FernandoG.CosioMD

Nephrology • Rochester, MN

Professor, Internal Medicine, Mayo Medical School

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Office
200 1st St Sw
Rochester, MN 55905
Phone+1 507-284-2511
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Education & Training

University of MinnesotaFellowship, Nephrology, 1978 - 1980
Hennepin HealthcareResidency, Internal Medicine, 1974 - 1978
University of Valladolid Faculty of MedicineClass of 1973

Certifications & Licensure

MN State Medical License 1978 - 2024
WI State Medical License 2013 - 2019
American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine Nephrology

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Fellow (ASNF) American Society of Nephrology

Clinical Trials

The Study of Long-term Deterioration of Kidney Transplants. Start of enrollment: 2005 Oct 01
Completed
A Study of Factors That Affect Long-Term Kidney Transplant Function Start of enrollment: 2005 Oct 01
Completed

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

4 citations
Incorporation of Genetic Studies in the Kidney Transplant Evaluation Clinic: The Value of a Multidisciplinary Approach.
Mireille El Ters, Filippo Pinto E Vairo, Carri Prochnow, Carrie Schinstock, Patrick Dean, Jennifer Kemppainen, Konstantinos Lazaridis, Fernando Cosio, Fernando C Ferve...> ;Transplantation. 2023 Apr 1
1 citations
Corrigendum to Heybeli C, Bentall A, Wen J, et al. A study from The Mayo Clinic evaluated long-term outcomes of kidney transplantation in patients with immunoglobulin ...
Cihan Heybeli, Andrew Bentall, Jiqiu Wen, Mariam P. Alexander, Francis K. Buadi, Fernando G. Cosio, Patrick G. Dean, Angela Dispenzieri, David Dingli, Mireille El Ters...> ;Kidney International. 2021 Dec 1
8 citations
Impact of Pregnancy on GFR Decline and Kidney Histology In Kidney Transplant Recipients
Andrea G. Kattah, Sam Albadri, Mariam P. Alexander, Byron H. Smith, Santosh Parashuram, Marin L. Mai, Hasan Khamash, Fernando G. Cosio> ;Kidney International Reports. 2021 Oct 30
Risk Prediction for Delayed Allograft Function: Analysis of The Deterioration of Kidney Allograft Function (Dekaf) Study Data
Arthur J. Matas, Erika S. Helgeson, Ann Fieberg, Robert E Leduc, R. Gaston, Bertram L. Kasiske, David Rush, Lawrence Hunsicker, Fernando G. Cosio, Joseph P. Grande, J....> ;Transplantation. 2021 Feb 23
1 citations
Pregnancy, Contraception, and Menopause in Advanced Chronic Kidney Disease and Kidney Transplant.
Virginia Dines, Vesna D. Garovic, Santosh Parashuram, Fernando G. Cosio, Andrea G. Kattah> ;Women's Health Reports. 2021 Jan 1
16 citations
i-IFTA and chronic active T cell-mediated rejection: A tale of 2 (DeKAF) cohorts.
Erika S. Helgeson, Roslyn B. Mannon, Joseph P. Grande, Robert S. Gaston, Michael Cecka, Bertram L. Kasiske, David N. Rush, Sita Gourishankar, Fernando G. Cosio, Lawren...> ;American Journal of Transplantation. 2021 May 1
Long-term Outcomes of Sequential Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation and Kidney Transplantation: Single-center Experience.
Carla Leal Moreira, M. Hasib Sidiqi, Francis K. Buadi, Mark R. Litzow, Morie A. Gertz, Angela Dispenzieri, Stephen J. Russell, Stephen M. Ansell, Mark D. Stegall, Mike...> ;Transplantation. 2021 Jul 1
12 citations
Recurrence of DNAJB9-Positive Fibrillary Glomerulonephritis After Kidney Transplantation: A Case Series
Mireille El Ters, Shane A. Bobart, Lynn D. Cornell, Nelson Leung, Andrew Bentall, Sanjeev Sethi, Mary E. Fidler, Joseph P. Grande, Loren P. Herrera Hernandez, Fernando...> ;American Journal of Kidney Diseases. 2020 Oct 1
6 citations
Standardized reporting of monoclonal immunoglobulin-associated renal diseases: recommendations from a Mayo Clinic/Renal Pathology Society Working Group.
Sanjeev Sethi, Cynthia C. Nast, Vivette D. D'Agati, Fernando C. Fervenza, Richard J. Glassock, Michael B. Stokes, An S. De Vriese, Gerald B. Appel, Anthony Chang, Fern...> ;Kidney International. 2020 Aug 1
12 citations
A study from The Mayo Clinic evaluated long-term outcomes of kidney transplantation in patients with immunoglobulin light chain amyloidosis
Cihan Heybeli, Andrew Bentall, Jiqiu Wen, Mariam P. Alexander, Francis K. Buadi, Fernando G. Cosio, Patrick G. Dean, Angela Dispenzieri, David Dingli, Mireille El Ters...> ;Kidney International. 2021 Mar 1
9 citations
Competing Risk Analysis in Renal Allograft Survival: A New Perspective to an Old Problem.
Mireille El Ters, Byron H. Smith, Fernando G. Cosio, Walter K. Kremers> ;Transplantation. 2021 Mar 1
17 citations
Inflammation in areas of fibrosis: The DeKAF prospective cohort.
Arthur J. Matas, Erika S. Helgeson, Robert S. Gaston, Fernando G. Cosio, Roslyn B. Mannon, Bertram L. Kasiske, Lawrence G. Hunsicker, Sita Gourishankar, David N. Rush,...> ;American Journal of Transplantation. 2020 Sep 1
2 citations
De novo pauci-immune glomerulonephritis in renal allografts.
Alessia Buglioni, Mary E. Fidler, Mariam P. Alexander, Sanjeev Sethi, Samih H. Nasr, Loren P. Herrera Hernandez, Joseph P. Grande, Fernando G. Cosio, Lynn D. Cornell> ;Modern Pathology. 2020 Mar 1
13 citations
Using computer‐assisted morphometrics of 5‐year biopsies to identify biomarkers of late renal allograft loss
Martha C. Morales, Walter D. Park, Byron H. Smith, Walter K. Kremers, Mariam P. Alexander, Fernando G. Cosio, Andrew D. Rule, Mark D. Stegall> ;American Journal of Transplantation. 2019 Oct 1
12 citations
Recurrent Proliferative Glomerulonephritis With Monoclonal Immunoglobulin Deposits in Kidney Allografts Treated With Anti-CD20 Antibodies.
Anna Buxeda, Samar M. Said, Samih H. Nasr, Nelson Leung, Mireille El Ters, Fernando G. Cosio> ;Transplantation. 2019 Jul 1
19 citations
Long-term follow-up of the DeKAF cross-sectional cohort study.
Arthur J. Matas, Ann M. Fieberg, Roslyn B. Mannon, Robert E Leduc, Joe Grande, Bertram L. Kasiske, Michael Cecka, Robert S. Gaston, Lawrence G. Hunsicker, John E. Conn...> ;American Journal of Transplantation. 2019 May 1
26 citations
The Relationship Between Frailty and Decreased Physical Performance With Death on the Kidney Transplant Waiting List.
Elizabeth C. Lorenz, Fernando G. Cosio, Shari Bernard, Steven D. Bogard, Brian R. Bjerke, Elizabeth N. Geissler, Steven W. Hanna, Walter K. Kremers, Yijing Cheng, Mark...> ;Progress in Transplantation. 2019 Mar 17
6 citations
Karyomegalic interstitial nephritis in a renal allograft.
Aishwarya Ravindran, Cherise Cortese, Christopher P. Larsen, Hani M. Wadei, Manish J. Gandhi, Fernando G. Cosio, Sanjeev Sethi> ;American Journal of Transplantation. 2019 Jan 1
1 citations
Long-term immunosuppression adherence after kidney transplant and relationship to allograft histology
Elizabeth C. Lorenz, Byron H. Smith, Fernando G. Cosio, Carrie A. Schinstock, Nilay Shah, Paul N. Groehler, Jayson S. Verdick, Walter D. Park, Mark D. Stegall> ;Transplantation Direct. 2018 Sep 7
42 citations
Proliferative glomerulonephritis with monoclonal immunoglobulin G deposits is associated with high rate of early recurrence in the allograft.
Samar M. Said, Fernando G. Cosio, Anthony M. Valeri, Nelson Leung, Sanjeev Sethi, Hassan Salameh, Lynn D. Cornell, Mary E. Fidler, Mariam P. Alexander, Fernando C. Fer...> ;Kidney International. 2018 Jul 1
31 citations
De novo donor-specific antibody following BK nephropathy: The incidence and association with antibody-mediated rejection.
Wisit Cheungpasitporn, Walter K. Kremers, Elizabeth C. Lorenz, Hatem Amer, Fernando G. Cosio, Mark D. Stegall, Manish J. Gandhi, Carrie A. Schinstock> ;Clinical Transplantation. 2018 Mar 1
32 citations
Late graft failure after kidney transplantation as the consequence of late versus early events
Robert S. Gaston, Ann M. Fieberg, Lawrence G. Hunsicker, Bertram L. Kasiske, Robert E Leduc, Fernando G. Cosio, Sita Gourishankar, Joseph P. Grande, Roslyn B. Mannon, ...> ;American Journal of Transplantation. 2018 May 1
42 citations
Kidney Transplant With Low Levels of DSA or Low Positive B-Flow Crossmatch: An Underappreciated Option for Highly Sensitized Transplant Candidates.
Carrie A. Schinstock, Manish J. Gandhi, Wisit Cheungpasitporn, Donald Mitema, Mikel Prieto, Patrick G. Dean, Lynn D. Cornell, Fernando G. Cosio, Mark D. Stegall> ;Transplantation. 2017 Oct 1
50 citations
Renal Allograft Histology at 10 Years After Transplantation in the Tacrolimus Era: Evidence of Pervasive Chronic Injury.
Mark D. Stegall, Lynn D. Cornell, Walter D. Park, Byron H. Smith, Fernando G. Cosio> ;American Journal of Transplantation. 2018 Jan 1
7 citations
Soluble ST2 does not change cardiovascular risk prediction compared to cardiac troponin T in kidney transplant candidates
Mira T. Keddis, Ziad M. El-Zoghby, Bruce Kaplan, Jeffrey W. Meeusen, Leslie J. Donato, Fernando G. Cosio, D. Eric Steidley> ;Plos One. 2017 Jul 13
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Press Mentions

What Hawaii Must Do to Protect Us All from COVID-19March 18th, 2020
5-Year Survival of Diabetes and Non-Diabetes Patients Post-Kidney Transplant Now Nearly EqualMay 6th, 2014

Grant Support

Humoral Immune Mechanisms In The Pathogenesis Of Transplant Vascular SclerosisNational Institute Of Allergy And Infectious Diseases1996–2000
Adhesion Of Glomerular Cell To MatrixNational Institute Of Diabetes And Digestive And Kidney Diseases1994
Adhesion Of Human Glomerular Cell To MatrixNational Institute Of Diabetes And Digestive And Kidney Diseases1991–1993