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Elif Erkan, MD
Job Title
Assistant Professor, Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
4401 Penn Avenue, Suite Floor 3
Pittsburgh,
PA
15224
412-692-5182
Phone
412-692-7443
Fax
Email
elif.erkan@chp.edu
Education and Training
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Medical School: |
1990 Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey |
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Residency: |
1997 Marmara University of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey |
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Fellowship: |
2000 Albert Einstein College of Medicine, NY |
Memberships
- American Society of Nephrology
- American Society of Pediatric Nephrology
- International Pediatric Nephrology Association
Board Certifications
- American Board of Pediatrics
- American Board of Pediatric Nephrology
Awards
- 1999-2001 Clinical Fellowship Award, National Kidney Foundation, NY/NJ
- 2000 Fellow's Basic Research Award, Society for Pediatric Research SPR/PAS, Boston
- 2003-2004 Young Investigator Award, Kidney and Urology Foundation of America
Publications
- Elif Erkan, Clotilde Garcia, Frederick J. Kaskel, Prasad Devarajan. Induction of renal tubular cell apoptosis in FSGS: Roles of proteinuria and Fas-dependent pathways. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2005 Feb; 16(2): 398-407. Epub 2004 Dec 15.
- Elif Erkan, Prasad Devarajan, George Schwartz. Differential apoptotic responses of proximal and distal tubule cells to albumin exposure. Am J Nephrol. 2005;25(2):121-131. Epub 2005 Apr 5.
- Elif Erkan, Prasad Devarajan, George Schwartz. Mitochondria are the major targets in albumin induced apoptosis in proximal tubule cells. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2007 Apr;18(4):1199-208. Epub 2007 Mar 14.
View Dr. Erkan's full list of publications from PubMed.
Research Interests
- Role of proteinuria in progression of kidney diseases
- Albumin induced proximal tubule cell death
- Mechanism of albumin endocytosis in kidney
- Epithelial mesenchymal transformation (EMT) and proteinuria
Last Update
October 6, 2009
October 6, 2009
