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Steven Weisbord, MD, MSc

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CHERP Core Investigator

  • Staff Physician, VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System (VAPHS)
  • Professor of Medicine and Clinical and Translational Science, University of Pittsburgh

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Dr. Weisbord’s main research interests include processes of care related to acute kidney injury and quality of life and symptom burden in maintenance hemodialysis patients. He is the Principal Investigator and Study Chairman of the 'PRESERVE' study, a VA Cooperative Studies Program sponsored multicenter, randomized clinical trial investigating interventions for the prevention of serious adverse outcomes related to contrast-induced acute kidney injury. He is a Principal Investigator of an NIH funded study establishing a biorepository of blood and urine samples collected from PRESERVE trial participants. He was also the Principal Investigator of the SMILE study, a multicenter clinical trial that compared two strategies for the management of symptoms in patients receiving chronic hemodialysis.

Research Areas
Acute Kidney Injury
Processes of Care Regarding Kidney Transplantation
Cardiovascular Disease in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease

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