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2023

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  • 2023 - Research.com Medicine in Spain Leader Award

Overview

Alberto Ortiz is affiliated with the Autonomous University of Madrid in Spain and has contributed extensively to the field of medicine, with a focus on nephrology. Their work covers various subfields such as nephrology, endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism, cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, and surgery.

The primary research topics addressed by Alberto Ortiz include:

  • Chronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes
  • Dialysis and Renal Disease Management
  • Renal Diseases and Glomerulopathies
  • Diabetes Treatment and Management
  • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
  • Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies
  • Healthcare cost, quality, practices

Ortiz has published numerous papers, including recent notable contributions such as:

  • "Targeting the progression of chronic kidney disease" (2020) in Nature Reviews Nephrology
  • "Chronic kidney disease and the global public health agenda: an international consensus" (2024) in Nature Reviews Nephrology
  • "Chronic kidney disease is a key risk factor for severe COVID-19: a call to action by the ERA-EDTA" (2020) in Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation
  • "Regulated cell death pathways in kidney disease" (2023) in Nature Reviews Nephrology
  • "Targeting inflammation to treat diabetic kidney disease: the road to 2030" (2022) in Kidney International

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Alberto Ortiz include María Dolores Sánchez-Niño, Ana B. Sanz, Sol Carriazo, Marta Ruíz-Ortega, and Beatriz Fernández-Fernández. These collaborators reflect a network of research partnerships in related fields.

Regarding publication venues, their work is often found in journals such as:

  • Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation
  • Clinical Kidney Journal
  • Nefrología
  • Nefrología (English Edition)
  • Kidney International

Best Publications

  • Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 328 diseases and injuries for 195 countries, 1990–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016

    Theo Vos;Amanuel Alemu Abajobir;Kalkidan Hassen Abate;Cristiana Abbafati

  • Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

    Theo Vos;Theo Vos;Theo Vos;Stephen S. Lim;Cristiana Abbafati;Cristiana Abbafati;Cristiana Abbafati;Kaja M. Abbas;Kaja M. Abbas;Kaja M. Abbas

  • Minimal information for studies of extracellular vesicles 2018 (MISEV2018) : a position statement of the International Society for Extracellular Vesicles and update of the MISEV2014 guidelines

    Clotilde Théry;Kenneth W. Witwer;Elena Aikawa;Maria Jose Alcaraz

  • Global, regional, and national age-sex-specific mortality for 282 causes of death in 195 countries and territories, 1980-2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017

    Gregory A Roth;Gregory A Roth;Degu Abate;Kalkidan Hassen Abate;Solomon M Abay

  • Global burden of 87 risk factors in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

    Christopher J.L. Murray;Christopher J.L. Murray;Christopher J.L. Murray;Aleksandr Y. Aravkin;Aleksandr Y. Aravkin;Aleksandr Y. Aravkin;Peng Zheng;Peng Zheng;Peng Zheng;Cristiana Abbafati;Cristiana Abbafati;Cristiana Abbafati

  • Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 301 acute and chronic diseases and injuries in 188 countries, 1990-2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013

    Theo Vos;Ryan M. Barber;Brad Bell;Amelia Bertozzi-Villa

  • Global, regional, and national age-sex specific all-cause and cause-specific mortality for 240 causes of death, 1990-2013: A systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013

    Mohsen Naghavi;Haidong Wang;Rafael Lozano;Adrian Davis

  • Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 310 diseases and injuries, 1990–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015

    Theo Vos;Christine Allen;Megha Arora;Ryan M Barber

  • Global, regional, and national burden of chronic kidney disease, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017

    Boris Bikbov;Caroline A. Purcell;Andrew S. Levey;Mari Smith

  • Global, regional, and national life expectancy, all-cause mortality, and cause-specific mortality for 249 causes of death, 1980–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015

    Haidong Wang;Mohsen Naghavi;Christine Allen;Ryan M Barber

  • Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 84 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017 : a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017

    Jeffrey D. Stanaway;Ashkan Afshin;Emmanuela Gakidou;Stephen S. Lim

  • Global, regional, and national age-sex specific mortality for 264 causes of death, 1980–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016

    Mohsen Naghavi;Amanuel Alemu Abajobir;Cristiana Abbafati;Kaja M Abbas

  • Global, regional, and national disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) for 333 diseases and injuries and healthy life expectancy (HALE) for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016

    Simon I Hay;Amanuel Alemu Abajobir;Kalkidan Hassen Abate;Cristiana Abbafati

  • Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 84 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks, 1990–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016

    Amanuel Alemu Abajobir;Kalkidan Hassen Abate;Cristiana Abbafati;Kaja M. Abbas

  • Global, regional, and national disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) for 315 diseases and injuries and healthy life expectancy (HALE), 1990-2015 : a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015

    Nicholas J. Kassebaum;Megha Arora;Ryan M. Barber;Zulfiqar A. Bhutta;Zulfiqar A. Bhutta

  • Global age-sex-specific fertility, mortality, healthy life expectancy (HALE), and population estimates in 204 countries and territories, 1950–2019: a comprehensive demographic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

    Haidong Wang;Kaja M. Abbas;Mitra Abbasifard;Mohsen Abbasi-Kangevari

  • Global, regional, and national disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) for 306 diseases and injuries and healthy life expectancy (HALE) for 188 countries, 1990-2013 : quantifying the epidemiological transition

    Christopher J. L. Murray;Ryan M. Barber;Kyle J. Foreman;Ayse Abbasoglu Ozgoren

  • Global, regional, and national age-sex-specific mortality and life expectancy, 1950-2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017

    Daniel Dicker;Grant Nguyen;Degu Abate;Kalkidan Hassen Abate

  • Measuring performance on the Healthcare Access and Quality Index for 195 countries and territories and selected subnational locations: A systematic analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016

    Nancy Fullman;Jamal Yearwood;Solomon M Abay;Cristiana Abbafati

  • Targeting the progression of chronic kidney disease

    Marta Ruiz-Ortega;Sandra Rayego-Mateos;Santiago Lamas;Alberto Ortiz

Frequent Co-Authors

Jesús Egido
Jesús Egido Autonomous University of Madrid
Marta Ruiz-Ortega
Marta Ruiz-Ortega Autonomous University of Madrid
Adrian Covic
Adrian Covic Grigore T. Popa University of Medicine and Pharmacy
Juan Jesus Carrero
Juan Jesus Carrero Karolinska Institute
Johan Ärnlöv
Johan Ärnlöv Karolinska Institute
Christopher J L Murray
Christopher J L Murray University of Washington
Simon I. Hay
Simon I. Hay University of Washington
Bach Xuan Tran
Bach Xuan Tran Vietnam National University, Hanoi
Maziar Moradi-Lakeh
Maziar Moradi-Lakeh Iran University of Medical Sciences
Theo Vos
Theo Vos Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation

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