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Andrew S. Levey is an American nephrologist who transformed Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) clinical practice, research and public health by developing equations to estimate glomerular filtration rate (GFR), and leading the global standardization of CKD definition and staging.
Education and career
Levey graduated from the University of Chicago in 1972 with a Bachelor of Arts in Biological Sciences and graduated as a Doctor of Medicine (MD) in 1976 at the Boston University School of Medicine.He became a Professor of Medicine in the Tufts University School of Medicine in 1994, and was Chief of the Division of Nephrology from 1999 to 2017.
Contributions
Levey is known for developing the most widely used equations to estimate GFR (Renal function) globally. He pioneered work with the MDRD Study Equation: Vorlage:R, led the CKD-Epidemiology Collaboration(CKD-EPI), which pooled measured kidney function CKD data from studies all over the world to develop equations to estimate kidney function from serum creatinine, cystatin C, and panels of metabolites and low molecular weight proteins Vorlage:RVorlage:R. The 2009 CKD-EPI creatinine equation is shown below:
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Levey is an authority on clinical practice guidelines in kidney disease. He chaired the U.S. National Kidney Foundation Kidney Disease Outcome Quality Initiative (KDOQI) Clinical Practice Guideline Workgroup on “Chronic Kidney Disease: Evaluation, Classification and Risk Stratification”Vorlage:R. The recommendations from this workgroup transformed the way Kidney Disease was defined and staged globally. The guideline has been cited over 10,000Vorlage:R times in subsequent research publications. He led multiple KDOQI and Kidney Disease Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO)Vorlage:R guidelines which advanced the global recognition and care for CKD Vorlage:RVorlage:RVorlage:RVorlage:R, HypertensionVorlage:R, Acute kidney injuryVorlage:R, Living Kidney Donor EvaluationVorlage:R, and Nomenclature Vorlage:R.
He was a founding member of the CKD Prognosis ConsortiumVorlage:R, which includes over 80 cohorts and 10 millionVorlage:R participants and has informed multiple clinical practice guidelines and regulatory policies.
He led the U.S. National Kidney Foundation task force on cardiovascular disease in chronic kidney disease, which led to the recognition by the American Heart Association of CKD as a risk factor for cardiovascular diseaseVorlage:RVorlage:R.
He co-chaired the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention expert panel to develop comprehensive public health strategies for preventing the development, progression, and complications of CKD Vorlage:R.
He led scientific workshops sponsored by the U.S. National Kidney Foundation in collaboration with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and European Medicines Association for the evaluation of Renal function as surrogate endpoints for clinical trials of kidney disease progressionVorlage:RVorlage:RVorlage:R.
He was editor-in-chief for American Journal of Kidney Diseases, the official journal of the U.S. National Kidney Foundation, from 2007-2016.
Awards
- Tufts University School of Medicine: Dr. Gerald J. and Dorothy R. Friedman Professor of Medicine (1999), Distinguished Faculty (2004); Dr. Gerald J. and Dorothy R. Friedman Professor of Medicine Emeritus (2017).
- Boston University School of Medicine: Distinguished Alumnus 2013
- National Kidney Foundation: President's Award (1998), Garabed Eknoyan Award (2002) and David M. Hume Award (2012).
- American Society of Nephrology: Belding H. Scribner Award (2013).
- American Association of Physicians: Member (2016)
- European Renal Association/European Dialysis and Transplant Association: Honorary Membership (2020)
- Web of Science High Cited Researcher Thomson Reuters and Clarivate Analytics (2014-2020).
Personal
Levey is married to Roberta Falke, MD. In 2009 he donated a kidney to her via a 3-pair transplantVorlage:R.