Laura M Dember, MD
Professor of Medicine (Renal-Electrolyte and Hypertension) at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Department: Medicine
Contact information
Renal-Electrolyte and Hypertension Division
University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Blockley Hall, Office 920
423 Guardian Drive
Philadelphia, PA 19104
University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Blockley Hall, Office 920
423 Guardian Drive
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 215-573-5264
Fax: 215-615-0349
Fax: 215-615-0349
Education:
B.A.
Yale College, New Haven, CT, 1984.
M.D.
Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, 1988.
B.A.
Yale College, New Haven, CT, 1984.
M.D.
Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, 1988.
Links
Penn's Renal-Electrolyte and Hypertension Division
Renal-Electrolyte and Hypertension Research Interests--Nephrology Clinical Research
Perelman School of Medicine Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics (CCEB)
Penn Kidney Medicine Amyloidosis and Paraproteinemia Clinic
Permanent linkPenn's Renal-Electrolyte and Hypertension Division
Renal-Electrolyte and Hypertension Research Interests--Nephrology Clinical Research
Perelman School of Medicine Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics (CCEB)
Penn Kidney Medicine Amyloidosis and Paraproteinemia Clinic
Selected Publications
Tong Xiaoyong, Hou Xiuyun, Wason Christopher, Kopel Tal, Cohen Richard A, Dember Laura M: Smooth Muscle Nitric Oxide Responsiveness and Clinical Maturation of Hemodialysis Arteriovenous Fistulae. Am J Pathol 187(9): 2095-2101, Sep 2017.Kopel Tal, Kaufman James S, Hamburg Naomi, Sampalis John S, Vita Joseph A, Dember Laura M: Endothelium-Dependent and -Independent Vascular Function in Advanced Chronic Kidney Disease. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol Aug 2017.
Alpers CE, Imrey PB, Hudkins KL, Wietecha TA, Radeva M, Allon M, Cheung AK, Dember LM, Roy-Chaudhury P, Shiu Y-T, Terry CM, Farber A, Beck GJ, Feldman HI, Kusek JW, Himmelfarb J. : Histopathology of veins at time of creation of arteriovenous fistulas: findings from the Hemodialysis Fistula Maturation Study. J Am Soc Nephrol 28(10): 3076-3088, October 2017.
Cheung AK, Imrey PB, Alpers CE, Robbin ML, Radeva M, Larive B, Shiu Y-T, Allon M, Dember LM, Greene T, Himmelfarb J, Roy-Chaudhury PR, Terry CM, Vazquez MA, Kusek JW, Feldman HI: Intimal Hyperplasia, Stenosis, and Arteriovenous Fistula Maturation Failure in the Hemodialysis Fistula Maturation Study. J Am Soc Nephrol 28(10): 3005-3013, October 2017.
Courtright KR, Madden V, Gabler NB, Cooney E, Kim J, Herbst N, Burgoon L, Whealdon J, Dember LM, Halpern SD: A randomized trial of expanding choice sets to motivate advance directive completion. Med Decis Making August 2016 Notes: pii: 0272989X16663709 (epub ahead of print).
Sawinski Deirdre, Lim Mary Ann, Cohen Jordana C, Locke Jayme E, Weiss Brendan, Hogan Jonathan J, Dember Laura M: Patient and Kidney Allograft Survival in Recipients with End Stage Renal Disease from Amyloidosis. Transplantation 102(2): 300-309, February 2018.
Dember LM, Archdeacon P, Krishnan M, Lacson E, Ling SM, Roy-Chaudhury P, Smith KA, Flessner MF: Pragmatic Trials in Maintenance Dialysis: Perspectives from the Kidney Health Initiative. J Am Soc Nephrol 27(10): 2955-2963, October 2016.
Dixon BS, Beck GJ, Vazquez MA, Greenberg A, Delmez JA, Allon M, Dember LM, Himmelfarb J, Gassman JJ, Greene T, Radeva MK, Davidson IJ, Ikizler TA, Braden GL, Fenves AZ, Kaufman JS, Cotton JR, Martin KJ, McNei JW, Rahman A, Lawson JH, Whiting JF, Hu B, Meyers CM, Kusek JW, Feldman HI, Dialysis Access Consortium (DAC) Study Group: Effect of dipyridamole plus aspirin on hemodialysis graft patency N Engl J Med 360: 2191-2201, 2009.
Dember LM, Beck GJ, Allon M, Delmez J, Dixon BS, Greenberg A, Himmelfarb J, Vazquez VA, Gassman JJ, Greene T, Radeva MK, Braden GL, Ikizler TA, Rocco MV, Davidson IJ, Kaufman JS, Meyers CM, Kusek JW, Feldman HI. Dialysis Access Consortium (DAC) Study Group: Effect of clopidogrel on early failure of arteriovenous fistulas for hemodialysis: a randomized, controlled trial. JAMA 299: 2164-71, 2008.
Dember LM, Hawkins PN, Hazenberg BPC, Gorevic PD, Merlini G, Butriemene I, Livneh A, Lesnyak O, puechal X, Lachmann H, Obici L, Balshaw R, Garceau D, Hauck W. Skinner M: Eprodisate for the treatment of renal disease in AA amyloidosis. N Engl J Med 356: 2349-60, 2007.