Skip to main content

Benjamin Catanese

Medical Instructor in the Department of Medicine
Medicine, Nephrology
300 W. Morgan Street, Office 821, Durham, NC 27701

Current Appointments & Affiliations


Medical Instructor in the Department of Medicine · 2025 - Present Medicine, Nephrology, Medicine
Member in the Duke Clinical Research Institute · 2025 - Present Duke Clinical Research Institute, Institutes and Centers

Recent Publications


Cardiovascular Outcomes among New Users of GLP-1 Receptor Agonists Compared with DPP-4 Inhibitors and Sulfonylureas in Kidney Failure.

Journal Article J Am Soc Nephrol · March 12, 2026 KEY POINTS: Glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists are increasingly used in patients with kidney failure despite trial exclusion. Initiation was associated with a 13% lower risk of cardiovascular events and 17% lower mortality versus dipeptidyl peptidas ... Full text Link to item Cite

Frailty in Focus: A Scoping Review of Frailty Instruments from the Kidney Disease Aging Research Collaborative.

Journal Article Clin J Am Soc Nephrol · January 21, 2026 BACKGROUND: Frailty is a multi-system syndrome of decreased physiologic reserve with high prevalence, early incidence, and prognostic significance in kidney disease. Apart from the Physical Frailty Phenotype (PFP), less is known regarding psychometric prop ... Full text Link to item Cite
View All Publications

Recent Grants


TRIO NRSA Training Core-Post Doc Trainee

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEPost Doctoral Trainee · Awarded by University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill · 2023 - 2028

View All Grants

Education


New York Medical College · 2019 M.D.
Cornell University · 2014 B.A.