Title: Improving Longterm Outcomes Following Hospitalization with Acute Kidney Inury
Speaker: Dr. Matthew James, Professor, Department of Medicine and Community Health Sciences, O’Brien Institute for Public Health.
Libin Cardiovascular Institute. University of Calgary, Alberta Canada
MUHC Medical Grand Rounds Tuesday, 4/16/2024 at 12h00-13h00
Educational objectives:
1. Recognize the long-term outcomes associated with hospitalization with acute kidney injury
2. Identify gap in care following acute kidney injury that can be targeted to improve long-terms outcomes
3. Understand evidence-based approaches to risk stratification and how they can be used to guide follow-up care plans in the community
Biosketch of Dr. Matthew James:
Dr. Matthew James is a clinician scientist with training in Nephrology and health services research. He received his medical training at the University of British Columbia, and completed nephrology training and a PhD in Epidemiology at the University of Calgary. He is a co-lead of the Alberta Kidney Disease Network (AKDN), Interdisciplinary Chronic Disease Collaboration (ICDC), and the Can-SOLVE CKD Strategy for Patient Oriented Research (SPOR) Network, Dr. James' research is focused on risk prediction, computerized decision support tools, and pragmatic trials designed to improve the quality of care and health outcomes of people with and at risk of kidney and cardiovascular diseases. He holds research funding from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) and Alberta Innovates, and his work has been recognized with a Mid-Career Research Leader Award from the O’Brien Institute of Public Health at the University of Calgary, a Killam Emerging Research Leader Award, and the Monique Bégin Award in Knowledge Translation from CIHR. He is active in knowledge translation and is co-chair of the Kidney Disease Improving Global Outcomes Clinical Practice Guideline for Acute Kidney Injury and Acute Kidney Disease.
