Position in CeDAR: Director

Biosketch:

Dr. Thadhani is the director of Clinical Research in Nephrology at the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Thadhani grew up on the island of Guam, a U.S. territory in the Western Pacific, and received his bachelors degree in Liberal Arts at the University of Notre Dame.  Dr. Thadhani then completed his training in Internal Medicine and in Nephrology at the MGH. He served at Chief Medical Resident at the MGH for one year, and also earned his Masters in Public Health at the Harvard School of Public Health. Dr. Thadhani is the course director for “Introduction to Clinical Research”, a course for undergraduates at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, course director for “Intensive Review of Internal Medicine” at the MGH, and course director for “Core Medicine at the MGH” at Harvard Medical School. He has served as a reviewer for and has published in several journals including New Engl J Med, the Lancet, J Am Soc Nephrol, Kidney Int, and J Clin Endocrinol Metab. He is an active member of the Clinical Research Section of the American Society of Nephrology and the National Kidney Foundation, and reviews grants for these organizations and the National Institutes of Health. His research interests include hypertension and diabetes in pregnancy and dialysis mortality, the latter with a focus on the role of vitamin D. He has lectured nationally and internationally on these and other topics.

Contact:

Email:  rthadhani@partners.org
Website:  n/a

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