Harold I. Feldman, MD, MSCE
| Office Location | 923, Blockley Hall |
| Office Phone | 215-898-0901 |
| hfeldman@mail.med.upenn.edu | |
Faculty Information | |
| CCEB Appointment | Senior Scholar, Epidemiology |
| Primary Faculty Appointment | Professor of Medicine, Renal Electrolyte and Hypertension Division, University of Pennsylvania SOM |
| DBE Appointment | Professor of Epidemiology |
Additional Positions
Director, Clinical Epidemiology Unit/Division of Epidemiology, CCEB/DBE
Professor of Medicine in Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Senior Fellow, Leonard Davis Institute
Director Emeritus, Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program, University of Pennsylvania
Faculty Co-Director, Clinical Research Computing Unit, CCEB
Research Statement
Dr. Feldman's major research interests address the epidemiology of kidney diseases with a particular focus on the management of kidney disease from the stage of chronic kidney dysfunction to end-stage renal disease. He leads CCEB-based researchers and several national research groups addressing various manifestations and treatment of kidney disease. These research programs address the causes of failure of vascular accesses used for hemodialysis, anemia and metabolic disorders of kidney disease, the determinants of long-term survival of kidney allografts, the epidemiology of drug-related kidney disease, the relationship of ethnicity and kidney disease, the inter-relationship between chronic kidney disease and cardiovascular disease, and pediatric kidney diseases. Dr. Feldman is the national study chair of the NIH/NIDDK's Hemodialysis Fistula Maturation Cohort Study and its Chronic Renal Insufficiency Cohort Study (CRIC). He is Deputy Editor for the Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (CJASN).
Selected Publications
Apter AJ, Boston RC, George M, Norfleet AL, Tenhave T, Coyne JC, Birck K, Reisine ST, Cucchiara AJ, Feldman HI: Modifiable barriers to adherence to inhaled steroids among adults with asthma: It's not just black and white. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, 111(6):1219-1225, 2003, (Editor's Choice).
George M, Freedman TG, Norfleet AL, Feldman HI, Apter A: Qualitative research-enhanced understanding of patients' beliefs: Results of focus groups with low-income, urban African American adults with asthma. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, 111:967-973, 2003.
Kleindorfer PR, Belke JC, Elliott MR, Lee K, Lowe RA, Feldman HI: Accident epidemiology and the U.S. chemical industry: accident history and worst-case data from RMP*Info. Risk Analysis, 23(5): 865-881, 2003.
Feldman HI, Joffe M, Rosas SE, Burns JE, Knauss J, Brayman K: Predictors of successful arteriovenous fistula maturation. American Journal of Kidney Diseases, 42(5): 1000-1012, 2003.
Cruz JM, Piera L, Bragg-Gresham JL, Feldman H, Port FK: Results of the DOPPS International Hemodialysis Study in Europe and Spain. Nefrologia, 23(5):437-443, 2003.
Hecking E, Bragg-Gresham JL, Rayner HC, Pisoni RL, Andreucci VE, Combe C, Greenwood R, McCullough K, Feldman HI, Young EW, Held PJ, Port FK: Haemodialysis prescription, adherence, and nutritional indicators in five European countries: results from the Dialysis Outcomes and Practice Patterns Study (DOPPS). Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, 19(1): 100-107, 2004.
Locatelli F, Pisoni RL, Combe C, Bommer J, Andreucci VE, Piera L, Greenwood R, Feldman HI, Port FK, Held PJ: Anaemia in haemodialysis patients of five European countries: association with morbidity and mortality in the Dialysis Outcomes and Practice Patterns Study (DOPPS). Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, 19(1): 121-132, 2004.
Rayner HC, Pisoni RL, Bommer J, Canaud B, Hecking E, Locatelli F, Piera L, Bragg-Gresham JL, Feldman HI, Goodkin DA, Wolfe, RA, Held PJ, Port FK: Mortality and hospitalisation in haemodialysis patients in five European countries: results from the Dialysis Outcomes and Practice Patterns Study (DOPPS). Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, 19(1): 108-120, 2004.
Mange KC, Feldman HI, Joffe MM, Fa K, Bloom RD: Blood pressure and the survival of renal allografts from living donors. J Am Soc Nephrol, 15(1): 187-193, 2004.
Wasserfallen J-B, Georges H, Patrick S, Perneger T, Feldman HI, Martin P-Y, Wauters JP: Quality of life on chronic dialysis: comparison between haemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis. Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, 19: 1594-1599, 2004.
Feldman HI, Joffe M, Robinson B, Knauss J, Cizman B, Franklin-Becker E, Faich G: Administration of parenteral iron and mortality among hemodialysis patients. J of American Society of Nephrology, 15:1623-1632, 2004.
Lowe RA, Localio AR, Schwarz DF, Williams S, Tuton LW, Maroney S, Nicklin D, Goldfarb N, Vojta DD, Feldman HI: Association between primary care practice characteristics and emergency department use in a Medicaid managed care organization. Medical Care, 43(8):792-800, 2005.
Weng FL, Israni AK, Joffe MM, Hoy T, Gaughan CA, Newman M, Abrams JD, Kamoun M, Rosas SE, Mange KC, Strom BL, Brayman KL, Feldman HI: Race and electronically-measured adherence to immunosuppressive medications after deceased donor renal transplantation. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, 16(6):1839-1848, 2005.
Robinson BM, Joffe MM, Berns JS, Pisoni RL, Port FK, Feldman HI: Anemia and mortality in hemodialysis patients: Accounting for morbidity and treatment variables updated over time. Kidney International, 68:1-8, 2005.
Robinson BM, Joffe MM, Pisoni RL, Port FK, Feldman HI: Revisiting survival differences by race and ethnicity among hemodialysis patients: The Dialysis Outcomes and Practice Patterns Study. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, 17:2910-2918, 2006.
Brunelli SM, Lewis JD, Gupta M, Latif SM, Weiner MG, Feldman HI: Risk of kidney injury following use of oral phosphosoda bowel preparations. Accepted for publication, Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, 2007
Yang W, Israni RK, Brunelli SM, Joffe M, Fishbane S, Feldman HI: Variation in hemoglobin level in patients with end stage renal disease and anemia. Accepted for publication, Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, 2007.
