Harbor-UCLA Pediatrics

Kamyar Kalantar-Zadeh, M.D., M.P.H., Ph.D., F.A.A.P., F.A.C.P., F.A.S.N., F.A.H.A.
Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics
Division of Nephrology
Director, Off-Campus Dialysis Expansion & Epidemiology, Nephrology & Hypertension

Contact Information:
Phone: (310) 222-5189
Fax: (310) 782-1837
Email: kkalantar@labiomed.org

Research Focus:
Dialysis Center Design and Management; Epidemiology and Biostatistics; Dialysis Outcome; Reverse Epidemiology; End-Stage Renal Disease; Malnutrition-Inflammation Complex Syndrome and Oxidative Stress; Anemia and Iron in ESRD and CKD Bone Disease and Calcium/Phosphorus Management; Hyponatremia in Young Women and Elderliness; Homocysteine in Kidney Disease; Quality of Life in Patients with Kidney Disease; Kidney Disease in Diabetic Patients; How to Slow the Progression of Kidney Disease; Nutritional Management of Chronic Kidney Disease; Management of Glomerulonephritis and IgA Nephropathy; Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) Prevention and Treatment; Acute Kidney Failure; Dialysis Preparation and Dialysis Management; Kidney Transplantation Preparation and Management; Hypertension Prevention and Treatment; Heart and Coronary Disease with Kidney Disease; Blood Sugar Management in Kidney Disease; Kidney Stones and Renal Colic; Low or High Potassium, Magnesium or Phosphorus; Abnormalities of Sodium or Calcium in Blood or Urine; Treatment of Blood or Protein in Urine

Certifications:
American Board of Internal Medicine
American Board of Pediatrics
American Board of Internal Medicine, Nephrology

Training:
Internship and Residency, Medicine and Pediatrics, State University of New York at Brooklyn
Fellowship, Nephrology, University of California at San Francisco

Education:
Ph.D. and M.P.H., Epidemiology, University of California at Berkeley
M.D., University of Bonn, Germany

Selected Publications:

1. Associations of Pretransplant Serum Albumin with Post-Transplant Outcomes in Kidney Transplant Recipients. Molnar MZ, Kovesdy CP, Bunnapradist S, Streja E, Mehrotra R, Krishnan M, Nissenson AR, Kalantar-Zadeh K. Am J Transplant. 2011 Mar 30. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2011.03480.x. PMID: 21449945

2. Associations of Body Mass Index and Weight Loss with Mortality in Transplant-Waitlisted Maintenance Hemodialysis Patients. Molnar MZ, Streja E, Kovesdy CP, Bunnapradist S, Sampaio MS, Jing J, Krishnan M, Nissenson AR, Danovitch GM, Kalantar-Zadeh K. Am J Transplant. 2011 Apr;11(4):725-736. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2011.03468.x. PMID: 21446975

3. An update on the comparisons of mortality outcomes of hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis patients. Chiu YW, Jiwakanon S, Lukowsky L, Duong U, Kalantar-Zadeh K, Mehrotra R. Semin Nephrol. 2011 Mar;31(2):152-8. PMID: 21439429

4. Associations of Pretransplant Weight and Muscle Mass with Mortality in Renal Transplant Recipients. Streja E, Molnar MZ, Kovesdy CP, Bunnapradist S, Jing J, Nissenson AR, Mucsi I, Danovitch GM, Kalantar-Zadeh K. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2011 Mar 17.

5. Target levels for serum phosphorus and parathyroid hormone. Qunibi W, Kalantar-Zadeh K. Semin Dial. 2011 Jan-Feb;24(1):29-33. doi: 10.1111/j.1525-139X.2010.00823.x. Epub 2011 Feb 17. No abstract available. PMID: 21324001

6. Racial and ethnic differences in mortality of hemodialysis patients: role of dietary and nutritional status and inflammation. Noori N, Kovesdy CP, Dukkipati R, Feroze U, Molnar MZ, Bross R, Nissenson AR, Kopple JD, Norris KC, Kalantar-Zadeh K. Am J Nephrol. 2011;33(2):157-67. Epub 2011 Feb 4. PMID: 21293117

7. Dietary egg whites for phosphorus control in maintenance haemodialysis patients: a pilot study. Taylor LM, Kalantar-Zadeh K, Markewich T, Colman S, Benner D, Sim JJ, Kovesdy CP. J Ren Care. 2011 Mar;37(1):16-24. doi: 10.1111/j.1755-6686.2011.00212.x. PMID: 21288313

8. Surface morphology induced localized electric field and piezoresponse enhancement in nanostructured thin films. Sriram S, Bhaskaran M, Ahluwalia R, Nguyen TG, Ng N, Srolovitz DJ, Kalantar-Zadeh K, Mitchell A. ACS Nano. 2011 Feb 22;5(2):1067-72. Epub 2011 Jan 27. PMID: 21271737

9. Kim Y, Molnar MZ, Rattanasompattikul M, Hatamizadeh P, Benner D, Kopple JD, Kovesdy CP, Kalantar-Zadeh K. Relative contributions of inflammation and inadequate protein intake to hypoalbuminemia in patients on maintenance hemodialysis. Int Urol Nephrol. 2012 Apr 15. PMID: 22528583.

10. Molnar MZ, Streja E, Kovesdy CP, Hoshino J, Hatamizadeh P, Glassock RJ, Ojo AO, Kalantar-Zadeh K. Estimated glomerular filtration rate at reinitiation of dialysis and mortality in failed kidney transplant recipients. Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2012 Apr 20. PMID: 22523118.

11. Molnar MZ, Bunnapradist S, Huang E, Krishnan M, Nissenson AR, Kovesdy CP, Kalantar-Zadeh K. Association of pre-transplant erythropoiesis-stimulating agent responsiveness with post-transplant outcomes. Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2012 Apr 12. PMID: 22499025.

12. Kalantar-Zadeh K, Kovesdy CP, Norris KC. Racial Survival Paradox of Dialysis Patients: Robust and Resilient. Am J Kidney Dis. 2012 Apr 9. PMID: 22495468.

13. Saggi SJ, Allon M, Bernardini J, Kalantar-Zadeh K, Shaffer R, Mehrotra R. Considerations in the optimal preparation of patients for dialysis. Nat Rev Nephrol. 2012 Apr 10. doi: 10.1038/nrneph.2012.66. PMID: 22487703.

14. Kim Y, Molnar MZ, Rattanasompattikul M, Hatamizadeh P, Benner D, Kopple JD, Kovesdy CP, Kalantar-Zadeh K. Relative contributions of inflammation and inadequate protein intake to hypoalbuminemia in patients on maintenance hemodialysis. Int Urol Nephrol. 2012 Apr 15. PMID: 22528583

15. Lievense H, Kalantar-Zadeh K, Lukowsky LR, Molnar MZ, Duong U, Nissenson A, Krishnan M, Krediet R, Mehrotra R. Relationship of body size and initial dialysis modality on subsequent transplantation, mortality and weight gain of ESRD patients. Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2012 May 2. PMID: 22553372

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