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Franz Schaefer Franz Schaefer, M.D. is Professor of Pediatrics and Chief of the Pediatric Nephrology division at Heidelberg University Hospital. Dr. Schaefer received his M.D. at Würzburg University Medical School. He performed research scholarships at the Institute of Child Health, London, the University of Virginia and Stanford University. His experimental research interests are focused on the physiopathology of growth and endocrine disorders in uremia. In clinical research, he established several international consortia such as the Mid European Pediatric Peritoneal Dialysis Study Group (MEPPS), the European Study Group on Progressive Chronic Kidney Disease in Children (ESCAPE), the International Pediatric Peritonitis Registry (IPPR), and the International Pediatric Peritoneal Dialysis Network (IPPN). He actively participates in clinical practice guideline development in the KDOQI Pediatric Nutrition workgroup, the KDIGO Acute Kidney Injury workgroup and the pediatric guideline board of the European Society of Hypertension. He is a current council member of the International Pediatric Nephrology Association (IPNA) and of the International Society of Peritoneal Dialysis (ISPD). Dr.Schaefer has published more than 250 articles and book chapters, and coedited the books "Comprehensive Pediatric Nephrology" and "Pediatric Dialysis". Dr. Schaefer has received several prestigious awards for innovative research including the Recklinghausen Prize and the IBM Faculty Award. He also serves as an Assistant Editor for Pediatric Nephrology, as Pediatric Section Editor for Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation and sits on the Editorial Boards of Peritoneal Dialysis International, BiomedCentral Nephrology and Current Pediatric Reviews. < Back to list of speakers |
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