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Csaba P. Kovesdy, M.D. (born 1968) is an American associate professor, nephrologist, clinician scientist, educator, administrator, consultant and outcome researcher.

Current Status
Kovesdy is currently Associate professor of of Clinical Internal Medicine at the University of Virginia School of Medicine in Charlottesville and Chief of Nephrology at Salem Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Salem, Virginia.

Affiliations
Kovesdy is a member of several professional societies including the American Society of Nephrology (ASN) and the International Society of Nephrology(ISN).

Area of Research
Kovesdy's main area of research include epidemiology and outcomes in non-dialysis dependent (NDD) chronic kidney disease (CKD). As of mid 2011, he has published over 110 scientific articles that are indexed in PubMed. Among his pioneering contributions are assocaition of secondary hyperparathyroidism with increased mortality, obesity paradox, and protein-energy wasting in in NDD-CKD patients, and the systematic presentation of the concept of burnt-out diabetes mellitus. The latter terminology was first discussed by Indian nephrologists in The Hindu (reference) and then systematically discussed by Csaba P. Kovesdy and his colleagues in an article that appeared early 2010 in the Seminars in Dialysis. Kovesdy lectures frequently on various topics related to clinical nephrology including CKD, dialysis treatment and hypertension.

External Link

 * PubMed publications of C.P. Kovesdy
 * PubMed publications about "burnt-out diabetes"
 * PubMed publications about obesity paradox