:

Email Address:

kamkal@ucla.edu


Fax Number:

310-782-1837

Work Phone Number:

310-222-3891

Office Address:

Harbor-UCLA Medl Cntr-Neph, Ped & Epid
1000 W Carson St, Box 406
Torrance, CA 90509


Detailed Biography:

Dr Kalantar has served as a standing member of the NIH study section “Kidney, Nutrition, Obesity and Diabetes” (KNOD, 2009-2013) and ad-hoc member of several other study sections at NIH, including chairing and co-chairing some study sections, Department of Defense (DOD), American Diabetic Association (ADA), the National Kidney Foundation (NKF), etc. He has had several grants including from the NIH (R01’s, R21’s, K24 mid-career award, R13, U01, K23), NKF, and AHA. His research is also supported by a generous philanthropic donation from Mr. Harold Simmons, Mr. Louis Chang, and Dr Joseph Lee (Divisional endowment), and Dr Kalantar is the founder and director of the Harold Simmons Center for Kidney Disease Research & Epidemiology.

Dr. Kalantar has conducted research and presented numerous grand rounds and other lectures in national and international conferences on kidney disease outcome and epidemiology, cardiovascular risks in CKD, malnutrition and wasting in chronic diseases, inflammation and cachexia, diabetes and obesity, renal osteodystrophy and mineral disorders, sodium and potassium disarrays, anemia and iron deficiency, disparities and quality of life in CKD, and acid-base disorders.

Kalantar-Zadeh has authored 3 textbooks, 500 papers and 20 chapters. He is the co-editor of the textbook of renal nutrition 2013 edn. Dr. Kalantar is Associate Editor of several peer-reviewed journals including Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation (NDT), American Journal of Kidney Diseases (AJKD), Cardiorenal Medicine (CRM), and Journal of Cachexia, SaSeminars in Dialysis, rcopenia and Muscle (JCSM), and a member of the editorial board of Journal of Kidney International (KI), Jouranl of Am Soc Nephrol (JASN), Nature Reviews Nephrol, Journal of Renal Nutrition (JReN), American Journal of Nephrology (AJN), International Urology and Nephrology (IUN), Nephron, Int. J Inflammation, Central European Journal of Medicine, etc. He is also former member of the editorial boards of the Clinical Journal of American Society of Nephrology (CJASN, '08-'11).

Publications:

A selected list of publications:

Lertdumrongluk Paungpaga, Rhee Connie M, Park Jongha, Lau Wei Ling, Moradi Hamid, Jing Jennie, Molnar Miklos Z, Brunelli Steven M, Nissenson Allen R, Kovesdy Csaba P, Kalantar-Zadeh Kamyar   Association of Serum Phosphorus Concentration With Mortality in Elderly and Nonelderly Hemodialysis Patients Journal of renal nutrition : the official journal of the Council on Renal Nutrition of the National Kidney Foundation, 2013; 88(5): .
Zeb Irfan, Ahmadi Naser, Molnar Miklos Z, Li Dong, Shantouf Ronney, Hatamizadeh Parta, Choi Taeyoung, Kalantar-Zadeh Kamyar, Budoff Matthew J   Association of coronary artery calcium score and vascular dysfunction in long-term hemodialysis patients Hemodialysis international. International Symposium on Home Hemodialysis, 2013; 17(2): 216-22.
Rattanasompattikul Manoch, Molnar Miklos Z, Zaritsky Joshua J, Hatamizadeh Parta, Jing Jennie, Norris Keith C, Kovesdy Csaba P, Kalantar-Zadeh Kamyar   Association of malnutrition-inflammation complex and responsiveness to erythropoiesis-stimulating agents in long-term hemodialysis patients Nephrology, dialysis, transplantation : official publication of the European Dialysis and Transplant Association - European Renal Association, 2013; 33(2): .
Farkas Jerneja, von Haehling Stephan, Kalantar-Zadeh Kamyar, Morley John E, Anker Stefan D, Lainscak Mitja   Cachexia as a major public health problem: frequent, costly, and deadly Journal of cachexia, sarcopenia and muscle, 2013; 24(5): .
Hatamizadeh Parta, Fonarow Gregg C, Budoff Matthew J, Darabian Sirous, Kovesdy Csaba P, Kalantar-Zadeh Kamyar   Cardiorenal syndrome: pathophysiology and potential targets for clinical management Nature reviews. Nephrology, 2013; 9(2): 99-111.
Lukowsky Lilia R, Mehrotra Rajnish, Kheifets Leeka, Arah Onyebuchi A, Nissenson Allen R, Kalantar-Zadeh Kamyar   Comparing mortality of peritoneal and hemodialysis patients in the first 2 years of dialysis therapy: a marginal structural model analysis Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN, 2013; 8(4): 619-28.
Li Jinnan, Molnar Miklos Z, Zaritsky Joshua J, Sim John J, Streja Elani, Kovesdy Csaba P, Salusky Isidro, Kalantar-Zadeh Kamyar   Correlates of parathyroid hormone concentration in hemodialysis patients Nephrology, dialysis, transplantation : official publication of the European Dialysis and Transplant Association - European Renal Association, 2013; 9(2): .
Hoshino Junichi, Molnar Miklos Z, Yamagata Kunihiro, Ubara Yoshifumi, Takaichi Kenmei, Kovesdy Csaba P, Kalantar-Zadeh Kamyar   Developing an HbA(1c)-based equation to estimate blood glucose in maintenance hemodialysis patients Diabetes care, 2013; 36(4): 922-7.
Vashistha Tania, Kalantar-Zadeh Kamyar, Molnar Miklos Z, Torlén Klara, Mehrotra Rajnish   Dialysis modality and correction of uremic metabolic acidosis: relationship with all-cause and cause-specific mortality Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN, 2013; 8(2): 254-64.
Molnar Miklos Z, Kovesdy Csaba P, Bunnapradist Suphamai, Streja Elani, Krishnan Mahesh, Mucsi Istvan, Norris Keith C, Kalantar-Zadeh Kamyar   Donor race and outcomes in kidney transplant recipients Clinical transplantation, 2013; 27(1): 37-51.
Carrero Juan Jesús, Stenvinkel Peter, Cuppari Lilian, Ikizler T Alp, Kalantar-Zadeh Kamyar, Kaysen George, Mitch William E, Price S Russ, Wanner Christoph, Wang Angela Y M, ter Wee Pieter, Franch Harold A   Etiology of the protein-energy wasting syndrome in chronic kidney disease: a consensus statement from the International Society of Renal Nutrition and Metabolism (ISRNM) Journal of renal nutrition : the official journal of the Council on Renal Nutrition of the National Kidney Foundation, 2013; 23(2): 77-90.
Kim Jun Chul, Kalantar-Zadeh Kamyar, Kopple Joel D   Frailty and protein-energy wasting in elderly patients with end stage kidney disease Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN, 2013; 24(3): 337-51.
Khoueiry Georges, Abdallah Mokhtar, Saiful Faisal, Abi Rafeh Nidal, Raza Muhammad, Bhat Tariq, El-Sayegh Suzanne, Kalantar-Zadeh Kamyar, Lafferty James   High-density lipoprotein in uremic patients: metabolism, impairment, and therapy International urology and nephrology, 2013; 33(2): .
Kalantar-Zadeh Kamyar, Ikizler T Alp   Let them eat during dialysis: an overlooked opportunity to improve outcomes in maintenance hemodialysis patients Journal of renal nutrition : the official journal of the Council on Renal Nutrition of the National Kidney Foundation, 2013; 23(3): 157-63.
Cupisti Adamasco, Kalantar-Zadeh Kamyar   Management of natural and added dietary phosphorus burden in kidney disease Seminars in nephrology, 2013; 33(2): 180-90.
Kovesdy Csaba P, Kopple Joel D, Kalantar-Zadeh Kamyar   Management of protein-energy wasting in non-dialysis-dependent chronic kidney disease: reconciling low protein intake with nutritional therapy1,3 The American journal of clinical nutrition, 2013; 97(6): 1163-77.
Ebner Nicole, Springer Jochen, Kalantar-Zadeh Kamyar, Lainscak Mitja, Doehner Wolfram, Anker Stefan D, von Haehling Stephan   Mechanism and novel therapeutic approaches to wasting in chronic disease Maturitas, 2013; 97(6): .
Park Jongha, Jin Dong Chan, Molnar Miklos Z, Dukkipati Ramanath, Kim Yong-Lim, Jing Jennie, Levin Nathan W, Nissenson Allen R, Lee Jong Soo, Kalantar-Zadeh Kamyar   Mortality Predictability of Body Size and Muscle Mass Surrogates in Asian vs White and African American Hemodialysis Patients Mayo Clinic proceedings. Mayo Clinic, 2013; 88(5): 479-86.
Lertdumrongluk Paungpaga, Kovesdy Csaba P, Norris Keith C, Kalantar-Zadeh Kamyar   Nutritional and inflammatory axis of racial survival disparities Seminars in dialysis, 2013; 26(1): 36-9.
Kovesdy Csaba P, Lott Evan H, Lu Jun Ling, Malakauskas Sandra M, Ma Jennie Z, Molnar Miklos Z, Kalantar-Zadeh Kamyar   Outcomes associated with microalbuminuria: effect modification by chronic kidney disease Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 2013; 61(15): 1626-33.
Kalantar-Zadeh Kamyar   Patient education for phosphorus management in chronic kidney disease Patient preference and adherence, 2013; 7(6): 379-90.
Sim John J, Bhandari Simran K, Smith Ning, Chung Joanie, Liu In Lu A, Jacobsen Steven J, Kalantar-Zadeh Kamyar   Phosphorus and risk of renal failure in subjects with normal renal function The American journal of medicine, 2013; 126(4): 311-8.
Koeth Robert A, Kalantar-Zadeh Kamyar, Wang Zeneng, Fu Xiaoming, Tang W H Wilson, Hazen Stanley L   Protein carbamylation predicts mortality in ESRD Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN, 2013; 24(5): 853-61.
Derose Stephen F, Rutkowski Mark P, Crooks Peter W, Shi Jiaxiao M, Wang Jean Q, Kalantar-Zadeh Kamyar, Kovesdy Csaba P, Levin Nathan W, Jacobsen Steven J   Racial Differences in Estimated GFR Decline, ESRD, and Mortality in an Integrated Health System American journal of kidney diseases : the official journal of the National Kidney Foundation, 2013; 24(5): .
Hatamizadeh Parta, Molnar Miklos Z, Streja Elani, Lertdumrongluk Paungpaga, Krishnan Mahesh, Kovesdy Csaba P, Kalantar-Zadeh Kamyar   Recipient-related predictors of kidney transplantation outcomes in the elderly Clinical transplantation, 2013; 24(5): .
Kim Youngmee, Molnar Miklos Z, Rattanasompattikul Manoch, Hatamizadeh Parta, Benner Debbie, Kopple Joel D, Kovesdy Csaba P, Kalantar-Zadeh Kamyar   Relative contributions of inflammation and inadequate protein intake to hypoalbuminemia in patients on maintenance hemodialysis International urology and nephrology, 2013; 45(1): 215-27.
Moradi Hamid, Vaziri Nosratola D, Kashyap Moti L, Said Hamid M, Kalantar-Zadeh Kamyar   Role of HDL Dysfunction in End-Stage Renal Disease: A Double-Edged Sword Journal of renal nutrition : the official journal of the Council on Renal Nutrition of the National Kidney Foundation, 2013; 23(3): 203-6.
Alam Ahsan, Molnar Miklos Z, Czira Maria E, Rudas Anna, Ujszaszi Akos, Kalantar-Zadeh Kamyar, Rosivall Laszlo, Mucsi Istvan   Serum adiponectin levels and mortality after kidney transplantation Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN, 2013; 8(3): 460-7.
Patel Sapna S, Molnar Miklos Z, Tayek John A, Ix Joachim H, Noori Nazanin, Benner Deborah, Heymsfield Steven, Kopple Joel D, Kovesdy Csaba P, Kalantar-Zadeh Kamyar   Serum creatinine as a marker of muscle mass in chronic kidney disease: results of a cross-sectional study and review of literature Journal of cachexia, sarcopenia and muscle, 2013; 4(1): 19-29.
Kovesdy Csaba P, Quarles L Darryl, Lott Evan H, Lu Jun Ling, Ma Jennie Z, Molnar Miklos Z, Kalantar-Zadeh Kamyar   Survival Advantage in Black Versus White Men With CKD: Effect of Estimated GFR and Case Mix American journal of kidney diseases : the official journal of the National Kidney Foundation, 2013; 9(2): .
Tayek John A, Kalantar-Zadeh Kamyar   The extinguished BEACON of bardoxolone: not a Monday morning quarterback story American journal of nephrology, 2013; 37(3): 208-11.
Hoshino Junichi, Mehrotra Rajnish, Rhee Connie M, Yamagata Kunihiro, Ubara Yoshifumi, Takaichi Kenmei, Kovesdy Csaba P, Molnar Miklos Z, Kalantar-Zadeh Kamyar   Using Hemoglobin A1c to Derive Mean Blood Glucose in Peritoneal Dialysis Patients American journal of nephrology, 2013; 37(5): 413-420.
Franch Harold, Kalantar-Zadeh Kamyar   World renal nutrition week congress: from hawaii to Germany Journal of renal nutrition : the official journal of the Council on Renal Nutrition of the National Kidney Foundation, 2013; 23(3): 194.
Kalantar-Zadeh Kamyar   A critical evaluation of glycated protein parameters in advanced nephropathy: a matter of life or death: A1C remains the gold standard outcome predictor in diabetic dialysis patients. Counterpoint Diabetes care, 2012; 35(7): 1625-8.
Kovesdy Csaba P, Kalantar-Zadeh Kamyar   Accuracy and limitations of the diagnosis of malnutrition in dialysis patients Seminars in dialysis, 2012; 25(4): 423-7.
Miller Jessica E, Molnar Miklos Z, Kovesdy Csaba P, Zaritsky Joshua J, Streja Elani, Salusky Isidro, Arah Onyebuchi A, Kalantar-Zadeh Kamyar   Administered paricalcitol dose and survival in hemodialysis patients: a marginal structural model analysis Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety, 2012; 21(11): 1232-9.
Molnar Miklos Z, Streja Elani, Kovesdy Csaba P, Shah Anuja, Huang Edmund, Bunnapradist Suphamai, Krishnan Mahesh, Kopple Joel D, Kalantar-Zadeh Kamyar   Age and the associations of living donor and expanded criteria donor kidneys with kidney transplant outcomes American journal of kidney diseases : the official journal of the National Kidney Foundation, 2012; 59(6): 841-8.
Feroze Usama, Martin David, Kalantar-Zadeh Kamyar, Kim Jun Chul, Reina-Patton Astrid, Kopple Joel D   Anxiety and depression in maintenance dialysis patients: preliminary data of a cross-sectional study and brief literature review Journal of renal nutrition : the official journal of the Council on Renal Nutrition of the National Kidney Foundation, 2012; 22(1): 207-10.
Balogun Rasheed A, Abdel-Rahman Emaad M, Balogun Seki A, Lott Evan H, Lu Jun Ling, Malakauskas Sandra M, Ma Jennie Z, Kalantar-Zadeh Kamyar, Kovesdy Csaba P   Association of depression and antidepressant use with mortality in a large cohort of patients with nondialysis-dependent CKD Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN, 2012; 7(11): 1793-800.
Payne Jason, Sharma Smriti, De Leon Dexter, Lu Jun L, Alemu Fregenet, Balogun Rasheed A, Malakauskas Sandra M, Kalantar-Zadeh Kamyar, Kovesdy Csaba P   Association of echocardiographic abnormalities with mortality in men with non-dialysis-dependent chronic kidney disease Nephrology, dialysis, transplantation : official publication of the European Dialysis and Transplant Association - European Renal Association, 2012; 27(2): 694-700.
Hayes John, Kalantar-Zadeh Kamyar, Lu Jun L, Turban Sharon, Anderson John E, Kovesdy Csaba P   Association of hypo- and hyperkalemia with disease progression and mortality in males with chronic kidney disease: the role of race Nephron. Clinical practice, 2012; 120(1): c8-16.
Molnar Miklos Z, Kovesdy Csaba P, Mucsi Istvan, Salusky Isidro B, Kalantar-Zadeh Kamyar   Association of pre-kidney transplant markers of mineral and bone disorder with post-transplant outcomes Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN, 2012; 7(11): 1859-71.
Molnar Miklos Z, Bunnapradist Suphamai, Huang Edmund, Krishnan Mahesh, Nissenson Allen R, Kovesdy Csaba P, Kalantar-Zadeh Kamyar   Association of pre-transplant erythropoiesis-stimulating agent responsiveness with post-transplant outcomes Nephrology, dialysis, transplantation : official publication of the European Dialysis and Transplant Association - European Renal Association, 2012; 27(8): 3345-51.
Molnar Miklos Z, Kovesdy Csaba P, Rosivall Laszlo, Bunnapradist Suphamai, Hoshino Junichi, Streja Elani, Krishnan Mahesh, Kalantar-Zadeh Kamyar   Associations of pre-transplant anemia management with post-transplant delayed graft function in kidney transplant recipients Clinical transplantation, 2012; 26(5): 782-91.
Rattanasompattikul Manoch, Feroze Usama, Molnar Miklos Z, Dukkipati Ramanath, Kovesdy Csaba P, Nissenson Allen R, Norris Keith C, Kopple Joel D, Kalantar-Zadeh Kamyar   Charlson comorbidity score is a strong predictor of mortality in hemodialysis patients International urology and nephrology, 2012; 44(6): 1813-23.
Saggi Subodh J, Allon Michael, Bernardini Judith, Kalantar-Zadeh Kamyar, Shaffer Rachel, Mehrotra Rajnish, Mehrotra Rajnish   Considerations in the optimal preparation of patients for dialysis Nature reviews. Nephrology, 2012; 8(7): 381-9.
Kim Youngmee, Park Jong Chan, Molnar Miklos Z, Shah Anuja, Benner Debbie, Kovesdy Csaba P, Kopple Joel D, Kalantar-Zadeh Kamyar   Correlates of low hemoglobin A1c in maintenance hemodialysis patients International urology and nephrology, 2012; 25(4): .
Molnar Miklos Z, Mehrotra Rajnish, Duong Uyen, Bunnapradist Suphamai, Lukowsky Lilia R, Krishnan Mahesh, Kovesdy Csaba P, Kalantar-Zadeh Kamyar   Dialysis modality and outcomes in kidney transplant recipients Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN, 2012; 7(2): 332-41.
Rifkin Dena E, Coca Steven G, Kalantar-Zadeh Kamyar   Does AKI truly lead to CKD? Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN, 2012; 23(6): 979-84.
Kovesdy Csaba P, Kalantar-Zadeh Kamyar   Enter the dragon: a Chinese epidemic of chronic kidney disease? Lancet, 2012; 379(9818): 783-5.
Molnar Miklos Z, Streja Elani, Kovesdy Csaba P, Hoshino Junichi, Hatamizadeh Parta, Glassock Richard J, Ojo Akinlolu O, Kalantar-Zadeh Kamyar   Estimated glomerular filtration rate at reinitiation of dialysis and mortality in failed kidney transplant recipients Nephrology, dialysis, transplantation : official publication of the European Dialysis and Transplant Association - European Renal Association, 2012; 27(7): 2913-21.
Feroze Usama, Kalantar-Zadeh Kamyar, Sterling Kevin A, Molnar Miklos Z, Noori Nazanin, Benner Debbie, Shah Vallabh, Dwivedi Rama, Becker Kenneth, Kovesdy Csaba P, Raj Dominic S   Examining associations of circulating endotoxin with nutritional status, inflammation, and mortality in hemodialysis patients Journal of renal nutrition : the official journal of the Council on Renal Nutrition of the National Kidney Foundation, 2012; 22(3): 317-26.
Ricks Joni, Molnar Miklos Z, Kovesdy Csaba P, Shah Anuja, Nissenson Allen R, Williams Mark, Kalantar-Zadeh Kamyar   Glycemic control and cardiovascular mortality in hemodialysis patients with diabetes: a 6-year cohort study Diabetes, 2012; 61(3): 708-15.
Park Jongha, Lertdumrongluk Paungpaga, Molnar Miklos Z, Kovesdy Csaba P, Kalantar-Zadeh Kamyar   Glycemic control in diabetic dialysis patients and the burnt-out diabetes phenomenon Current diabetes reports, 2012; 12(4): 432-9.
Shah Anuja, Molnar Miklos Z, Lukowsky Lilia R, Zaritsky Joshua J, Kovesdy Csaba P, Kalantar-Zadeh Kamyar   Hemoglobin level and survival in hemodialysis patients with polycystic kidney disease and the role of administered erythropoietin American journal of hematology, 2012; 87(8): 833-6.
Kovesdy Csaba P, Lott Evan H, Lu Jun Ling, Malakauskas Sandra M, Ma Jennie Z, Molnar Miklos Z, Kalantar-Zadeh Kamyar   Hyponatremia, hypernatremia, and mortality in patients with chronic kidney disease with and without congestive heart failure Circulation, 2012; 125(5): 677-84.
Ayus Juan Carlos, Negri Armando Luis, Kalantar-Zadeh Kamyar, Moritz Michael L   Is chronic hyponatremia a novel risk factor for hip fracture in the elderly? Nephrology, dialysis, transplantation : official publication of the European Dialysis and Transplant Association - European Renal Association, 2012; 27(10): 3725-31.
Kalantar-Zadeh Kamyar, Molnar Miklos Z, Kovesdy Csaba P, Mucsi Istvan, Bunnapradist Suphamai   Management of mineral and bone disorder after kidney transplantation Current opinion in nephrology and hypertension, 2012; 21(4): 389-403.
Lukowsky Lilia R, Molnar Miklos Z, Zaritsky Joshua J, Sim John J, Mucsi Istvan, Kovesdy Csaba P, Kalantar-Zadeh Kamyar   Mineral and bone disorders and survival in hemodialysis patients with and without polycystic kidney disease Nephrology, dialysis, transplantation : official publication of the European Dialysis and Transplant Association - European Renal Association, 2012; 27(7): 2899-907.
Duong Uyen, Kalantar-Zadeh Kamyar, Molnar Miklos Z, Zaritsky Joshua J, Teitelbaum Isaac, Kovesdy Csaba P, Mehrotra Rajnish   Mortality associated with dose response of erythropoiesis-stimulating agents in hemodialysis versus peritoneal dialysis patients American journal of nephrology, 2012; 35(2): 198-208.
Kalantar-Zadeh Kamyar, Streja Elani, Molnar Miklos Z, Lukowsky Lilia R, Krishnan Mahesh, Kovesdy Csaba P, Greenland Sander   Mortality prediction by surrogates of body composition: an examination of the obesity paradox in hemodialysis patients using composite ranking score analysis American journal of epidemiology, 2012; 175(8): 793-803.
Kalantar-Zadeh Kamyar, Burrowes Jerrilynn D, Franch Harold, Gutekunst Lisa A, Ikizler T Alp, Iseki Kunitoshi, Kim Yong-Lim, Wanner Christopher   Nephrology and nutrition leaders coming to hawaii for the World Renal Nutrition Week: why is the 16th Congress in Renal Nutrition and Metabolism in Honolulu, Hawai'i, June 2012, worth attending? Journal of renal nutrition : the official journal of the Council on Renal Nutrition of the National Kidney Foundation, 2012; 22(1): 1-3.
Cupisti Adamasco, Benini Omar, Ferretti Valerio, Gianfaldoni Daniela, Kalantar-Zadeh Kamyar   Novel differential measurement of natural and added phosphorus in cooked ham with or without preservatives Journal of renal nutrition : the official journal of the Council on Renal Nutrition of the National Kidney Foundation, 2012; 22(6): 533-40.
Kovesdy Csaba P, Kalantar-Zadeh Kamyar   Observational studies versus randomized controlled trials: avenues to causal inference in nephrology Advances in chronic kidney disease, 2012; 19(1): 11-8.
Kovesdy Csaba P, Lu Jun L, Malakauskas Sandra M, Andress Dennis L, Kalantar-Zadeh Kamyar, Ahmadzadeh Shahram   Paricalcitol versus ergocalciferol for secondary hyperparathyroidism in CKD stages 3 and 4: a randomized controlled trial American journal of kidney diseases : the official journal of the National Kidney Foundation, 2012; 59(1): 58-66.
Lukowsky Lilia R, Kheifets Leeka, Arah Onyebuchi A, Nissenson Allen R, Kalantar-Zadeh Kamyar   Patterns and predictors of early mortality in incident hemodialysis patients: new insights American journal of nephrology, 2012; 35(6): 548-58.
Sim John J, Bhandari Simran K, Shi Jiaxiao, Kalantar-Zadeh Kamyar, Rasgon Scott A, Sealey Jean E, Laragh John H   Plasma renin activity (PRA) levels and antihypertensive drug use in a large healthcare system American journal of hypertension, 2012; 25(3): 379-88.
Kalantar-Zadeh Kamyar, Kovesdy Csaba P, Norris Keith C   Racial survival paradox of dialysis patients: robust and resilient American journal of kidney diseases : the official journal of the National Kidney Foundation, 2012; 60(2): 182-5.
Chandramohan Gangadarshni, Kalantar-Zadeh Kamyar, Kermah Dulcie, Go Sheena Cecille Marie, Vaziri Nosratola D, Norris Keith C   Relationship between obesity and pulse pressure in children: results of the National Health and Nutrition Survey (NHANES) 1988-1994 Journal of the American Society of Hypertension : JASH, 2012; 6(4): 277-83.
Lievense Hanna, Kalantar-Zadeh Kamyar, Lukowsky Lilia R, Molnar Miklos Z, Duong Uyen, Nissenson Allen, Krishnan Mahesh, Krediet Raymond, Mehrotra Rajnish   Relationship of body size and initial dialysis modality on subsequent transplantation, mortality and weight gain of ESRD patients Nephrology, dialysis, transplantation : official publication of the European Dialysis and Transplant Association - European Renal Association, 2012; 27(9): 3631-8.
Molnar Miklos Z, Langer Robert M, Remport Adam, Czira Maria E, Rajczy Katalin, Kalantar-Zadeh Kamyar, Kovesdy Csaba P, Novak Marta, Mucsi Istvan, Rosivall Laszlo   Roma ethnicity and clinical outcomes in kidney transplant recipients International urology and nephrology, 2012; 44(3): 945-54.
Torlén Klara, Kalantar-Zadeh Kamyar, Molnar Miklos Z, Vashistha Tania, Mehrotra Rajnish   Serum potassium and cause-specific mortality in a large peritoneal dialysis cohort Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN, 2012; 7(8): 1272-84.
Zaritsky Joshua J, Kalantar-Zadeh Kamyar   The crossroad of RAAS modulation, inflammation, and oxidative stress in dialysis patients: light at the end of the tunnel? Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN, 2012; 23(2): 189-91.
Molnar Miklos Z, Ojo Akinlolu O, Bunnapradist Suphamai, Kovesdy Csaba P, Kalantar-Zadeh Kamyar   Timing of dialysis initiation in transplant-naive and failed transplant patients Nature reviews. Nephrology, 2012; 8(5): 284-92.
Kalantar-Zadeh Kamyar, Amin Alpesh N   Toward more accurate detection and risk stratification of chronic kidney disease JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association, 2012; 307(18): 1976-7.
Vaziri Nosratola D, Goshtasbi Nisa, Yuan Jun, Jellbauer Stefan, Moradi Hamid, Raffatellu Manuela, Kalantar-Zadeh Kamyar   Uremic plasma impairs barrier function and depletes the tight junction protein constituents of intestinal epithelium American journal of nephrology, 2012; 36(5): 438-43.
Kamgar Mandana, Huang Edmund, Kamgar Mohammad, Nata Naowanit, Leeaphorn Napat, Kalantar-Zadeh Kamyar, Bunnapradist Suphamai   Zero-mismatch deceased-donor kidney versus simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplantation Transplantation, 2012; 94(8): 822-9.
Mehrotra Rajnish, Kalantar-Zadeh Kamyar, Adler Sharon   Assessment of glycemic control in dialysis patients with diabetes: glycosylated hemoglobin or glycated albumin? Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN, 2011; 6(7): 1520-2.
Molnar Miklos Z, Mehrotra Rajnish, Duong Uyen, Kovesdy Csaba P, Kalantar-Zadeh Kamyar   Association of hemoglobin and survival in peritoneal dialysis patients Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN, 2011; 6(8): 1973-81.
Sim John J, Shi Jiaxiao, Calara Federico, Rasgon Scott, Jacobsen Steven, Kalantar-Zadeh Kamyar   Association of plasma renin activity and aldosterone-renin ratio with prevalence of chronic kidney disease: the Kaiser Permanente Southern California cohort Journal of hypertension, 2011; 29(11): 2226-35.
Molnar Miklos Z, Huang Edmund, Hoshino Junichi, Krishnan Mahesh, Nissenson Allen R, Kovesdy Csaba P, Kalantar-Zadeh Kamyar   Association of pretransplant glycemic control with posttransplant outcomes in diabetic kidney transplant recipients Diabetes care, 2011; 34(12): 2536-41.
Sampaio Marcelo S, Molnar Miklos Z, Kovesdy Csaba P, Mehrotra Rajnish, Mucsi Istvan, Sim John J, Krishnan Mahesh, Nissenson Allen R, Kalantar-Zadeh Kamyar   Association of pretransplant serum phosphorus with posttransplant outcomes Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN, 2011; 6(11): 2712-21.
Streja Elani, Molnar Miklos Z, Kovesdy Csaba P, Bunnapradist Suphamai, Jing Jennie, Nissenson Allen R, Mucsi Istvan, Danovitch Gabriel M, Kalantar-Zadeh Kamyar   Associations of pretransplant weight and muscle mass with mortality in renal transplant recipients Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN, 2011; 6(6): 1463-73.
Khoueiry Georges, Waked Alain, Goldman Michael, El-Charabaty Elie, Dunne Eileen, Smith Marianne, Kleiner Morton, Lafferty James, Kalantar-Zadeh Kamyar, El-Sayegh Suzanne   Dietary intake in hemodialysis patients does not reflect a heart healthy diet Journal of renal nutrition : the official journal of the Council on Renal Nutrition of the National Kidney Foundation, 2011; 21(6): 438-47.
Noori Nazanin, Dukkipati Ramanath, Kovesdy Csaba P, Sim John J, Feroze Usama, Murali Sameer B, Bross Rachelle, Benner Debbie, Kopple Joel D, Kalantar-Zadeh Kamyar   Dietary omega-3 fatty acid, ratio of omega-6 to omega-3 intake, inflammation, and survival in long-term hemodialysis patients American journal of kidney diseases : the official journal of the National Kidney Foundation, 2011; 58(2): 248-56.
Kalantar-Zadeh Kamyar, Cano Noël J, Budde Klemens, Chazot Charles, Kovesdy Csaba P, Mak Robert H, Mehrotra Rajnish, Raj Dominic S, Sehgal Ashwini R, Stenvinkel Peter, Ikizler T Alp   Diets and enteral supplements for improving outcomes in chronic kidney disease Nature reviews. Nephrology, 2011; 7(7): 369-84.
Mak Robert H, Ikizler T Alp, Kovesdy Csaba P, Raj Dominic S, Stenvinkel Peter, Kalantar-Zadeh Kamyar   Erratum to: Wasting in chronic kidney disease Journal of cachexia, sarcopenia and muscle, 2011; 2(2): 119.
Molnar Miklos Z, Streja Elani, Kovesdy Csaba P, Budoff Matthew J, Nissenson Allen R, Krishnan Mahesh, Anker Stefan D, Norris Keith C, Fonarow Gregg C, Kalantar-Zadeh Kamyar   High platelet count as a link between renal cachexia and cardiovascular mortality in end-stage renal disease patients The American journal of clinical nutrition, 2011; 94(3): 945-54.
Molnar Miklos Z, Kovesdy Csaba P, Mucsi Istvan, Bunnapradist Suphamai, Streja Elani, Krishnan Mahesh, Kalantar-Zadeh Kamyar   Higher recipient body mass index is associated with post-transplant delayed kidney graft function Kidney international, 2011; 80(2): 218-24.
Kalantar-Zadeh Kamyar, Norris Keith C   Is the malnutrition-inflammation complex the secret behind greater survival of African-American dialysis patients? Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN, 2011; 22(12): 2150-2.
Shah Anuja, Molnar Miklos Z, Kalantar-Zadeh Kamyar   It is not polite to ask a dialysis patient his age! International urology and nephrology, 2011; 43(4): 1101-5.
Noori Nazanin, Caulfield Michael P, Salameh Wael A, Reitz Richard E, Nicholas Susanne B, Molnar Miklos Z, Nissenson Allen R, Kovesdy Csaba P, Kalantar-Zadeh Kamyar   Novel lipoprotein subfraction and size measurements in prediction of mortality in maintenance hemodialysis patients Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN, 2011; 6(12): 2861-70.
Sim John J, Yan Eric H, Liu In Lu A, Rasgon Scott A, Kalantar-Zadeh Kamyar, Calhoun David A, Derose Stephen F   Positive relationship of sleep apnea to hyperaldosteronism in an ethnically diverse population Journal of hypertension, 2011; 29(8): 1553-9.
Feroze Usama, Noori Nazanin, Kovesdy Csaba P, Molnar Miklos Z, Martin David J, Reina-Patton Astrid, Benner Debbie, Bross Rachelle, Norris Keith C, Kopple Joel D, Kalantar-Zadeh Kamyar   Quality-of-life and mortality in hemodialysis patients: roles of race and nutritional status Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN, 2011; 6(5): 1100-11.
Ricks Joni, Molnar Miklos Z, Kovesdy Csaba P, Kopple Joel D, Norris Keith C, Mehrotra Rajnish, Nissenson Allen R, Arah Onyebuchi A, Greenland Sander, Kalantar-Zadeh Kamyar   Racial and ethnic differences in the association of body mass index and survival in maintenance hemodialysis patients American journal of kidney diseases : the official journal of the National Kidney Foundation, 2011; 58(4): 574-82.
Streja Elani, Kovesdy Csaba P, Molnar Miklos Z, Norris Keith C, Greenland Sander, Nissenson Allen R, Kopple Joel D, Kalantar-Zadeh Kamyar   Role of nutritional status and inflammation in higher survival of African American and Hispanic hemodialysis patients American journal of kidney diseases : the official journal of the National Kidney Foundation, 2011; 57(6): 883-93.
Morley John E, Abbatecola Angela Marie, Argiles Josep M, Baracos Vickie, Bauer Juergen, Bhasin Shalender, Cederholm Tommy, Coats Andrew J Stewart, Cummings Steven R, Evans William J, Fearon Kenneth, Ferrucci Luigi, Fielding Roger A, Guralnik Jack M, Harris Tamara B, Inui Akio, Kalantar-Zadeh Kamyar, Kirwan Bridget-Anne, Mantovani Giovanni, Muscaritoli Maurizio, Newman Anne B, Rossi-Fanelli Filippo, Rosano Giuseppe M C, Roubenoff Ronenn, Schambelan Morris, Sokol Gerald H, Storer Thomas W, Vellas Bruno, von Haehling Stephan, Yeh Shing-Shing, Anker Stefan D, Anker Stefan D   Sarcopenia with limited mobility: an international consensus Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, 2011; 12(6): 403-9.
Mehrotra Rajnish, Duong Uyen, Jiwakanon Sirin, Kovesdy Csaba P, Moran John, Kopple Joel D, Kalantar-Zadeh Kamyar   Serum albumin as a predictor of mortality in peritoneal dialysis: comparisons with hemodialysis American journal of kidney diseases : the official journal of the National Kidney Foundation, 2011; 58(3): 418-28.
Molnar Miklos Z, Tabak Adam G, Alam Ahsan, Czira Maria E, Rudas Anna, Ujszaszi Akos, Beko Gabriella, Novak Marta, Kalantar-Zadeh Kamyar, Kovesdy Csaba P, Mucsi Istvan   Serum erythropoietin level and mortality in kidney transplant recipients Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN, 2011; 6(12): 2879-86.
Norris Keith C, Kalantar-Zadeh Kamyar, Kopple Joel D   The role of race in survival among patients undergoing dialysis Nephrology news & issues, 2011; 25(13): 13-4, 16.
Kalantar-Zadeh Kamyar, Miller Jessica E, Kovesdy Csaba P, Mehrotra Rajnish, Lukowsky Lilia R, Streja Elani, Ricks Joni, Jing Jennie, Nissenson Allen R, Greenland Sander, Norris Keith C   Impact of race on hyperparathyroidism, mineral disarrays, administered vitamin D mimetic, and survival in hemodialysis patients Journal of bone and mineral research : the official journal of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research, 2010; 25(12): 2724-34.
Kalantar-Zadeh K, Streja E, Kovesdy CP, Noori N, Oreopoulos A, Jing J, Nissenson AR, Krishnan M, Kopple JD, Mehrotra R, Anker SD   Obesity Paradox and Mortality-Predictability of Surrogates of Body Size and Muscle Mass in Hemodialysis Patients , Mayo Clinic Proc, 2010; (85): 991-1001.
Kovesdy CP, Ahmadzadeh S, Anderson JE, and Kalantar-Zadeh K   Association of activated vitamin D treatment and mortality in chronic kidney disease, Arch Intern Med, 2008; 168(4): 397-403.
Kalantar-Zadeh K, Regidor DL, Shinaberger CS, Jing J, Aronovitz J, McAllister CJ, Whellan D, Sharma K   Hemoglobin A1c and survival in hemodialysis patients, Diabetes Care, 2007; (30): 1049-55.

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