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Overview

Josef Coresh is affiliated with New York University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the field of Medicine, with specialization in subfields such as Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Nephrology, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Physiology, and Molecular Biology.

The main topics covered by Coresh's work include:

  • Chronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes
  • Cardiovascular Health and Risk Factors
  • Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies
  • Dialysis and Renal Disease Management
  • Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors
  • Nutritional Studies and Diet
  • Cardiovascular Disease and Adiposity

Coresh has published extensively in notable venues, with frequent publications appearing in:

  • Circulation
  • UNC Libraries
  • Journal of the American Society of Nephrology
  • Journal of the American College of Cardiology
  • American Journal of Kidney Diseases

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Josef Coresh include:

  • Global Burden of Cardiovascular Diseases and Risk Factors, 1990-2019 (2020), Journal of the American College of Cardiology
  • Cardiovascular-Kidney-Metabolic Health: A Presidential Advisory From the American Heart Association (2023), Circulation
  • A Synopsis of the Evidence for the Science and Clinical Management of Cardiovascular-Kidney-Metabolic (CKM) Syndrome: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association (2023), Circulation
  • Trends in Diabetes Treatment and Control in U.S. Adults, 1999-2018 (2021), New England Journal of Medicine
  • Development and Validation of the American Heart Association's PREVENT Equations (2023), Circulation

Frequent collaborators of Coresh include:

  • Morgan E. Grams
  • Kunihiro Matsushita
  • Christie M. Ballantyne
  • Elizabeth Selvin
  • Chiadi E. Ndumele

Josef Coresh has been recognized as a Member of the Association of American Physicians.

Best Publications

  • A New Equation to Estimate Glomerular Filtration Rate

    Andrew S. Levey;Lesley A. Stevens;Christopher H. Schmid;Yaping (Lucy) Zhang

  • Global Burden of Cardiovascular Diseases and Risk Factors, 1990–2019: Update From the GBD 2019 Study

    Gregory A. Roth;George A. Mensah;Catherine O. Johnson;Giovanni Addolorato

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

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

  • Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 79 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks in 188 countries, 1990-2013: A systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013

    Mohammad H Forouzanfar;Lily Alexander;H Ross Anderson;Victoria F Bachman

  • Kidney disease as a risk factor for development of cardiovascular disease: a statement from the American Heart Association Councils on Kidney in Cardiovascular Disease, High Blood Pressure Research, Clinical Cardiology, and Epidemiology and Prevention.

    Mark J. Sarnak;Andrew S. Levey;Anton C. Schoolwerth;Josef Coresh

  • 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 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

  • Prevalence of Chronic Kidney Disease in the United States

    Josef Coresh;Elizabeth Selvin;Lesley A. Stevens;Jane Manzi

  • Using standardized serum creatinine values in the modification of diet in renal disease study equation for estimating glomerular filtration rate.

    Andrew S. Levey;Josef Coresh;Tom Greene;Lesley A. Stevens

  • 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

  • Association of estimated glomerular filtration rate and albuminuria with all-cause and cardiovascular mortality in general population cohorts: a collaborative meta-analysis.

    Kunihiro Matsushita;Marije van der Velde;Brad C. Astor;Mark Woodward

  • Definition and classification of chronic kidney disease: A position statement from Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO)

    Andrew S. Levey;Kai-Uwe Eckardt;Yusuke Tsukamoto;Adeera Levin

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

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

  • Prevalence of chronic kidney disease and decreased kidney function in the adult US population: Third national health and nutrition examination survey

    Josef Coresh;Brad C. Astor;Tom Greene;Garabed Eknoyan

  • Estimating glomerular filtration rate from serum creatinine and cystatin C.

    Lesley A. Inker;Christopher H. Schmid;Hocine Tighiouart;John H. Eckfeldt

  • Assessing Kidney Function — Measured and Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate

    Lesley A. Stevens;Josef Coresh;Tom Greene;Andrew S. Levey

  • Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 79 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks in 188 countries, 1990-2013

    Mohammad H. Forouzanfar;Lily Alexander;H. Ross Anderson;Victoria F. Bachman

  • Kidney disease: improving global outcomes (KDIGO) CKD work group. KDIGO 2012 clinical practice guideline for the evaluation and management of chronic kidney disease

    A Levin;PE Stevens;RW Bilous;J Coresh

  • The definition, classification, and prognosis of chronic kidney disease: a KDIGO Controversies Conference report

    Andrew S. Levey;Paul E. de Jong;Josef Coresh;Meguid E.l. Nahas

  • 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

Frequent Co-Authors

Elizabeth Selvin
Elizabeth Selvin Johns Hopkins University
Morgan E. Grams
Morgan E. Grams Johns Hopkins University
Kunihiro Matsushita
Kunihiro Matsushita Johns Hopkins University
Andrew S. Levey
Andrew S. Levey Tufts Medical Center
Eric Boerwinkle
Eric Boerwinkle The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Christie M. Ballantyne
Christie M. Ballantyne Baylor College of Medicine
Anna Köttgen
Anna Köttgen University of Freiburg
Brad C. Astor
Brad C. Astor University of Wisconsin–Madison
Thomas H. Mosley
Thomas H. Mosley University of Mississippi Medical Center
Aaron R. Folsom
Aaron R. Folsom University of Minnesota

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