Dr. Weisbord’s main research interests include processes of care related to acute kidney injury and quality of life and symptom burden in maintenance hemodialysis patients. He is the Principal Investigator and Study Chairman of the 'PRESERVE' study, a VA Cooperative Studies Program sponsored multicenter, randomized clinical trial investigating interventions for the prevention of serious adverse outcomes related to contrast-induced acute kidney injury. He is a Principal Investigator of an NIH funded study establishing a biorepository of blood and urine samples collected from PRESERVE trial participants. He was also the Principal Investigator of the SMILE study, a multicenter clinical trial that compared two strategies for the management of symptoms in patients receiving chronic hemodialysis.
- BA, University of Rhode Island, 1990
- MD, George Washington University, 1997
- MSc, University of Pittsburgh, 2004
- Residency, Internal Medicine, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, 2001
- Fellowship, Nephrology, University of Pittsburgh, 2004
Education & Training
Jain, D., Sheth, H., Bender, F.H., Weisbord, S.D., Green, J.A. Evaluation of a single-item screening question to detect limited health literacy in peritoneal dialysis patients. Advances in Peritoneal Dialysis. 2014; 30: 27-30.
Belayev, L.Y., Mor, M.K., Sevick, M.A., Shields, A.M., Rollman, B.L., Palevsky, P.M., Arnold, R.M., Fine, M.J., Weisbord, S.D. Longitudinal associations of depressive symptoms and pain with quality of life in patients receiving chronic hemodialysis. Hemodialysis. 2015; 19(2): 216-24.
Jain, D., Sheth, H., Green, J.A., Bender, F.H., Weisbord, S.D. Health literacy in patients on maintenance peritoneal dialysis: prevalence and outcomes. Peritoneal Dialysis International. 2015; 35(1): 96-8.
Hedayati, S.S., Daniel, D.M., Cohen, S., Comstock, B., Cukor, D., Diaz-Linhart, Y., Dember, L.M., Dubovsky, A., Greene, T., Grote, N., Heagerty, P., Katon, W., Kimmel, P.L., Kutner, N., Linke, L., Quinn, D., Rue, T., Trivedi, M.H., Unruh, M., Weisbord, S. Rationale and design of A Trial of Sertraline vs. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for End-stage Renal Disease Patients with Depression (ASCEND). Contemporary Clinical Trials. 2016; 47: 1-11.
Weisbord, S.D., Palevsky, P.M. Contrast-associated Acute Kidney Injury. Critical Care Clinics. 2015; 31(4): 725-35.
Weisbord, S.D. Patient-Centered Dialysis Care: Depression, Pain, and Quality of Life. Seminars in Dialysis. 2016; 29(2): 158-64.
Weisbord, S.D., Palevsky, P.M. Prevention Strategies for Contrast-Induced Nephropathy. Annals of Internal Medicine. 2016; 164(7): 511.
Weisbord, S.D., Palevsky, P.M. Design of Clinical Trials in Acute Kidney Injury: Lessons from the Past and Future Directions. Seminars in Nephrology. 2016; 36(1): 42-52.
Cukor, D., Cohen, L.M., Cope, E.L., Ghahramani, N., Hedayati, S.S., Hynes, D.M., Shah, V.O., Tentori, F., Unruh, M., Bobelu, J., Cohen, S., Dember, L.M., Faber, T., Fischer, M.J., Gallardo, R., Germain, M.J., Ghahate, D., Grote, N., Hartwell, L., Heagerty, P. Patient and Other Stakeholder Engagement in Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute Funded Studies of Patients with Kidney Diseases. Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. 2016
Weisbord, S.D., Palevsky, P.M. Prevention of Contrast-Associated Acute Kidney Injury: What Should We Do?. American Journal of Kidney Diseases. 2016
