Kamyar D Kalantar-Zadeh

Professor
Medicine, Pediatrics and Public Health and Chief of Nephrolo
Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute
United States of America

Professor Nephrology
Biography

Dr. Kalantar has conducted research 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.

Research Intrest

Kidney disease,chronic diseases, inflammation and cachexia, diabetes and obesity, renal osteodystrophy and mineral disorders, sodium and potassium disarrays

List of Publications
Hemoglobin A1c and survival in hemodialysis patients. Diabetes Care 2007
Association of activated vitamin D treatment and mortality in chronic kidney disease. Arch Intern Med 2008
Obesity Paradox and Mortality-Predictability of Surrogates of Body Size and Muscle Mass in Hemodialysis Patients . Mayo Clinic Proc 2010