EDUCATION AND TRAINING

M.D., University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
(1974 - 1978)

Medicine residency,
Harbor-UCLA Med. Ctr., Torrance, CA
(1979 - 1981)


Nephrology fellowship/s: Brigham & Women's Hospital, Harvard, Boston, MA

   Clinical fellowship:
   (1981 - 1982)

   Research fellowship:
   (1982 - 1984)

Dr. John Stivelman (Chief Medical Officer, NWKC; Associate Professor of Medicine, Clinician-Teacher pathway). Dr. Stivelman recently joined the faculty at the University of Washington from Emory University where he was co-Director of the Hemodialysis Program. His responsibilities include teaching and clinical research activities based at the Northwest Kidney Centers. He has developed the dialysis training program for nephrology fellows at NWKC and actively oversees that rotation. His research interests are in iron metabolism and erythropoietin therapy.

CONTACT INFORMATION
Northwest Kidney Centers
700 Broadway
Box 358080
Seattle, WA 98122

Phone: (206)292-2771x2944
Fax: (206)860-5821
E-mail: jstivel@u.washington.edu

AWARDS
Departmental Honors in History, Stanford University, 1972
Alpha Omega Alpha, Beta Chapter, Philadelphia, 1978
Nominee, Prize for Excellence in Teaching, Harvard Medical       School, 1985

CLINICAL INTERESTS
Hemodialysis, iron metabolism, dialysis

RESEARCH INTERESTS
Iron metabolism, erythropoietin therapy

PUBLICATIONS
1.  Mazhar AR, Johnson RJ, Gillen D, Stivelman JC, Ryan MJ, Davis CL, Stehman-Breen CO.  Risk factors and mortality associated with calciphylaxis in end-stage renal disease.  Kidney Int  60(1):324-332, 2001.

2.  Stivelman JC.  Benefits of anaemia treatment on cognitive function.  Nephrol Dial Transplant  15 (Suppl 3):29-35, 2000.

3.  Parker K, Mitch WE, Stivelman JC, Macon E, Bailey J, Sands J.  A case-controlled study of the safety and efficacy of low-dose erythropoietin in hemodialysis patients.  J Am Soc Nephrol  8:288-293, 1997.

4.  Stivelman JC.  Injectable medications for hemodialysis patients.   Am J Nephrol  16:73-78, 1996.

5.  Stivelman JC, Soucie JM, Hall ES, Macon EJ.  Dialysis survival in a large inner-city facility:  comparison to national rates.  J Am Soc Nephrol   6:1256-1261, 1995.