Dr. Bernard Georges Jaar

School of Medicine

Johns Hopkins University, USA

Associate Professor

Email: [email protected]

Qualifications

2003 M.P.H., Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, USA

1982 B.Sc., State University of Haiti, Haiti

Publications (Selected)

1. Huang, Z., Yaffe, K., Pan, Y., Li, C., unruh, M., Weir, M., ... & Kelly, T. (2025). Abstract P2093: Chronic Kidney Disease Severity and Incident Cognitive Impairment in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease: Findings from the Chronic Renal Insufficiency Cohort. Circulation, 151(Suppl_1).
2. McCoy, I. E., Go, A. S., Hsu, J. Y., Zhang, X., Muiru, A. N., Shah, V. O., ... & Chronic Renal Insufficiency Cohort (CRIC) Study Investigators. (2025). Differential Impact of Hospitalization on Cystatin C–and Creatinine-Based Estimated GFR. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, 10-1681.
3. Tian, L., Jaeger, B. C., Scialla, J. J., Budoff, M. J., Mehta, R. C., Jaar, B. G., ... & Unruh, M. L. (2025). Progression of coronary artery calcification and risk of clinical events in CKD: The Chronic Renal Insufficiency Cohort Study. American Journal of Kidney Diseases, 85(1), 67-77.
4. Obi, Y., Xu, A., Wilson, J. A., Ephraim, P. L., Weiner, D. E., Scialla, J. J., ... & Shafi, T. (2024). Sudden Cardiac Death Reporting in US Patients on Dialysis: Comparison of United States Renal Data System and National Death Index Data. Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, 19(12), 1613-1621.
5. Bender, A. A., Urbanski, M., Morgan, J. C., Hoge, C., Joseph, J., Damron, K. C., ... & Plantinga, L. C. (2024). Dementia Care Among United States Dialysis Providers: A Mixed Methods Study Evaluating Clinician Comfort and Knowledge. Kidney Medicine, 6(10), 100884.
6. Plantinga, L. C., Concepcion, D. B., Chapman, S. A., Morgan, J. C., Rickenbach, F., Douglas-Ajayi, C., ... & Urbanski, M. (2024). It Is Time to Replace the Term “Patient Care Technician” in Dialysis. American Journal of Kidney Diseases, 84(2), 135-137.
7. Alasfar, S., Koubar, S. H., Gautam, S. C., & Jaar, B. G. (2024). Kidney care in times of crises: a review. American Journal of Kidney Diseases.
8. Weiner, D. E., Delgado, C., Flythe, J. E., Forfang, D. L., Manley, T., McGonigal, L. J., ... & Wilkie, C. (2024). Patient-centered quality measures for dialysis care: a report of a Kidney disease Outcomes quality initiative (KDOQI) scientific workshop sponsored by the National Kidney Foundation. American Journal of Kidney Diseases, 83(5), 636-647.
9. Ishigami, J., Jaar, B. G., Charleston, J. B., Lash, J. P., Brown, J., Chen, J., ... & Rankin, T. (2024). Factors associated with non-vaccination for influenza among patients with CKD: findings from the chronic renal insufficiency cohort (CRIC) study. American Journal of Kidney Diseases, 83(2), 196-207.
10. Ishigami, J., Kansal, M., Mehta, R., Srivastava, A., Rahman, M., Dobre, M., ... & Unruh, M. L. (2023). Cardiac structure and function and subsequent kidney disease progression in adults with CKD: The Chronic Renal Insufficiency Cohort (CRIC) study. American Journal of Kidney Diseases, 82(2), 225-236.
11. Plantinga, L. C., Rickenbach, F., Urbanski, M., Hoge, C., Douglas-Ajayi, C., Morgan, J. C., ... & Jaar, B. G. (2023). Professional fulfillment, burnout, and turnover intention among US dialysis patient care technicians: a national survey. American Journal of Kidney Diseases, 82(1), 22-32.
12. Plantinga, L. C., Bender, A. A., Urbanski, M., Hoge, C., Joseph, J., Damron, K. C., ... & Jaar, B. G. (2023). Work experiences of the interdisciplinary dialysis workforce in the United States: a cross-sectional survey. American Journal of Nephrology, 54(3-4), 145-155.
13. Shea, M. K., Wang, J., Barger, K., Weiner, D. E., Townsend, R. R., Feldman, H. I., ... & CRIC Study Investigators. (2023). Association of vitamin K status with arterial calcification and stiffness in chronic kidney disease: the chronic renal insufficiency cohort. Current Developments in Nutrition, 7(1), 100008.
14. Kramer, H. J., Jaar, B. G., Choi, M. J., Palevsky, P. M., Vassalotti, J. A., & Rocco, M. V. (2022). An endorsement of the removal of race from GFR estimation equations: a position statement from the National Kidney Foundation Kidney Disease Outcomes Quality Initiative. American Journal of Kidney Diseases, 80(6), 691-696.

Profile Details

WoS ResearcherID: B-1917-2009

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https://profiles.hopkinsmedicine.org/provider/bernard-georges-jaar/2704994

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=-fSD8kIAAAAJ&hl=en

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