Current Appointments & Affiliations
Medical Assistant Professor in the Department of Medicine
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2025 - Present
Medicine, General Internal Medicine,
Medicine
Recent Publications
Fractures and Subsequent Graft Loss and Mortality among Older Kidney Transplant Recipients.
Journal Article J Am Geriatr Soc · August 2019 OBJECTIVES: Older adults who undergo kidney transplantation (KT) are living longer with a functioning graft and are at risk for age-related adverse events including fractures. Understanding recipient, transplant, and donor factors and the outcomes associat ... Full text Link to item CiteFrailty and Cognitive Function in Incident Hemodialysis Patients.
Journal Article Clin J Am Soc Nephrol · December 7, 2015 BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Patients of all ages undergoing hemodialysis (HD) have a high prevalence of cognitive impairment and worse cognitive function than healthy controls, and those with dementia are at high risk of death. Frailty has been associated w ... Full text Link to item CiteChanges in Frailty After Kidney Transplantation.
Journal Article J Am Geriatr Soc · October 2015 OBJECTIVES: To understand the natural history of frailty after an aggressive surgical intervention, kidney transplantation (KT). DESIGN: Prospective cohort study (December 2008-March 2014). SETTING: Baltimore, Maryland. PARTICIPANTS: Kidney transplantation ... Full text Link to item CiteEducation, Training & Certifications
Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine ·
2019
M.D.