Isidro Salusky, M.D., is a Distinguished Professor of Pediatrics at UCLA; Chief, Division of Pediatric Nephrology; Associate Dean of Clinical Research; Program Director of the UCLA Clinical Translational Research Center Association (CTRC); and also serves as Director of the Pediatric Dialysis Program. His research has focused in the areas of nutrition, growth, and renal bone diseases in children and young adults with chronic kidney disease.
Salusky has been involved in CTRC-related activities for more than 20 years and his work has received continuous RO1 funding. His training includes a pediatric nephrology fellowship at Necker Hospital in Paris, France, and at UCLA, as well as a fellowship in nutrition and metabolism at the Veterans Administration Wadsworth Medical Center. He has undertaken a variety of clinical research projects in this area, and has also completed work using different animal models.
Over the years, Salusky’s studies have focused on different aspects of renal osteodystrophy in children. His work provided further support to the current relationship between abnormalities of bone and mineral metabolism and vascular calcifications. Salusky is the Director and founder of the UCLA annual course “Introduction to Clinical Research” (40 hours), currently in its 19th year. He is a member of the Editorial Board of several prestigious journals, has written more that 250 papers and book chapters, and is currently Secretary General (elect) of the International Pediatric Nephrology Association.
