Dr Kam Kalantar-Zedah has conducted research and presented numerous grand rounds and other lectures in national and international conferences on renal nutrition and dietary management, Nephrectomy (cancer, donor, etc) and solitary kidney, kidney disease outcome and epidemiology, cardiovascular risks in CKD, malnutrition and wasting in chronic diseases, inflammation and cachexia, diabetes and obesity, diabetic nephropathy, proteinuria and foamy urine, renal osteodystrophy and mineral disorders, sodium and potassium disarrays, anemia and iron deficiency, disparities and quality of life in CKD, CKD/ESRD patient centeredness, and acid-base disorders.

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Kalantar-Zadeh has authored 3 textbooks, more than 600 papers and some 20 chapters.

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Dr. Kalantar is Associate Editor or a member of the editorial board of several renowned peer-reviewed journals including Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation (NDT), American Journal of Kidney Diseases (AJKD), Cardiorenal Medicine (CRM), Journal of Cachexia, Sarcopenia and Muscle (JCSM), Seminars in Dialysis, Kidney International (KI), Journal of Am Soc Nephrol (JASN), Nature Reviews Nephrol, Journal of Renal Nutrition (JReN), American Journal of Nephrology (AJN), International Urology and Nephrology (IUN), Nephron, Int. J Inflammation, Clinical Journal of American Society of Nephrology (CJASN).