Csaba Pal Kovesdy MD

Summary

• Csaba P. Kovesdy, MD, is the Fred Hatch Professor of Medicine in Nephrology and Chief of Nephrology at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center. He serves as the Director of the Clinical Outcomes and Clinical Trials Program in Nephrology and Medical Director of the Clinical Trials Unit at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis, Tennessee. Dr. Kovesdy earned his medical degree Summa cum Laude from the University of Pecs Medical School in Pecs, Hungary. He completed his residency in Internal Medicine at the Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, MI, and a clinical fellowship in Nephrology at the Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center in Baltimore, MD.
  Dr. Kovesdy’s research interests focus on the clinical investigation of disease mechanisms and outcomes in patients with pre-dialysis chronic kidney disease and ESRD. His research involves clinical trials, observational analyses of large administrative databases and translational research experiments in patients with all stages of kidney disease. He has published his research in over 700 peer-reviewed articles, as well as numerous abstracts and book chapters. He is a Fellow of the American Society of Nephrology, and a member of the European Renal Association, the International Society of Nephrology and the International Society of Renal Nutrition and Metabolism. Dr. Kovesdy is President-Elect of the International Society of Renal Nutrition and Metabolism, and a Co-Director of the Renal Total Nutrition Therapy Course.