Jeffrey S. Berns, M.D.

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Professor of Medicine (Renal-Electrolyte and Hypertension) at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and the Presbyterian Medical Center of Philadelphia
Attending Physician, Renal Electrolyte and Hypertension Division, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Attending Physician, Renal Electrolyte and Hypertension Division, Presbyterian Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA
Associate Dean for Graduate Medical Education and Designated Institutional Officer, UPHS
Associate Chief, Renal, Electrolyte and Hypertension Division; University of Pennsylvania Health System
Vice President for Graduate Medical Education, UPHS
Senior Fellow, Leonard Davis Institute
Department: Medicine

Contact information
Renal-Electrolyte & Hypertension Division
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
1 Founders Pavilion
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Education:
B.A. (Biology, Psychology)
Indiana University , 1977.
M.D.
Case Western Reserve University, 1981.
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Description of Clinical Expertise

• Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD)
• Glomerular Disease
• Glomerulonephritis
• Hypertension
• Electrolyte Disorders
• Proteinuria
• Kidney failure
• Lupus Nephritis
• Nephrotic Syndrome

Description of Other Expertise

Medical Education

Selected Publications

Berns, JS: Clinical decision making in a patient with stage 5 CKD-Is eGFR good enough? Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology 10: 2065-2072, 2015.

Bansal AD, Hill CE, Berns JS: Use of antiepileptic drugs in patients with chronic kidney disease and end stage renal disease. Seminars in Dialysis 28(4): 404-412, 2015.

Berns JS: Moving away from hemoglobin-based anemia performance measures in dialysis patients. American Journal of Kidney Diseases 64: 486-488, 2014.

Berns JS: Routine screening for CKD should be done in asymptomatic adults...selectively. Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology 9: 1988-1992, 2014.

Lin J, Fernandez HE, Negoianu D, Berns JS, Shashaty MG, Wilson FP: Laboratory and biological variation in serum creatinine measurement results in high false positive rate of acute kidney injury. American Society of Nephrology Annual Meeting (oral presentation) 2014.

Kramer H, Berns JS, Choi MJ, Martin K, Rocco MV: 25-Hydroxyvitamin D testing and supplementation in CKD: An NKF-KDOQI controversies report. American Journal of Kidney Diseases 64: 499-509, 2014.

Berns JS, Ellison DH, Linas SL, Rosner MH: Training the next generation's nephrology workforce Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology 5: 1639-1644, 2014.

Wilson FP, Yang W, Machado CA, Mariani LH, Borovskiy Y, Berns JS, Feldman HI : Dialysis versus nondialysis in patients with AKI: a propensity-matched cohort study Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology 9: 673-681, 2014.

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