2023 Episode 11 – Is Chronic Kidney Disease in Type 2 Diabetes Preventable?
Listen to Michael J. Blaha, MD, MPH and Richard E. Pratley, MD discuss the link between type 2 diabetes and chronic kidney disease (CKD) as well as taking a multidisciplinary approach to managing people with type 2 diabetes at risk for chronic kidney disease progression.
2023 Episode 11 – Is Chronic Kidney Disease in Type 2 Diabetes Preventable?
2023 Episode 11 – Is Chronic Kidney Disease in Type 2 Diabetes Preventable?
Michael J. Blaha MD, MPH is Professor of Cardiology and Epidemiology and presently serves as the Director of Clinical Research for the Johns Hopkins Ciccarone Center for the Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease. His clinical interests include primary and secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease, with emphasis on early intervention in patients with advanced subclinical atherosclerosis detected with cardiac computed tomography. He is also the Director of the Cardiometabolic Clinic at Johns Hopkins.
Richard E. Pratley, MD serves as the Samuel E. Crockett Chair in Diabetes Research, Senior Investigator and Diabetes Program Lead at the AdventHealth Translational Research Institute, and Medical Director at the AdventHealth Diabetes Institute, in Orlando, Florida. He is also Adjunct Professor of Medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Dr. Pratley is an internationally recognized expert in diabetes. He lectures frequently, has conducted numerous research studies on the pathogenesis, prevention and treatment of diabetes, and has published over 300 peer-reviewed articles on diabetes and its complications.