
Paul Marc Palevsky MD
Acute Renal Failure, Chronic Renal Failure & Dialysis, Critical Care
Professor, Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
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University Drive DivisionVA Pittsburgh Healthcare SystemPittsburgh, PA 15240
Phone+1 412-688-6474
Fax+1 412-688-6908
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Education & Training
University of Pennsylvania Health SystemFellowship, Nephrology, 1984 - 1988
University of Pennsylvania Health SystemResidency, Internal Medicine, 1981 - 1984
Northwestern University The Feinberg School of MedicineClass of 1981
Northwestern UniversityB.S., 1975 - 1979
Certifications & Licensure
PA State Medical License 1984 - 2026
American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine Nephrology
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Fellow National Kidney Foundation, 2012
- Fellow American College of Chest Physicians, 1996
- J. Michael Lazarus Distinguished Award National Kidney Foundation, 2017
Clinical Trials
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Acute tubular injury versus acute interstitial nephritis in the kidney precision medicine project.Jennifer A Schaub, Rajasree Menon, Ricardo Melo Ferreira, Elizabeth Kiernan, Insa M Schmidt
JCI Insight. 2026-08-10 - Veterans Health Administration Peritoneal Dialysis Program Infrastructure and Clinical Practices: Findings from a Nationwide Questionnaire.Michael J Fischer, Scott Reule, Kerri L Cavanaugh, Anuradha Wadhwa, Chandana Reddy
Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. 2026-05-15 - Metabolic complications of citrate anticoagulation in continuous renal replacement therapy (crrt): a delphi consensus on indications, monitoring and management.Rita Jacobs, Antoine Schneider, Eric Hoste, Walter Verbrugghe, Sean Bagshaw
Critical Care. 2026-05-13
Journal Articles
- Coronary Strategies to Reduce Acute Kidney Injury and Improve Clinical Outcomes Following Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: A Subgroup Analysis of the PRESERVE TrialPaul M Palevsky, Santiago Garcia, Deepak L Bhatt, Steven D Weisbord, ScienceDirect
- Global Epidemiology and Outcomes of Acute Kidney InjuryLakhmir S Chawla, John A Kellum, Paul M Palevsky, Stuart L Goldstein, Nature
- Outcomes after angiography with sodium bicarbonate and acetylcysteineWeisbord SD, Gallagher M, Jneid H, Garcia S, Cass A, Thwin SS, Conner TA, Chertow GA, Bhatt DL, Shunk K, Parikh CR, McFalls EO, Brophy M, Ferguson R, Wu H, Androsenko ..., New England Journal of Medicine, 1/12/2017
Books/Book Chapters
Abstracts/Posters
- AKI biomarker expression in glomeruli of lupus nephritis biopsiesLiang KY, Emlet DR, Bastacky S, Palevsky PM, Kellum JA, Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, Annual Meeting of the American Society of Nephrology, 1/1/2017
- Detection of chlorite in dialysis water, an unrecognized safety issueCasey ET, Crowley ST, Birdsong J, Palevsky PM, Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, Annual Meeting of the American Society of Nephrology, 1/1/2017
- Thrombocytopenia predicts mortality in patients with AKI requiring renal replacement therapy (RRT)Griffin B, You Z, Palevsky PM, Faubel S, Jalal DI, Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, Annual Meeting of the American Society of Nephrology, 1/1/2017
Lectures
- Best of ASN Journals: CJASN and JASNAmerican Society of Nephrology Kidney Week 2019 - Washington, D.C. - 11/8/2019
- Acute Kidney Injury Highlights: What's TrendingMumbai, India - 1/1/2017
- Contrast-Associated Acute Kidney Injury: Addressing This Common ChallengeHarvard Medical School, Boston, MA - 1/1/2017
Other
- Intravenous FluidsPaul Palevsky, MD, Journal of the American Society of Nephrology
https://www.doximity.com/articles/88edf08c-5a3c-4dcc-9d00-d83d719c6a8f
UpToDate, Wolters Kluwer Health - 2013-03-17 - Intravenous FluidsPaul Palevsky, MD, Journal of the American Society of Nephrology
https://www.doximity.com/articles/88edf08c-5a3c-4dcc-9d00-d83d719c6a8f
UpToDate, Wolters Kluwer Health - 2012-03-21 - Intravenous FluidsPaul Palevsky, MD, Journal of the American Society of Nephrology
https://www.doximity.com/articles/88edf08c-5a3c-4dcc-9d00-d83d719c6a8f
UpToDate, Wolters Kluwer Health - 2013-03-21
Press Mentions
A Farewell Message from NKF President Dr. Sylvia E. RosasNovember 20th, 2024
Estimated GFR Can Widely Diverge from Measured GFRJuly 4th, 2022
Screening to Predict Development of Kidney Disease Underutilized, Doctors SayJune 24th, 2022
Grant Support
- The Pittsburgh Scientific and Data Research Center for the COPE-AKI Consortium (Pitt-SDRC)UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH2026–2028
Professional Memberships
- Fellow
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