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Ethan M Balk is affiliated with Brown University in the United States and has contributed extensively to medical research with a primary focus in the field of Medicine. Their work spans various subfields including Surgery, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Rheumatology, and Epidemiology.

Their research covers a range of topics, with notable emphasis on pelvic floor disorders treatments, anorectal disease treatments and outcomes, uterine myomas and treatments, clinical practice guidelines implementation, maternal and perinatal health interventions, endometriosis research and treatment, and vitamin D research studies.

Frequent publication venues for their work include:

  • Obstetrics and Gynecology
  • Annals of Internal Medicine
  • American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
  • Kidney International
  • Obstetrical & Gynecological Survey

Among recent papers associated with their research network or fields of interest are:

  • Summary of the Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) Clinical Practice Guideline on the Evaluation and Management of Candidates for Kidney Transplantation, 2020, Transplantation
  • Vitamin D and Risk for Type 2 Diabetes in People With Prediabetes, 2023, Annals of Internal Medicine
  • A guide for urogynecologic patient care utilizing telemedicine during the COVID-19 pandemic: review of existing evidence, 2020, International Urogynecology Journal
  • Brief Behavioral Interventions for Substance Use in Adolescents: A Meta-analysis, 2020, PEDIATRICS
  • Newer Pharmacologic Treatments in Adults With Type 2 Diabetes: A Clinical Guideline From the American College of Physicians, 2024, Annals of Internal Medicine

Collaboration is evident through frequent co-authors including:

  • Gaelen P. Adam
  • Kate V. Meriwether
  • Danielle D. Antosh
  • Amir Qaseem
  • Peter C. Jeppson

The researcher's scientific output reflects a broad and interdisciplinary approach primarily concentrated on clinical medicine and public health. Their investigations encompass both clinical guidelines and conditions impacting women's health, metabolic disorders, and surgical outcomes.

Best Publications

  • K/DOQI clinical practice guidelines for chronic kidney disease: Evaluation, classification, and stratification

    Andrew S. Levey;Josef Coresh;Kline Bolton;Bruce Culleton

  • NATIONAL KIDNEY FOUNDATION PRACTICE GUIDELINES FOR CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE: EVALUATION, CLASSIFICATION, AND STRATIFICATION

    Andrew S. Levey;Josef Coresh;Ethan Balk;Annamaria T. Kausz

  • KDIGO clinical practice guideline for the care of kidney transplant recipients: a summary

    Bertram L. Kasiske;Martin G. Zeier;Jeremy R. Chapman;Jonathan C. Craig

  • Influence of reported study design characteristics on intervention effect estimates from randomized, controlled trials.

    Jelena Savović;Hayley E Jones;Douglas G Altman;Ross J Harris

  • Influence of reported study design characteristics on intervention effect estimates from randomised controlled trials: combined analysis of meta-epidemiological studies

    J Savović;HE Jones;DG Altman;RJ Harris

  • The Clinically Inapparent Adrenal Mass: Update in Diagnosis and Management

    Georg Mansmann;Joseph Lau;Ethan Balk;Michael Rothberg

  • n−3 Fatty acids from fish or fish-oil supplements, but not α-linolenic acid, benefit cardiovascular disease outcomes in primary- and secondary-prevention studies: a systematic review

    Chenchen Wang;William S Harris;Mei Chung;Alice H Lichtenstein

  • Systematic review: Vitamin D and cardiometabolic outcomes.

    Anastassios G Pittas;Mei Chung;Thomas Trikalinos;Joanna Mitri

  • Effects of omega-3 fatty acids on serum markers of cardiovascular disease risk: a systematic review

    Ethan M. Balk;Alice H. Lichtenstein;Mei Chung;Bruce Kupelnick

  • National Kidney Foundation's Kidney Disease Outcomes Quality Initiative clinical practice guidelines for chronic kidney disease in children and adolescents: evaluation, classification, and stratification.

    Ronald J. Hogg;Susan Furth;Susan Furth;Kevin V. Lemley;Ronald Portman

  • Meta-analysis: The Effect of Dietary Counseling for Weight Loss

    Michael L Dansinger;Athina Tatsioni;John B Wong;Mei Chung

  • Vitamin D and calcium: a systematic review of health outcomes.

    Mei Chung;Ethan M Balk;Michael Brendel;Stanley Ip

  • Correlation of quality measures with estimates of treatment effect in meta-analyses of randomized controlled trials.

    Ethan M. Balk;Peter A. L. Bonis;Harry Moskowitz;Christopher H. Schmid

  • Bleeding complications of native kidney biopsy: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

    Kristin M. Corapi;Joline L.T. Chen;Ethan M. Balk;Craig E. Gordon

  • Reconstruction of the anterior cruciate ligament: meta-analysis of patellar tendon versus hamstring tendon autograft.

    John P. Goldblatt;Sean E. Fitzsimmons;Ethan Balk;John C. Richmond

  • Self-Measured Blood Pressure Monitoring in the Management of Hypertension: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

    Katrin Uhlig;Kamal Patel;Stanley Ip;Georgios D. Kitsios

  • K/DOQI clinical practice guidelines for chronic kidney disease

    Andrew S. Levey;Josef Coresh;Kline Bolton;Bruce Culleton

  • Combined Diet and Physical Activity Promotion Programs to Prevent Type 2 Diabetes Among Persons at Increased Risk: A Systematic Review for the Community Preventive Services Task Force

    Ethan M. Balk;Amy Earley;Gowri Raman;Esther A. Avendano

  • The Clinically Inapparent Adrenal Mass: Update in Diagnosis and Management

    G. Mannsmann;S. R. Bornstein

  • Vitamin D and Calcium

    Mei Chung;Ethan M Balk;Michael Brendel;Stanley Ip

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas A Trikalinos
Thomas A Trikalinos Brown University
Joseph Lau
Joseph Lau Chinese University of Hong Kong
Alice H. Lichtenstein
Alice H. Lichtenstein Tufts University
John P. A. Ioannidis
John P. A. Ioannidis Stanford University
Keith P. West
Keith P. West Johns Hopkins University
Paul G. Shekelle
Paul G. Shekelle RAND Corporation
Robert M. Russell
Robert M. Russell Tufts University
Bertram L. Kasiske
Bertram L. Kasiske Hennepin County Medical Center
Thomas F. O'Donnell
Thomas F. O'Donnell Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
John B. Wong
John B. Wong Tufts University

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