LauraMDemberMD

Chronic Renal Failure & Dialysis

Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine

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Brigham and Women's Hospital/Massachusetts General HospitalFellowship, Nephrology, 1992 - 1995
University of Pennsylvania Health SystemResidency, Internal Medicine, 1988 - 1991
Yale School of MedicineClass of 1988

America's Top Doctors Castle Connolly, 2012-2017
CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2012-2013
Boston Magazine Castle Connolly, 2011
Fellow (ASNF) American Society of Nephrology
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PubMed

Adapting a pain coping skills training intervention for people with chronic pain receiving maintenance hemodialysis for end stage Kidney disease.
Jennifer L Steel, Carrie E Brintz, Alicia A Heapy, Francis Keefe, Martin D Cheatle
Journal of Behavioral Medicine. 2024-12-03
Use of Pragmatic Trials to Improve Implementation of Best Practices for CKD.
Lipika Samal, Brenda Hemmelgarn, Laura M Dember
American Journal of Kidney Diseases. 2024-11-01
Heart failure events in randomized controlled trials for adults receiving maintenance dialysis: a meta-epidemiologic study.
David Collister, Lonnie Pyne, Arrti A Bhasin, Brendan Smyth, William Herrington
Nephrology, Dialysis, Transplantation. 2024-07-10

Journal Articles

Safety and Cardiovascular Efficacy of Spironolactone in Dialysis-Dependent ESRD (SPin-D): A Randomized, Placebo-Controlled, Multiple Dosage Trial
David M Charytan, Jonathan Himmelfarb, Adriana M Hung, Rajnish Mehrotra, Shailendra Sharma, Daniel E Weiner, Alan S Kliger, Laura M Dember, Kidney International
Prediction of Arteriovenous Fistula Clinical Maturation from Postoperative Ultrasound Measurements: Findings from the Hemodialysis Fistula Maturation Study
Laura M Dember, Jonathan Himmelfarb, James S Kaufman, Harold I Feldman, Alfred K Cheung, Miguel A Vazquez, Lauren Alexander, Thomas S Huber, Michael Allon, Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

Lectures

Embedded Pragmatic Clinical Trials: Accelerating Evidence Generation in Nephrology
American Society of Nephrology Kidney Week 2019 - Washington, D.C. - 11/8/2019

Relationships Between Clinical Processes and Arteriovenous Fistula Cannulation and Maturation: A Multicenter Prospective Cohort StudyFebruary 2018
Relationships Between Clinical Processes and Arteriovenous Fistula Cannulation and Maturation: A Multicenter Prospective Cohort StudyFebruary 2018

Study Reveals Possible Drug Treatment for Lupus Kidney DiseaseMarch 25th, 2020
Penn Medicine Awarded $22 Million to Apply Scientific Solutions to Reverse Opioid CrisisOctober 4th, 2019
New Study Validates Clotting Risk Factors in Chronic Kidney DiseaseJanuary 17th, 2018
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Data Coordinating Center For Hemodialysis Pilot Studies ConsortiumNational Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases2013–2018
Pragmatic Trials in Maintenance HemodialysisNational Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine2012–2017
Clinical Characterization Of The Apol1-Associated PhenotypeNational Institute Of Diabetes And Digestive And Kidney Diseases2011
Determinants Of Hemodialysis AV Fistula MaturationNational Institute Of Diabetes And Digestive And Kidney Diseases2008–2011
Dialysis Access Consortium Clinical TrialsNational Institute Of Diabetes And Digestive And Kidney Diseases2006
Effect Of Clopidogrel On Early Patency Of AV FistulaeNational Institute Of Diabetes And Digestive And Kidney Diseases2000–2005