Dr. Bernard Jaar, MD

• Nephrology

• Internal Medicine

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• Johns Hopkins University

• Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School Of Public Health

  2003

• Johns Hopkins Hospital

  Fellowship Hospital, 2002

• Grad Hospital

  Residency Hospital, 2000

• Graduate Hospital

  Internship Hospital, 1998

• Graduate Hospital Mcp/hahnemann University

  Internship Hospital, 1998

• University Rene Descartes (paris V) / U.f.r. Cochin-port Royal

  1992

• School Med State University

  Medical School, 1987

• Institution St. Louis De Gonzague

  Undergraduate School, 1981

• English

• French

• Spanish

• Hypercalcemia, Acute Kidney Injury, and Metabolic Alkalosis, 2022-04-06

• Primary care physicians' perceptions of barriers and facilitators to management of chronic kidney disease: A mixed methods study, 2019-08-22

• Predictors of high sensitivity cardiac troponin T in chronic kidney disease patients: a cross-sectional study in the chronic renal insufficiency cohort (CRIC), 2013-10-22

• Trends in anemia management in US hemodialysis patients 2004-2010, 2013-12-01

• Effectiveness of Educational and Social Worker Interventions to Activate Patients' Discussion and Pursuit of Preemptive Living Donor Kidney Transplantation: A Randomized Controlled Trial, 2012-10-22

• Age and Sex Disparities in Discussions About Kidney Transplantation Among Dialysis Patients, 2014-05-06

• Indoxyl sulfate is associated with mortality after AKI - more evidence needed!, 2019-07-26

• Making sense of DialysisConnect: a qualitative analysis of stakeholder viewpoints on a web-based information exchange platform to improve care transitions between dialysis clinics and hospitals, 2021-02-09

• Impact of pre-dialysis nephrology care engagement and decision-making on provider and patient action toward permanent vascular access, 2021-02-16

• Risks of Adverse Events in Advanced CKD: The Chronic Renal Insufficiency Cohort (CRIC) Study, 2017-03-30

• Urgent start peritoneal dialysis: are we there yet?, 2020-01-31

• Association of Peritoneal Dialysis Clinic Size with Clinical Outcomes, 2009-01-28

• Associations among Lead Dose Biomarkers, Uric Acid, and Renal Function in Korean Lead Workers, 2004-09-30

• Attainment of clinical performance targets and improvement in clinical outcomes and resource use in hemodialysis care: a prospective cohort study, 2007-01-09

• Patients' and family members' perspectives on arrhythmias and sudden death in dialysis: the HeartLink focus groups pilot study, 2021-05-27

• Perceptions and use of the national kidney foundation KDOQI guidelines: a survey of U.S. renal healthcare providers, 2013-10-24

• Frailty and falls among adult patients undergoing chronic hemodialysis: a prospective cohort study, 2013-10-16

• Recent advances in diabetic kidney disease, 2021-08-17

• Association of Vitamin K Status with Arterial Calcification and Stiffness in Chronic Kidney Disease: The Chronic Renal Insufficiency Cohort, 2022-12-23

• Obstructive Sleep Apnea Increases Sudden Cardiac Death in Incident Hemodialysis Patients, 2018-08-15

• Retinal microvascular findings and risk of incident peripheral artery disease: An analysis from the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study, 2019-10-11

• CKD Self-management: Phenotypes and Associations With Clinical Outcomes, 2018-03-24

• Frailty Prevalence in Younger ESKD Patients Undergoing Dialysis and Transplantation, 2020-07-08

• Effectiveness of informational decision aids and a live donor financial assistance program on pursuit of live kidney transplants in African American hemodialysis patients, 2018-05-03

• Association of social worker-assessed psychosocial factors with 30-day hospital readmissions among hemodialysis patients, 2018-12-17

• Differences in urine cadmium associations with kidney outcomes based on serum creatinine and cystatin C, 2011-08-25

• Effect of primary care physicians' use of estimated glomerular filtration rate on the timing of their subspecialty referral decisions, 2011-01-14

• Perceived frailty and measured frailty among adults undergoing hemodialysis: a cross-sectional analysis, 2015-04-24

• Burden of chronic kidney disease on the African continent: a systematic review and meta-analysis, 2018-06-01

• Association of Single-Nucleotide Polymorphisms inJAK3,STAT4, andSTAT6With New Cardiovascular Events in Incident Dialysis Patients, 2009-03-12

• Hemolysis as a rare but potentially life-threatening complication of hemodialysis: a case report, 2014-07-28

• Successful Management of Refractory Type 1 Renal Tubular Acidosis with Amiloride, 2017-01-03

• Editorial: Management of hemodialysis patients, 2022-12-20

• Prime time for chronic kidney disease, 2023-10-06

• Social determinants of health associated with hemodialysis non-adherence and emergency department utilization: a pilot observational study, 2020-01-06

• The need for screening, early diagnosis, and prediction of chronic kidney disease in people with diabetes in low- and middle-income countries-a review of the current literature, 2022-08-02

• From screening to treatment: the new landscape of diabetic kidney disease, 2022-10-07

• Proteinuria, but not eGFR, predicts stroke risk in chronic kidney disease: the chronic renal insufficiency cohort (CRIC) study, 2015-06-30

• Associations of serum and dialysate electrolytes with QT interval and prolongation in incident hemodialysis: the Predictors of Arrhythmic and Cardiovascular Risk in End-Stage Renal Disease (PACE) study, 2019-04-18

• Retinopathy and Chronic Kidney Disease in the Chronic Renal Insufficiency Cohort Study (CRIC), 2013-06-26

• Diabetic kidney disease and risk of incident stroke among adults with type 2 diabetes, 2022-03-29

• Specialist and primary care physicians' views on barriers to adequate preparation of patients for renal replacement therapy: a qualitative study, 2015-03-28

• Associations of Multiple Metals with Kidney Outcomes in Lead Workers, 2012-07-26

• Associations of Serum Calciprotein Particle Size and Transformation Time with Arterial Calcification, Arterial Stiffness, and Mortality in Incident Hemodialysis Patients, 2020-08-13

• Nationwide Trends in Hospital Outcomes and Utilization after Lower Limb Revascularization in Patients on Hemodialysis, 2017-10-23

• ACTIVITY OF DAILY LIVING DISABILITY AND DIALYSIS MORTALITY: BETTER PREDICTION USING METRICS OF AGING, 2015-09-04

• The Associations Between Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD) and Physical Outcome Measures in Men and Women with Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD), 2016-05-20

• An instrumental variable approach finds no associated harm or benefit from early dialysis initiation in the United States, 2014-04-30

• Global dimensions of chronic kidney disease of unknown etiology (CKDu): a modern era environmental and/or occupational nephropathy?, 2015-08-19

• Long-term outcomes among Medicare patients readmitted in the first year of hemodialysis: a retrospective cohort study, 2019-07-29

• U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention launches new chronic kidney disease surveillance system website, 2013-09-14

• Association of abnormal electrocardiograph metrics with prolonged recovery time in incident hemodialysis patients, 2022-01-27

• Associations of multiple metals with kidney outcomes in lead workers: author response, 2013-11-28

• Association of abdominal adiposity with cardiovascular mortality in incident hemodialysis, 2018-11-14

• Cerebrovascular Disease Incidence, Characteristics, and Outcomes in Patients Initiating Dialysis: The CHOICE (Choices for Healthy Outcomes in Caring for ESRD) Study, 2009-04-19

• Race, Mineral Homeostasis and Mortality in Patients with End-Stage Renal Disease on Dialysis, 2015-08-20

• Post-hospitalization dialysis facility processes of care and hospital readmissions among hemodialysis patients: a retrospective cohort study, 2018-07-31

• Frequency of arrhythmia symptoms and acceptability of implantable cardiac monitors in Hemodialysis patients, 2017-10-10

• Features of patient-education websites for patients with chronic kidney disease: an analysis of recommended websites, 2020-11-03

• Rationale and design for the Predictors of Arrhythmic and Cardiovascular Risk in End Stage Renal Disease (PACE) study, 2015-04-24

• Identification of Novel Biomarkers and Pathways for Coronary Artery Calcification in Nondiabetic Patients on Hemodialysis Using Metabolomic Profiling, 2021-10-20

• Associations of low-level urine cadmium with kidney function in lead workers, 2010-10-25

• The Pioneers of Nephrology-Professor Gabriel Richet: "I will maintain”, 2018-03-13

• The COVID-19 nephrology compendium: AKI, CKD, ESKD and transplantation, 2020-10-27

• Clinical testing patterns and cost implications of variation in the evaluation of chronic kidney disease among U.S. physicians, 2009-04-15

• Editorial: Dialysis and the age-friendly health system initiative, 2023-03-14

• Uranium Associations with Kidney Outcomes Vary by Urine Concentration Adjustment Method, 2013-04-17

• Antihypertensive medications and risk of death and hospitalizations in US hemodialysis patients Evidence from a cohort study to inform hypertension treatment practices, 2017-02-03

• Comparative effectiveness studies to improve clinical outcomes in end stage renal disease: the DEcIDE patient outcomes in end stage renal disease study, 2012-12-06

• Risk of Potentially Inappropriate Medications in Adults With CKD: Findings From the Chronic Renal Insufficiency Cohort (CRIC) Study, 2021-05-23

• On the shoulders of giants. The story behind the ‘Pioneers of Nephrology' project, 2018-03-12

• Hospital discharge communications during care transitions for patients with acute kidney injury: a cross-sectional study, 2016-08-30

• A hidden cause of oxalate nephropathy: a case report, 2021-03-08

• Associations of Uric Acid with Polymorphisms in the d-Aminolevulinic Acid Dehydratase, Vitamin D Receptor, and Nitric Oxide Synthase Genes in Korean Lead Workers, 2005-06-27

• Timing, causes, predictors and prognosis of switching from peritoneal dialysis to hemodialysis: a prospective study, 2009-02-06

• Frailty as a Novel Predictor of Mortality and Hospitalization in Hemodialysis Patients of All Ages, 2013-05-27

• Patterns in blood pressure medication use in US incident dialysis patients over the first 6 months, 2013-11-12

• Longitudinal associations between lead dose and renal function in lead workers, 2008-11-26

• Association of Residual Urine Output with Mortality, Quality of Life, and Inflammation in Incident Hemodialysis Patients: The CHOICE (Choices for Healthy Outcomes in Caring for End-Stage Renal Disease) Study, 2010-06-03

• Cross-sectional association of volume, blood pressures, and aortic stiffness with left ventricular mass in incident hemodialysis patients: the Predictors of Arrhythmic and Cardiovascular Risk in End-Stage Renal Disease (PACE) study, 2015-08-07

• An unusual cause of metabolic alkalosis: hiding in plain sight, 2020-07-23

• Incidental findings on cardiac computed tomography in incident hemodialysis patients: the predictors of arrhythmic and cardiovascular events in end-stage renal disease (PACE) study, 2014-05-01

• Troponin I and NT-proBNP and the Association of Systolic Blood Pressure With Outcomes in Incident Hemodialysis Patients: The Choices for Healthy Outcomes in Caring for ESRD (CHOICE) Study, 2014-04-29