Bryan Kestenbaum

24.9k total citations · 4 hit papers
248 papers, 15.6k citations indexed

About

Bryan Kestenbaum is a scholar working on Nephrology, Pathology and Forensic Medicine and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Bryan Kestenbaum has authored 248 papers receiving a total of 15.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 156 papers in Nephrology, 66 papers in Pathology and Forensic Medicine and 52 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. Recurrent topics in Bryan Kestenbaum's work include Parathyroid Disorders and Treatments (75 papers), Vitamin D Research Studies (60 papers) and Dialysis and Renal Disease Management (60 papers). Bryan Kestenbaum is often cited by papers focused on Parathyroid Disorders and Treatments (75 papers), Vitamin D Research Studies (60 papers) and Dialysis and Renal Disease Management (60 papers). Bryan Kestenbaum collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Canada. Bryan Kestenbaum's co-authors include Ian H. de Boer, David S. Siscovick, Stephen L. Seliger, Michael G. Shlipak, Ronit Katz, Joachim H. Ix, Mark J. Sarnak, Jonathan Himmelfarb, Cassianne Robinson‐Cohen and Catherine Stehman‐Breen and has published in prestigious journals such as JAMA, Circulation and Annals of Internal Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Bryan Kestenbaum

239 papers receiving 15.2k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Serum Phosphate Levels and Mortality Risk among People with Chronic Kidney Disease

2004 919 citations Bryan Kestenbaum et al. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology profile →
Kidney Disease and Increased Mortality Risk in Type 2 Diabetes

2013 905 citations Bryan Kestenbaum, Irl B. Hirsch et al. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology profile →
Vitamin D and the risk of dementia and Alzheimer disease

2014 391 citations Linda F. Fried, Bryan Kestenbaum et al. profile →
Effects of Phosphate Binders in Moderate CKD

2012 377 citations Bryan Kestenbaum, Andrew N. Hoofnagle et al. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Bryan Kestenbaum United States	67	8.3k	3.8k	2.7k	2.5k	2.2k	248	15.6k
Michel Chonchol United States	62	5.8k 0.7×	3.0k 0.8×	2.8k 1.0×	1.8k 0.7×	2.2k 1.0×	320	14.2k
Joachim H. Ix United States	70	7.7k 0.9×	1.9k 0.5×	4.7k 1.7×	2.3k 0.9×	3.1k 1.4×	473	17.7k
Ian H. de Boer United States	70	7.6k 0.9×	3.7k 1.0×	3.7k 1.4×	2.2k 0.9×	3.0k 1.4×	325	19.8k
Ravi Thadhani United States	84	9.1k 1.1×	7.8k 2.1×	2.8k 1.0×	4.0k 1.6×	3.1k 1.4×	293	30.6k
Tilman B. Drüeke France	67	11.3k 1.4×	2.5k 0.7×	1.5k 0.6×	3.5k 1.4×	2.5k 1.1×	443	18.6k
Ziad A. Massy France	69	11.5k 1.4×	1.4k 0.4×	3.1k 1.2×	2.4k 1.0×	3.9k 1.8×	440	21.9k
Myles Wolf United States	75	13.6k 1.6×	7.7k 2.0×	1.7k 0.6×	5.5k 2.2×	2.6k 1.2×	247	22.6k
Gerjan Navis Netherlands	62	6.0k 0.7×	1.1k 0.3×	5.1k 1.9×	2.2k 0.9×	2.2k 1.0×	444	16.9k
Kosaku Nitta Japan	46	7.6k 0.9×	1.4k 0.4×	3.0k 1.1×	881 0.3×	2.3k 1.0×	598	14.8k
Mehmet Kanbay Türkiye	58	5.7k 0.7×	1.5k 0.4×	2.0k 0.7×	907 0.4×	2.9k 1.3×	433	12.6k

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Zelnick, Leila R., Taylor D. Coston, J.L. Lo, et al.. (2025). Molecular Phenotyping of Sepsis and Differential Response to Fluid Resuscitation. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 211(9). 1681–1688.

Best, Cora M., Xiaohui Li, Jerome I. Rotter, et al.. (2025). Genetic Variants Associated With the Biochemical Response to Vitamin D3 in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis. The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. 110(10). 2903–2914. 2 indexed citations

Zelnick, Leila R., et al.. (2025). Accuracy of Identification of Cardiovascular Events with International Classification of Diseases Diagnosis Codes versus Physician Adjudication in CKD and Kidney Failure. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. 37(3). 522–532.

Hsu, Simon, Nisha Bansal, Michelle Denburg, et al.. (2024). Risk factors for hip and vertebral fractures in chronic kidney disease: the CRIC study. Journal of Bone and Mineral Research. 39(4). 433–442. 6 indexed citations

Zelnick, Leila R., Pavan K. Bhatraju, Mark M. Wurfel, et al.. (2024). Kidney Outcomes and Trajectories of Tubular Injury and Function in Critically Ill Patients With and Without COVID-19. Critical Care Explorations. 6(7). e1109–e1109.

Kaverina, Natalya, Christopher Chaney, Diana G. Eng, et al.. (2024). Podocytes from hypertensive and obese mice acquire an inflammatory, senescent, and aged phenotype. American Journal of Physiology-Renal Physiology. 326(4). F644–F660. 3 indexed citations

Hsu, Simon, Moira L. Aitken, Christopher H. Goss, et al.. (2023). Metabolism and pharmacokinetics of vitamin D in patients with cystic fibrosis. The Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 232. 106332–106332. 4 indexed citations

Limonte, Christine P., David K. Prince, Andrew N. Hoofnagle, et al.. (2023). Associations of Biomarkers of Tubular Injury and Inflammation with Biopsy Features in Type 1 Diabetes. Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. 19(1). 44–55. 3 indexed citations

Korcarz, Claudia E., Ian H. de Boer, Bryan Kestenbaum, et al.. (2023). Carotid Artery Stiffness Mechanisms Are Associated With End Organ Damage and All‐Cause Mortality: MESA (Multi‐Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis). Journal of the American Heart Association. 12(7). e027517–e027517. 13 indexed citations

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Vlasschaert, Caitlyn, Amy J. M. McNaughton, Michael Chong, et al.. (2022). Association of Clonal Hematopoiesis of Indeterminate Potential with Worse Kidney Function and Anemia in Two Cohorts of Patients with Advanced Chronic Kidney Disease. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. 33(5). 985–995. 61 indexed citations

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Yoshida, Teruhiko, Clark M. Henderson, Joshua A. Lieberman, et al.. (2022). Variant APOL1 protein in plasma associates with larger particles in humans and mouse models of kidney injury. PLoS ONE. 17(10). e0276649–e0276649. 4 indexed citations

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Akwo, Elvis A., Mindy Pike, Lale A. Ertuğlu, et al.. (2022). Association of Genetically Predicted Fibroblast Growth Factor-23 with Heart Failure. Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. 17(8). 1183–1193. 10 indexed citations

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Hsu, Simon, Michael H. Criqui, Charles Ginsberg, et al.. (2022). Biomarkers of Vitamin D Metabolism and Hip and Vertebral Fracture Risk: The Multi‐Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis. JBMR Plus. 6(12). e10697–e10697. 4 indexed citations

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Hsu, Simon, Leila R. Zelnick, Yvonne S. Lin, et al.. (2021). Validation of the 24,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 to 25-hydroxyvitamin D3 ratio as a biomarker of 25-hydroxyvitamin D3 clearance. The Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 217. 106047–106047. 6 indexed citations

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Hsu, Simon, Leila R. Zelnick, Yvonne S. Lin, et al.. (2020). Differences in 25-Hydroxyvitamin D Clearance by eGFR and Race: A Pharmacokinetic Study. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. 32(1). 188–198. 15 indexed citations

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Hsu, Simon, Andrew N. Hoofnagle, Deepak K. Gupta, et al.. (2020). Race, Ancestry, and Vitamin D Metabolism: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis. The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. 105(12). e4337–e4350. 50 indexed citations

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Shlipak, Michael G., Ronit Katz, Mark J. Sarnak, et al.. (2014). Low Serum Bicarbonate and Kidney Function Decline: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA). American Journal of Kidney Diseases. 64(4). 534–541. 78 indexed citations

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Boer, Ian H. de, Ronit Katz, Michel B. Chonchol, et al.. (2012). Insulin Resistance, Cystatin C, and Mortality Among Older Adults. Diabetes Care. 35(6). 1355–1360. 38 indexed citations

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Ix, Joachim H., Ronit Katz, Bryan Kestenbaum, et al.. (2008). Association of Mild to Moderate Kidney Dysfunction and Coronary Calcification. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. 19(3). 579–585. 52 indexed citations

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Asselbergs, Folkert W., Dariush Mozaffarian, Ronit Katz, et al.. (2007). Cystatin C is associated with mitral annular calcification in elderly adults: Results from the cardiovascular health study. UCL Discovery (University College London). 1 indexed citations

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