KevinWFinkelMD

Nephrology • Houston, TX

Professor of Medicine, University Tex Houston

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Office
University of Texas Medical School
6431 Fannin MSB 5.134
Houston, TX 77030
Phone+1 713-500-6868

Fax+1 713-500-6882
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Education & Training

Washington University/B-JH/SLCH ConsortiumFellowship, Nephrology, 1991 - 1994
McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern UniversityResidency, Internal Medicine, 1987 - 1990
McGovern Medical School at UTHealthClass of 1987

Certifications & Licensure

TX State Medical License 1994 - 2024
IL State Medical License 1987 - 1993

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Regional Top Doctor Castle Connolly, 2014
Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, 2012
Fellow (FCCM) American College of Critical Care Medicine
Fellow (ASNF) American Society of Nephrology
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Clinical Trials

Hemofiltration in Burns: RESCUE (Randomized Controlled Evaluation of Hemofiltration in Adult Burn Patients With Septic Shock and Acute Renal Failure) Start of enrollment: 2011 Aug 01
Unknown status
Not Applicable

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

3 citations
Onconephrology.
Jaya Kala, Kevin W Finkel> ;Critical Care Clinics. 2021 Apr 1
7 citations
Urinary cell cycle arrest proteins urinary tissue inhibitor of metalloprotease 2 and insulin-like growth factor binding protein 7 predict acute kidney injury after sev...
Gabrielle E. Hatton, Yao Wei Wang, Kayla D. Isbell, Kevin W. Finkel, Lillian S. Kao, Charles E. Wade> ;The Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery. 2020 Oct 1
28 citations
Positive Fluid Balance and Association with Post-Traumatic Acute Kidney Injury
Gabrielle E. Hatton, Reginald E. Du, Shuyan Wei, John A. Harvin, Kevin W. Finkel, Charles E. Wade, Lillian S. Kao> ;Journal of the American College of Surgeons. 2020 Feb 1
14 citations
Choice of Reference Creatinine for Post-Traumatic Acute Kidney Injury Diagnosis.
Gabrielle E. Hatton, Reginald E. Du, Claudia Pedroza, Shuyan Wei, John A. Harvin, Kevin W. Finkel, Charles E. Wade, Lillian S. Kao> ;Journal of the American College of Surgeons. 2019 Dec 1
1 citations
Is There Such a Thing As Too Much Kidney Function
Kevin W. Finkel> ;Critical Care Medicine. 2019 Jun 1
Hemodynamic Stability During Prolonged Intermittent Renal Replacement Therapy-Time to Chill Out.
Kevin W. Finkel> ;Critical Care Medicine. 2019 Feb 1
7 citations
Extracorporeal Removal of Light Chains: New Data and Continued Controversies.
Kevin W. Finkel, Maurizio Gallieni> ;Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. 2018 Nov 7
7 citations
Rates for HEDIS Screening for Diabetic Nephropathy Quality Measure May Be Overstated.
Trudy Millard Krause, Cecilia Ganduglia-Cazaban, Kevin W. Finkel> ;Managed Care. 2018 Aug 1
148 citations
Outcomes in Patients with Vasodilatory Shock and Renal Replacement Therapy Treated with Intravenous Angiotensin II
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1 citations
Risk Predictors for Postcontrast Acute Kidney Injury.
Trudy Millard Krause, Maria Ukhanova, Frances Lee Revere, Kevin W. Finkel> ;Journal of the American College of Radiology. 2018 May 22
18 citations
Visualization of West Nile Virus in Urine Sediment using Electron Microscopy and Immunogold up to Nine Years Postinfection.
Kristy O. Murray, Steven Kolodziej, Shannon E. Ronca, Rodion Gorchakov, Patricia Navarro, Melissa S. Nolan, Amber S. Podoll, Kevin W. Finkel, Sreedhar Mandayam> ;The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 2017 Jan 1
42 citations
Clinical experience with IV angiotensin II administration: A systematic review of safety
Laurence W. Busse, Xueyuan Shelly Wang, Divya M. Chalikonda, Kevin W. Finkel, Ashish Khanna, Harold M. Szerlip, David Yoo, Sharon L. Dana, Lakhmir S. Chawla> ;Critical Care Medicine. 2017 Aug 1
7 citations
Paraprotein–Related Kidney Disease: Attack of the Killer M Proteins
Mark A. Perazella, Kevin W. Finkel> ;Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. 2016 Dec 7
19 citations
Light chains removal by extracorporeal techniques in acute kidney injury due to multiple myeloma: a position statement of the Onconephrology Work Group of the Italian ...
Paolo Fabbrini, Kevin W. Finkel, Maurizio Gallieni, Giovambattista Capasso, Michele Cavo, Alessandra Santoro, Sonia Pasquali> ;Journal of Nephrology. 2016 Oct 18
32 citations
Paraprotein–Related Kidney Disease: Evaluation and Treatment of Myeloma Cast Nephropathy
Kevin W. Finkel, Eric P. Cohen, Anushree C. Shirali, Ala Abudayyeh> ;Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. 2016 Aug 15
33 citations
Biomarker Enhanced Risk Prediction for Adverse Outcomes in Critically Ill Patients Receiving RRT
Francis Pike, Raghavan Murugan, Christopher Keener, Paul M. Palevsky, Anitha Vijayan, Mark Unruh, Kevin W. Finkel, Xiaoyan Wen, John A. Kellum> ;Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. 2015 Aug 7
36 citations
A multi-center, randomized, controlled, pivotal study to assess the safety and efficacy of a selective cytopheretic device in patients with acute kidney injury
James A. Tumlin, Claude Galphin, Ashita Tolwani, Micah R. Chan, Anitha Vijayan, Kevin W. Finkel, Balazs Szamosfalvi, Devasmita Dev, J. Ricardo Dasilva, Brad C. Astor, ...> ;Plos One. 2015 Aug 5
24 citations
Associations between Intensity of RRT, Inflammatory Mediators, and Outcomes
Raghavan Murugan, Xiaoyan Wen, Christopher Keener, Francis Pike, Paul M. Palevsky, Mark Unruh, Kevin W. Finkel, Anitha Vijayan, Michele Elder, Yi Fan Chen, John A. Kellum> ;Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. 2015 Jun 5
8 citations
Prevention of acute kidney injury using vasoactive or antiplatelet treatment: three strikes and out?
Wolfgang C. Winkelmayer, Kevin W. Finkel> ;JAMA. 2014 Dec 3
54 citations
Plasma inflammatory and apoptosis markers are associated with dialysis dependence and death among critically ill patients receiving renal replacement therapy
Raghavan Murugan, Xiaoyan Wen, Nilesh Shah, MinJae Lee, Lan Kong, Francis Pike, Christopher Keener, Mark Unruh, Kevin W. Finkel, Anitha Vijayan, Paul M. Palevsky, Emil...> ;Nephrology, Dialysis, Transplantation. 2014 Oct 1
15 citations
Onco-Nephrology: An Invitation to a New Field
Kevin W. Finkel, Scott C. Howard> ;Journal of Clinical Oncology. 2014 Aug 1
12 citations
Treatment of acute kidney injury with cast nephropathy.
Carl Walther, Amber S. Podoll, Kevin W. Finkel> ;Clinical Nephrology. 2014 Jul 1
1 citations
Is High Cut-Off Hemodialysis Effective in Myeloma Kidney?
Kevin W. Finkel> ;Seminars in Dialysis. 2014 Mar 25
14 citations
Summary of Clinical Practice Guidelines for Acute Kidney Injury
Carl Walther, Amber S. Podoll, Kevin W. Finkel> ;Hospital Practice. 2014 Feb 1
48 citations
Incidence and outcome of early acute kidney injury in critically-ill trauma patients.
Amber S. Podoll, Rosemary A. Kozar, John B. Holcomb, Kevin W. Finkel> ;Plos One. 2013 Oct 17
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