Robert Geronemus Memorial Renal Research Competition

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2025 Finalists

First Place
Multicenter Experience of Peritoneal Dialysis in Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease (ADPKD).
Vineetha Rangarajan, MD
Mayo Clinic Florida – Jacksonville

Second Place
Initial eGFR Drop as a Predictor of Kidney Function Following Living Kidney Donation: A Retrospective Analysis.
Daniel Del Castillo, MD
University of Miami / Jackson Health System – Miami

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2024 Finalists

First Place
Association Between APOL1 Haplotypes and Arteriovenous Fistula Maturation Failure: A Retrospective Cohort Study
Daniel Del Castillo Rix, MD
University of Miami – Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami, FL

Second Place
Tacrolimus Intrapatient Variability as a Tool to Gauge Non-Adherence in Adolescent Kidney Transplant Recipients
Tara Gavcovich, MD
University of Miami – Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami, FL

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2023 Finalists

First Place
Identifying Consistent Predictors of Multiple Outcomes in Sensitization Strata of Deceased Donor Kidney Recipients: Real-World Validation of Transplantation Dictums
Sherif Badra, MD
University of Florida – Shands Hospital

Second Place
Cytokine Analysis and Cardiovascular Remodeling in Dialysis Patients
Christopher Naranjo, DO
University of Miami Katz Family Division of Nephrology and Hypertension

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2022 Finalists

First Place
Association of MTOR Inhibitor (Sirolimus or Everolimus) Immunosuppression with Post-Kidney Transplant Malignancies and All-Cause Mortality: Cause-Specific and Composite Outcomes Analyses.
Amer Belal, MD
University of Florida

Second Place
Long-term Impact of Arteriovenous Fistula Creation on Pulmonary Hypertension.
Neda Shahoori, MD
University of Miami

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2021 Finalists

First Place
Enteric Conversion After Bladder Drained Kidney-Pancreas Transplantation
Shobana Sivan, MD
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami Transplant Institute

Second Place
Spectrum of Clinical Manifestations in Children with WT1 Mutation: Case Study
Patricia Arroyo-Parejo Drayer, MD
Department of Pediatrics, University of Miami / Jackson Memorial, Miami, FL

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2020 Finalists

First Place
Comparing Mortality and Adverse Events in Hospitalized Patients Treated with PRN anti-HTN Medications Compared to Scheduled anti-HTN Medications
Jeremy Carlson, MD
University of Florida

Second Place
Post-Transplant Diabetes After Adult Deceased-Donor Kidney Transplantation: Can the Risk be Modified by Induction Regimen Selection?
Harini Bejjanki, MD
University of Florida

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2019 Finalists

First Place
Post-Trans-Catheter Aortic Valve Implantation Acute Kidney Injury Stage 3 Requiring Renal Replacement Therapy And Mortality In Patients With Severe Aortic Stenosis And High Surgical Risk
Juan Duque, MD
University of Miami – Miami, FL

Second Place
Long-Term Survival For Different Trajectories Of Acute Kidney Injury In Hospitalized Patients
Harini Bejjanki, MD
University of Florida – Gainesville, FL

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2018

Cancelled (Hurricane)

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2017 Finalists

First Place
Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate (eGFR) at the Time of Initiation of Hemodialysis and Clinical Outcomes
Aboud Hussain, MD
University of Florida – Gainesville

Second Place
Renal Infarction – An Uncommon and Frequently Missed Diagnosis – A 20 Year Experience
Luke Basdeo, MD
Mayo Clinic – Jacksonville

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2016 Finalists

First Place
Utilization and Clinical Outcomes Of Belatacept-Based Immunosuppression In U.S. Renal Transplant Recipients
Kawther Alquadan, MD
University of Florida / Shands Hospital

Second Place
Cinacalcet as Rescue Therapy for Refractory Hyperparathyroidism in Small Pediatric Patients
Aura Arenas Morales, MD
University of Miami / Holtz Children's Hospital – Pediatric Nephrology

Third Place
Allograft rejection in the HIV infected kidney transplant recipient
Adriana Dejman, MD
University of Miami / Jackson Memorial Hospital

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2015 Finalists

First Place
Impact of pre-transplant peritoneal dialysis compared with hemodialysis on the incidence of delayed graft function in kidney transplant recipients with lupus
Javier A. Pagan, MD
Jackson Memorial Hospital / University of Miami – Nephrology & Hypertension PGY-IV, Miami, FL

Second Place
The Effect of Single versus Dual Graft Loss on Sensitization in Simultaneous Pancreas-Kidney Transplant Recipients
Negiin Pourafshar, MD, PGY-5
University of Florida – Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Gainesville, FL

Third Place
Franco Cabeza Rivera, MD
Miami Transplant Institute, University of Miami / Jackson Memorial Hospital – Miami, FL

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2014 Finalists

First Place
Further Insight into Hepatitis C Related Renal Disease
Dunia Diaz, MD

Second Place
Umbilical Artery Histomorphometry Provides Insight into the Fetal Development of the Central Vascular Tree (aorta) in Preterm Twins
Marissa Defreitas, MD

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2013 Finalists

First Place
Nephron Mass and the Intrauterine Environment: Twins from the Gerber Infant Kidney Study
Marissa Defreitas, MD
University of Miami / Holtz Children’s Hospital – Jackson Memorial

Second Place
Impact Of Socio-Demographic Variables On The Renal Pathology Of Living Kidney Donors
Roque Diaz-Wong, MD
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine – Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Miami Transplant Institute

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2012 Finalists

First Place
Outcomes of Phenotypically Identical Living And Deceased Donor Kidney Transplants: 30 Years Follow-Up
Amna Ilahe, MD
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine – Miami, FL

Second Place
Hypertension And Its Possible Causal Relationship To The Development Of Left Ventricular Abnormalities In Chronic Kidney Disease Patients
Julianne Parente, MD
Cleveland Clinic Florida – Weston, FL

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2011 Finalists

First Place
Accuracy of Ultrasound in the Detection of Inflow Stenosis of Arteriovenous Fistulae
Marco A. Ladino Avellaneda, MD
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine – Miami, FL

Second Place
Postoperative Fluid Balance and the Risk of Acute Kidney Injury in Cardiovascular Surgery
Ganesh Kambhampati, MD
University of Florida – Gainesville, FL

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2010 Finalists

First Place
Impact of Racial Differences in Kidney Transplant Recipients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Adela Mattiazzi, MD
University of Miami – Miami, FL

Second Place
Regional Citrate Anticoagulation for Slow Continuous Ultrafiltration Complicated by Severe Metabolic Alkalosis
Mourad Alsabbagh, MD
University of Florida – Gainesville, FL