Mineral Metabolism & the Kidney

BIOGRAPHY

Markus Ketteler, MD,

Academic positions:
- Consultant Nephrologist at the Department of Nephrology and Clinical Immunology, University Hospital of the RWTH Aachen, Germany
- Chief of the Haemodialysis and the Renal Transplantation Unit
- Assistant Professor at the Department of Nephrology and Clinical Immunology, University Hospital Aachen

All industry positions (in last five years):
None declared

Research interests:
His current research focus is aimed at the understanding of pathomechanisms involved in extra-osseous calcifications and cardiovascular disease in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). His research group identified the deficiency of fetuin-A, a circulating calcification inhibitor, as a uraemia- and inflammation-related risk predictor of cardiovascular and all-cause mortality in patients on dialysis.

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