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Marcello Tonelli

Marcello Tonelli

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Medicine
Canada
2023

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Medicine

D-Index
167
Citations
252161
World Ranking
572
National Ranking
15

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Medicine in Canada Leader Award

Overview

Marcello Tonelli is affiliated with the University of Calgary in Canada. Their research portfolio centers primarily on nephrology within the broader field of medicine, with a particular focus on dialysis, renal disease management, and chronic kidney disease related to diabetes.

The scientist has contributed significantly to key topics including:

  • Dialysis and Renal Disease Management
  • Chronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes
  • Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
  • Organ Donation and Transplantation
  • Healthcare cost, quality, practices
  • Acute Kidney Injury Research
  • Diabetes Treatment and Management

Their main subfields of study further detail this expertise as:

  • Nephrology
  • General Health Professions
  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
  • Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
  • Economics and Econometrics

Marcello Tonelli has coauthored extensively with several frequent collaborators including:

  • Vivekanand Jha
  • David W. Johnson
  • Ikechi G. Okpechi
  • Brenda R. Hemmelgarn
  • Fergus Caskey

Their publications are found predominantly in specialized venues such as:

  • Kidney International
  • Kidney International Supplements
  • Canadian Journal of Kidney Health and Disease
  • Journal of the American Society of Nephrology
  • Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Recent notable papers include:

  • KDIGO 2022 Clinical Practice Guideline for Diabetes Management in Chronic Kidney Disease, 2022, Kidney International
  • Executive summary of the KDIGO 2021 Guideline for the Management of Glomerular Diseases, 2021, Kidney International
  • Sodium-glucose cotransporter protein-2 (SGLT-2) inhibitors and glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonists for type 2 diabetes: systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials, 2021, BMJ
  • The current and future landscape of dialysis, 2020, Nature Reviews Nephrology
  • Controversies in acute kidney injury: conclusions from a Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) Conference, 2020, Kidney International

Marcello Tonelli's body of work demonstrates an interdisciplinary approach involving clinical nephrology, epidemiology, and health economics. Their research contributes to the understanding of disease management protocols, treatment innovations, and health outcome evaluations within kidney disease and diabetes care contexts.

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

  • Disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) for 291 diseases and injuries in 21 regions, 1990-2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010

    Christopher J.L. Murray;Theo Vos;Rafael Lozano;Mohsen Naghavi

  • Years lived with disability (YLDs) for 1160 sequelae of 289 diseases and injuries 1990-2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010

    Theo Vos;Abraham D. Flaxman;Mohsen Naghavi;Rafael Lozano

  • 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

  • Health Effects of Overweight and Obesity in 195 Countries over 25 Years.

    Ashkan Afshin;Mohammad Forouzanfar;Marissa Reitsma;Patrick Sur

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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 burden of stroke, 1990-2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016

    Catherine Owens Johnson;Minh Nguyen;Gregory A. Roth;Emma Nichols

  • 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

  • The Global Burden of Cancer 2013

    Christina Fitzmaurice;Christina Fitzmaurice;Daniel Dicker;Daniel Dicker;Amanda Pain;Hannah Hamavid

  • Global Burden of Hypertension and Systolic Blood Pressure of at Least 110 to 115 mm Hg, 1990-2015

    Mohammad H. Forouzanfar;Patrick Liu;Gregory A. Roth;Marie Ng

  • 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

Brenda R. Hemmelgarn
Brenda R. Hemmelgarn University of Calgary
Braden J. Manns
Braden J. Manns University of Calgary
Scott Klarenbach
Scott Klarenbach University of Alberta
Vivekanand Jha
Vivekanand Jha George Institute for Global Health
Giovanni F.M. Strippoli
Giovanni F.M. Strippoli University of Sydney
Jonathan C. Craig
Jonathan C. Craig Flinders University
Alan D. Lopez
Alan D. Lopez University of Melbourne
Johan Ärnlöv
Johan Ärnlöv Karolinska Institute
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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