EDUCATION AND TRAINING

Nephrology Fellowship  (2003-2006)
University of Washington
Seattle, WA

Medicine Residency (1999-2002)
University of Utah
Salt Lake City, Utah

Medical School (1994-1999)
The Ohio State College of Medicine
Columbus, Ohio

SITE OF PRACTICE
:
Harborview Medical Center

CONTACT INFORMATION
Nephrology Division
Box 359764
Harborview Medical Center
325 Ninth Ave
Seattle, WA 98104
Phone: (206) 744-8998
Fax:  (206) 755-5087
Email: logar@u.washington.edu       

Administrative Contacts:
http://depts.washington.edu/
nephron/admin.htm

  Christine Logar, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Medicine


 

CLINICAL INTERESTS

  • Chronic Kidney Disease
  • Dialysis
  • Renal Cystic Diseases
  • Glomerulonephritis

 

RESEARCH INTERESTS

  • Podocyte Biology
  • Non-hemnatopoetic effects of growth factors


CURRENT RESEARCH

  • FSGS NIH Trial (NCT00135811) (Principal Investigator)
  • Role of VEGF in proteinuria

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:
Logar CM, Brinkkoetter PT, Krofft RD, Pippin JW, Shankland SJ. Darbepoetin alfa protects podocytes from apoptosis in vitro and in vivo.Kidney Int. 2007 Aug;72(4):489-98.

Logar CM, Pappas LM, Ramkumar N, Beddhu S. Surgical Revascularization versus amputation for peripheral vascular disease in dialysis patients: a cohort study.BMC Nephrol. 2005 Mar 21;6(1):3.

Chang A, Logar CM, Finn LS, Alpers CE, Seliger SL. A rare cause of necrotizing and crescentic glomerulonephritis in a young adult male. Am J Kidney Dis. 2005 May;45(5):956-60.  

Logar CM, Chen W, Schmitt H, Yu CY, Birmingham DJ. A human CR1-like transcript containing sequence for a binding protein for iC4 is expressed in hematopoietic and fetal lymphoid tissue. Mol Immunol. 2004 Jan;40(11):831-40.

 

Logar CM, Herzog CA, Beddhu S. Diagnosis and therapy of coronary artery disease in renal failure, end-stage renal disease, and renal transplant populations. Am J Med Sci. 2003 Apr;325(4):214-27.

 

AWARDS

  • Western Regional Young Investigators Forum – 1st prize, 2006
  • Chief Medical Resident, University of Utah, 2002
     

NATIONAL and INTERNATIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES
Member, American Society of Nephrology, 1980-current
Member, National Kidney Foundation
Member, The Royal College of Physicians (London)

 



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