Michael G. Shlipak, MD, MPH
Associate Professor of Medicine, Epidemiology & Biostatistics
Chief, General Internal Medicine Section, VA Medical Center
University of California, San Francisco
I completed my undergraduate training with an A.B. degree in History from Dartmouth in 1990, and then enrolled at the Harvard Medical School where I obtained an MD and a Masters in Public Health in 1995. I completed his residency in Internal Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) from 1995-98, followed by a fellowship in General Internal Medicine at the San Francisco VA Medical Center and UCSF. I was hired to the UCSF faculty as an Assistant Professor of Medicine in 2000, and I joined the staff of the San Francisco VA Medical Center at that time. My primary research focus is the effects of chronic renal insufficiency on the incidence, treatment, and outcomes of heart failure and cardiovascular disease.
The overlap of kidney disease and cardiovascular disease represents an under-explored area of research that integrates several areas of clinical medicine: primary care, geriatrics, nephrology, and cardiology. I have attempted to take a multi-disciplinary approach to this disease overlap that includes investigations grounded in traditional epidemiology, clinical epidemiology (outcomes and treatment), and health services research. Whereas kidney disease may be an inevitable part of normal aging, I believe that we can prevent the heart failure and cardiovascular morbidity that are consequences of kidney disease. A greater understanding of the interrelationship between chronic heart failure and chronic kidney disease will lead to greater survival in elderly persons with either condition.
My current funding includes the Paul Beeson Physician Faculty Scholar in Aging Research (2003), a Research Career Development Award from Veterans Affairs Health Services Research and Development Service (2000-2003); an NHLBI RO1 grant of which I am PI to evaluate mechanisms for the cardiovascular risk of kidney disease (2003-2005), and the RWJ Generalist Physician Scholars Award (2003-2007). My mentorship team includes Dr. Seth Landefeld (Geriatrics), Dr. Barry Massie (Cardiology), and Dr. Glenn Chertow (Nephrology). |
