The Current Understanding of the Pathophysiology and Unmet Need in Anemia of CKD
Virtual Professional Education
Wednesday, March 8, 2023 - 6:00pm
About This Event
Dr. Nadkarni will be presenting on The Current Understanding of the Pathophysiology and Unmet Need in Anemia of CKD. This presentation will review the following:
• The prevalence of anemia of CKD and its burden on patients’ quality of life and the healthcare system.
• Summary of today’s standard of care for anemia of CKD and potential challenges that may lead to undertreatment.
• Review of the current understanding of the pathophysiology of anemia of CKD, including the HIF pathway.
For more information about this event contact Monique Hardin-Cordero at
Monique.HardinCordero@kidney.org
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212.889.2210 x228
Event Details
About the presenter
Dr. Girish N. Nadkarni
Dr. Nadkarni is the Fishberg Professor in Medicine at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. He is also the Chief of the Division of Data Driven and Digital Medicine (D3M) and the Director of the Charles Bronfman Institute of Personalized Medicine. He received training in Mathematics before completing his medical degree at one of the top-ranked medical colleges in India. He then received a Master’s in Public Health at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore, MD, and then was a Research Associate at the Johns Hopkins Medical Institute. Dr. Nadkarni completed his residency in Internal Medicine and a clinical fellowship in Nephrology at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. He then completed a research fellowship in Personalized Medicine at the Charles Bronfman Institute of Personalized Medicine. Dr. Nadkarni has authored over 300 peer-reviewed scientific publications including ones in the New England Journal of Medicine and Journal of American Medical Association. He has received many awards including the best outgoing senior resident award, Dr. Harold and Golden Lamport research award, the ANIO rising star award and the Deal of the Year award at Sinai Innovations. He is the principal for several NIH funded grants. Dr. Nadkarni is also the scientific co-founder of several investor-backed companies.
About the NKF
About the NKF
The National Kidney Foundation (NKF) is the largest, most comprehensive and longstanding organization dedicated to the awareness, prevention and treatment of kidney disease.