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Walter K. Kremers

Walter K. Kremers

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Medicine

D-Index
100
Citations
47617
World Ranking
8161
National Ranking
4233

Overview

Walter K. Kremers is affiliated with the Mayo Clinic in the United States and has contributed extensively to the field of medicine, with a particular focus on psychiatry and mental health, neurology, surgery, physiology, and cognitive neuroscience. Their research encompasses numerous studies within dementia and cognitive impairment, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease mechanisms and treatments, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis research, functional brain connectivity, diabetes management, and renal transplantation outcomes.

The scientist's recent publications include significant papers such as Utility of the global CDR® plus NACC FTLD rating and development of scoring rules: Data from the ARTFL/LEFFTDS Consortium (2020, Alzheimer s & Dementia), Temporal order of clinical and biomarker changes in familial frontotemporal dementia (2022, Nature Medicine), Eligibility for Anti-Amyloid Treatment in a Population-Based Study of Cognitive Aging (2023, Neurology), Artificial Intelligence-Electrocardiography to Predict Incident Atrial Fibrillation (2020, Circulation Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology), and Proposed research criteria for prodromal behavioural variant frontotemporal dementia (2021, Brain).

These publications highlight themes related to neurodegenerative diseases, clinical biomarkers, and the application of artificial intelligence within medical diagnostics. Their work has been cited widely, indicating engagement with ongoing scientific discussions in these areas.

Frequent coauthors in their research include:

  • David S. Knopman
  • Ronald C. Petersen
  • Clifford R. Jack
  • Julie A. Fields
  • Prashanthi Vemuri

Kremers has published extensively in various academic venues, with a concentration of work appearing in:

  • Alzheimer s & Dementia
  • Neurology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of Alzheimer s Disease
  • Diabetes

The main fields and subfields of study identified within their body of research are:

  • Medicine
  • Psychiatry and Mental health
  • Neurology
  • Surgery
  • Physiology
  • Cognitive Neuroscience

The core topics in Kremers' work span a range of neurological and systemic conditions, including dementia and cognitive impairment research, Alzheimer's disease research and treatments, Parkinson's disease mechanisms and treatments, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis research, functional brain connectivity studies, diabetes management and research, and renal transplantation outcomes and treatments.

Best Publications

  • A model to predict survival in patients with end‐stage liver disease

    Patrick S. Kamath;Russell H. Wiesner;Michael Malinchoc;Walter Kremers

  • Model for end-stage liver disease (MELD) and allocation of donor livers

    Russell Wiesner;Erick Edwards;Richard Freeman;Ann Harper

  • Prevalence of Total Hip and Knee Replacement in the United States.

    Hilal D Maradit Kremers;Dirk R. Larson;Cynthia S. Crowson;Walter K Kremers

  • Hyponatremia and mortality among patients on the liver-transplant waiting list.

    W. Ray Kim;Scott W. Biggins;Walter K. Kremers;Russell H. Wiesner

  • Identifying Specific Causes of Kidney Allograft Loss

    Z. M. El-Zoghby;M. D. Stegall;D. J. Lager;W. K. Kremers

  • MELD and PELD: Application of survival models to liver allocation

    Russell H. Wiesner;Sue V. McDiarmid;Patrick S. Kamath;Eric B. Edwards

  • Evidence-Based Incorporation of Serum Sodium Concentration Into MELD

    Scott W. Biggins;W. Ray Kim;Norah A. Terrault;Sammy Saab

  • Evolution of causes and risk factors for mortality post-liver transplant: results of the NIDDK long-term follow-up study.

    Kymberly Ds Watt;Rachel A Pedersen;Walter K Kremers;Julie K Heimbach

  • Liver Transplantation with Neoadjuvant Chemoradiation is More Effective than Resection for Hilar Cholangiocarcinoma

    David J. Rea;Julie K. Heimbach;Charles B. Rosen;Michael G. Haddock

  • Terminal complement inhibition decreases antibody-mediated rejection in sensitized renal transplant recipients.

    M. D. Stegall;T. Diwan;S. Raghavaiah;L. D. Cornell

  • Ursodeoxycholic acid as a chemopreventive agent in patients with ulcerative colitis and primary sclerosing cholangitis

    Darell S. Pardi;Edward V. Loftus;Walter K. Kremers;Jill C. Keach

  • Addition of serum sodium into the MELD score predicts waiting list mortality better than MELD alone

    Andres E. Ruf;Walter K. Kremers;Lila L. Chavez;Valeria I. Descalzi

  • The Association Between Age and Nephrosclerosis on Renal Biopsy Among Healthy Adults

    Andrew D. Rule;Hatem Amer;Lynn D. Cornell;Sandra J. Taler

  • Association Between Olfactory Dysfunction and Amnestic Mild Cognitive Impairment and Alzheimer Disease Dementia

    Rosebud O Roberts;Teresa J H Christianson;Walter K Kremers;Michelle M Mielke

  • Wound-healing complications after kidney transplantation: a prospective, randomized comparison of sirolimus and tacrolimus.

    Patrick G. Dean;William J. Lund;Timothy S. Larson;Mikel Prieto

  • The Substantial Loss of Nephrons in Healthy Human Kidneys with Aging

    Aleksandar Denic;John C. Lieske;Harini A. Chakkera;Emilio D. Poggio

  • Delayed-Onset Primary Cytomegalovirus Disease and the Risk of Allograft Failure and Mortality after Kidney Transplantation

    Supha K. Arthurs;Albert J. Eid;Rachel A. Pedersen;Walter K. Kremers

  • Predictors of early re-bleeding and mortality after acute variceal haemorrhage in patients with cirrhosis.

    K Bambha;W R Kim;R Pedersen;J P Bida

  • Complete avoidance of calcineurin inhibitors in renal transplantation: a randomized trial comparing sirolimus and tacrolimus.

    T. S. Larson;P. G. Dean;M. D. Stegall;M. D. Griffin

  • Advanced Cytologic Techniques for the Detection of Malignant Pancreatobiliary Strictures

    Laura E. Moreno Luna;Benjamin Kipp;Kevin C. Halling;Thomas J. Sebo

Frequent Co-Authors

David S. Knopman
David S. Knopman Mayo Clinic
Ronald C. Petersen
Ronald C. Petersen University of Pennsylvania
Clifford R. Jack
Clifford R. Jack Mayo Clinic
Mark D. Stegall
Mark D. Stegall Mayo Clinic
Mary M. Machulda
Mary M. Machulda Mayo Clinic
Kejal Kantarci
Kejal Kantarci Mayo Clinic
Bradley F. Boeve
Bradley F. Boeve Mayo Clinic
Val J. Lowe
Val J. Lowe Mayo Clinic

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