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Joel D. Kopple, MD, editor of the book’s first three editions, is Professor Emeritus of Medicine and Public Health at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, Los Angeles, CA, and is a member of the Division of Nephrology and Hypertension and The Lundquist Institute at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, California. Dr. Kopple was Chief of the Division of Nephrology and Hypertension at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center from 1982 to 2007. He has published over 600 scientific papers and book chapters and has edited or coedited 15 seminars and proceedings. Dr. Kopple is a former president of the National Kidney Foundation (NKF), the American Society of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition, the International Society for Renal Nutrition and Metabolism, and the International Federation of Kidney Foundations and was a founder of World Kidney Day. Shaul G. Massry, MD, editor of the book’s first three editions, is Professor Emeritus of Medicine and Physiology and Biophysics at the Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California. He served as Chief of its Division of Nephrology from 1974 to 2000. He has published over 600 scientific papers and over 80 book chapters, and he is editor or coeditor of 28 books. Dr. Massry has received honorary doctorates from 14 universities across Europe, including the oldest and prestigious Charles University (Prague, Czech Republic), The University of Bologna (Italy), and the University of Padua (Italy). Dr. Massry is a former president of the National Kidney Foundation (NKF). Kamyar Kalantar-Zadeh, MD, PhD, MPH, editor of the book’s third edition and an Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Renal Nutrition, is Professor of Medicine, Pediatrics, Public Health and Nursing Sciences, and Chief of Nephrology, University of California Irvine School of Medicine, Irvine, CA; Adjunct Professor of Epidemiology, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, Los Angeles, CA; and a staff physician in Veterans Affairs Hospital, Long Beach, CA. Dr. Kalantar is a former president of the International Society for Renal Nutrition and Metabolism and the International Federation of Kidney Foundations, co-chair of the joint steering committee of World Kidney Day, and Chair of the Medical Advisory Committee of the National Forum of the ESRD Networks. He has served as PI of a dozen National Institutes of Health grants and has coauthored over 800 manuscripts in peer-reviewed journals.
This is a useful tool for nephrologists, especially in the clinical setting. The easy readability and suggested applications will also attract medical students, internists, renal dietitians, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants.Nutrition with its emerging importance at the cellular level is sometimes overlooked in training medical students. This book provides ready access to both the science and clinical application needed to treat the CKD population. Rating: 3 Stars--Doody.com, February 28, 2014 The Third Edition of this classic translational text offers in-depth reviews of the metabolic and nutritional disorders prevalent in patients with renal disease. --Doody.com, April 24, 2013 This edition reflects changes in the field, such as the increased evidence on the importance of inflammatory, oxidative, and carbonyl stress, and the greater prevalence and severity of obesity and its clinical consequences; therapeutic strategies for obesity treatment in regard to chronic kidney disease prevention and treatment; the nutritional management of people receiving chronic renal replacement therapy; and methods for slowing the progression of chronic renal disease... --Reference and Research Book News, February 2013
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