Cochrane Renal Group

Bert Kasiske

Bertram received his B.S. from Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, in 1972, and his M.D. from the University of Iowa School of Medicine in 1976. He completed a Nephrology Fellowship at Hennepin County Medical in 1983, and is board certified in Internal Medicine and Nephrology.

He is Director of the Division of Nephrology, Hennepin County Medical Center, and Professor, School of Medicine, University of Minnesota. Bertram currently serves as Deputy Director of the United States Renal Data System (USRDS) Coordinating Center. He is also editor in chief of the American Journal of Kidney Diseases.

His research interests are:

  • causes, consequences and treatment of hyperlipidemia in patients with renal disease;
  • post transplant cardiovascular disease;
  • and nonimmune causes of late renal allograft failure.

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New protocols in
Cochrane Library
Issue 4 April 2008

Calcium channel blockers for ureteral stones
Dietary interventions for preventing complications in idiopathic hypercalciuria
Education programmes for people with diabetic kidney disease


17th Cochrane Colloquium
Singapore
11-14 Oct 2009

 

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