Drug Therapy

Saul Nurko, MD
Director, EPO Clinic, Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation

Address: Saul Nurko, MD, Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, A51, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44195

Saul Nurko, MD
Director, EPO Clinic, Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation

Address: Saul Nurko, MD, Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, A51, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44195

Saul Nurko, MD
Director, EPO Clinic, Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation

Address: Saul Nurko, MD, Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, A51, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44195

Jeffrey S. Berns, MD
Associate Professor, Renal, Electrolyte, and Hypertension Division, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia

Address: Jeffrey S. Berns, MD, Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, Medical Office Building #240, 41 North 39th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104; e-mail [email protected]

Jeffrey S. Berns, MD
Associate Professor, Renal, Electrolyte, and Hypertension Division, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia

Address: Jeffrey S. Berns, MD, Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, Medical Office Building #240, 41 North 39th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104; e-mail [email protected]

Jeffrey S. Berns, MD
Associate Professor, Renal, Electrolyte, and Hypertension Division, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia

Address: Jeffrey S. Berns, MD, Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, Medical Office Building #240, 41 North 39th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104; e-mail [email protected]

Alan M. Weiss, MD, MBA
Department of General Internal Medicine, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation

Address: Alan M. Weiss, MD, MBA, Department of General Internal Medicine, A91, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44195

Alan M. Weiss, MD, MBA
Department of General Internal Medicine, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation

Address: Alan M. Weiss, MD, MBA, Department of General Internal Medicine, A91, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44195

Alan M. Weiss, MD, MBA
Department of General Internal Medicine, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation

Address: Alan M. Weiss, MD, MBA, Department of General Internal Medicine, A91, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44195

Brian F. Mandell, MD, PhD
Editor in Chief

In the past 5 years I have received honoraria for presenting CME talks funded by Abbott Laboratories and Wyeth, have utilized unrestricted institutional educational grants from Abbott and Amgen for educational programs, have been an investigator in a phase II clinical trial for Centocor, and am a member of the Abbott Rheumatology Clinical Scholar Program advisory board.

Brian F. Mandell, MD, PhD
Editor in Chief

In the past 5 years I have received honoraria for presenting CME talks funded by Abbott Laboratories and Wyeth, have utilized unrestricted institutional educational grants from Abbott and Amgen for educational programs, have been an investigator in a phase II clinical trial for Centocor, and am a member of the Abbott Rheumatology Clinical Scholar Program advisory board.

Brian F. Mandell, MD, PhD
Editor in Chief

In the past 5 years I have received honoraria for presenting CME talks funded by Abbott Laboratories and Wyeth, have utilized unrestricted institutional educational grants from Abbott and Amgen for educational programs, have been an investigator in a phase II clinical trial for Centocor, and am a member of the Abbott Rheumatology Clinical Scholar Program advisory board.

Leonard Calabrese, DO
Head, Section of Clinical Immunology, Department of Rheumatic and Immunologic Disease, and Department of Infectious Diseases, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation; and Professor of Medicine, The Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University

Address: Leonard Calabrese, DO, Department of Rheumatologic and Immunologic Disease, A50, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44195; e-mail [email protected]

The author has indicated that he has served as a consultant to the Abbott and Amgen corporations.

Medical Grand Rounds articles are based on edited transcripts from Division of Medicine Grand Rounds presentations at The Cleveland Clinic Foundation. They are approved by the author but are not peer-reviewed.

Leonard Calabrese, DO
Head, Section of Clinical Immunology, Department of Rheumatic and Immunologic Disease, and Department of Infectious Diseases, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation; and Professor of Medicine, The Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University

Address: Leonard Calabrese, DO, Department of Rheumatologic and Immunologic Disease, A50, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44195; e-mail [email protected]

The author has indicated that he has served as a consultant to the Abbott and Amgen corporations.

Medical Grand Rounds articles are based on edited transcripts from Division of Medicine Grand Rounds presentations at The Cleveland Clinic Foundation. They are approved by the author but are not peer-reviewed.

Leonard Calabrese, DO
Head, Section of Clinical Immunology, Department of Rheumatic and Immunologic Disease, and Department of Infectious Diseases, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation; and Professor of Medicine, The Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University

Address: Leonard Calabrese, DO, Department of Rheumatologic and Immunologic Disease, A50, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44195; e-mail [email protected]

The author has indicated that he has served as a consultant to the Abbott and Amgen corporations.

Medical Grand Rounds articles are based on edited transcripts from Division of Medicine Grand Rounds presentations at The Cleveland Clinic Foundation. They are approved by the author but are not peer-reviewed.

Ravindran A. Padmanabhan, MD, MRCP (UK)
Department of Infectious Diseases, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation

Leonard H. Calabrese, DO
R.J. Fasenmyer Chair of Clinical Immunology, Vice Chairman, Department of Rheumatic and Immunologic Diseases, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation; Professor of Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University

Steven M. Gordon, MD
Chairman, Department of Infectious Diseases, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation; Professor of Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University

Address: Steven M. Gordon, MD, Department of Infectious Diseases, S32, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44195; e-mail [email protected]

Ravindran A. Padmanabhan, MD, MRCP (UK)
Department of Infectious Diseases, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation

Leonard H. Calabrese, DO
R.J. Fasenmyer Chair of Clinical Immunology, Vice Chairman, Department of Rheumatic and Immunologic Diseases, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation; Professor of Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University

Steven M. Gordon, MD
Chairman, Department of Infectious Diseases, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation; Professor of Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University

Address: Steven M. Gordon, MD, Department of Infectious Diseases, S32, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44195; e-mail [email protected]

Ravindran A. Padmanabhan, MD, MRCP (UK)
Department of Infectious Diseases, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation

Leonard H. Calabrese, DO
R.J. Fasenmyer Chair of Clinical Immunology, Vice Chairman, Department of Rheumatic and Immunologic Diseases, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation; Professor of Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University

Steven M. Gordon, MD
Chairman, Department of Infectious Diseases, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation; Professor of Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University

Address: Steven M. Gordon, MD, Department of Infectious Diseases, S32, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44195; e-mail [email protected]

Gerald B. Appel, MD
Director of Clinical Nephrology and Professor of Clinical Medicine, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY

Address: Gerald B. Appel, MD, Presbyterian Hospital, 622 West 168th Street, Room 4124, New York, NY 10032

The author indicates that he has been a speaker and a consultant for and has received research support from the Merck, Pfizer, AstraZeneca, Bristol-Myers Squib, Aspreva, Novartis, Roche, and Genentech corporations.

Medical Grand Rounds articles are based on edited transcripts from Division of Medicine Grand Rounds presentations at The Cleveland Clinic Foundation. They are approved by the author but are not peer-reviewed.

Gerald B. Appel, MD
Director of Clinical Nephrology and Professor of Clinical Medicine, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY

Address: Gerald B. Appel, MD, Presbyterian Hospital, 622 West 168th Street, Room 4124, New York, NY 10032

The author indicates that he has been a speaker and a consultant for and has received research support from the Merck, Pfizer, AstraZeneca, Bristol-Myers Squib, Aspreva, Novartis, Roche, and Genentech corporations.

Medical Grand Rounds articles are based on edited transcripts from Division of Medicine Grand Rounds presentations at The Cleveland Clinic Foundation. They are approved by the author but are not peer-reviewed.

Gerald B. Appel, MD
Director of Clinical Nephrology and Professor of Clinical Medicine, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY

Address: Gerald B. Appel, MD, Presbyterian Hospital, 622 West 168th Street, Room 4124, New York, NY 10032

The author indicates that he has been a speaker and a consultant for and has received research support from the Merck, Pfizer, AstraZeneca, Bristol-Myers Squib, Aspreva, Novartis, Roche, and Genentech corporations.

Medical Grand Rounds articles are based on edited transcripts from Division of Medicine Grand Rounds presentations at The Cleveland Clinic Foundation. They are approved by the author but are not peer-reviewed.

Kumar Budur, MD
Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation

Tatiana Falcone, MD
Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation

Kathleen Franco, MD
Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation

Address: Kathleen Franco, MD, Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, P57, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44195; e-mail [email protected]

Kumar Budur, MD
Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation

Tatiana Falcone, MD
Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation

Kathleen Franco, MD
Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation

Address: Kathleen Franco, MD, Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, P57, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44195; e-mail [email protected]

Kumar Budur, MD
Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation

Tatiana Falcone, MD
Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation

Kathleen Franco, MD
Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation

Address: Kathleen Franco, MD, Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, P57, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44195; e-mail [email protected]