Kamyar Kalantar-Zadeh
Kamyar Kalantar-Zadeh, MD, PhD, MPH, editor of the book’s third edition and an Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Renal Nutrition, is Professor of Medicine, Pediatrics, Public Health and Nursing Sciences, and Chief of Nephrology, University of California Irvine School of Medicine, Irvine, CA; Adjunct Professor of Epidemiology, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, Los Angeles, CA; and a staff physician in Veterans Affairs Hospital, Long Beach, CA. Dr. Kalantar is a former president of the International Society for Renal Nutrition and Metabolism and the International Federation of Kidney Foundations, co-chair of the joint steering committee of World Kidney Day, and Chair of the Medical Advisory Committee of the National Forum of the ESRD Networks. He has served as PI of a dozen National Institutes of Health grants and has coauthored over 800 manuscripts in peer-reviewed journals.
Affiliations and expertise
University of California Irvine School of Medicine, Orange, CA, US