Daniel E. Weiner, MD, MS, FNKF

Contact Information

Telephone number: (617) 636-5070

Fax number:(617) 636-7890

Email: DWeiner@tuftsmedicalcenter.org

Titles

Associate Medical Director

Dialysis Clinic, Inc Boston

 

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Tufts University School of Medicine

 

Deputy Editor

American Journal of Kidney Diseases

Education

Bachelor of Arts (BA) cum laude in Classics and Ancient History, 1994

Tufts University, Medford MA

Medical School

Doctorate in Medicine (MD), 1998

Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston MA

Graduate School

Master of Science (MS), 2004

Sackler School of Graduate Biomedical Sciences

Tufts University, Boston MA

Training

University of Maryland, Baltimore MD

 Resident in Internal Medicine, 2001

 Chief Resident in Internal Medicine, 2002

Tufts-New England Medical Center, Boston MA

Clinical Research Fellow in Nephrology, 2004

Clinical Fellow in Nephrology, 2005

Board Certifcation

ABIM, Diplomate in Internal Medicine, 2001

ABIM, Diplomate in Nephrology, 2005

Interests

Clinical

Dr. Weiner’s clinical specialties are general nephrology and dialysis, internal medicine, and cardiovascular disease in patients with CKD. Dr. Weiner is the Associate Medical Director of DCI Boston.  In this role, he is working to enhance care for dialysis patients and dialysis education at Tufts Medical Center.

Research

Dr. Weiner is the recipient of a K23 Career Development Award from the NIDDK to investigate cerebrovascular disease and cognitive impairment in individuals with CKD.  His research work includes evaluating the effect of traditional and non-traditional cardiovascular disease risk factors on stroke and other cardiovascular disease outcomes, examining the applicability of current cardiovascular disease prediction equations to the CKD population, developing new prediction equations for use in CKD, and evaluating the burden of and risk factors for cognitive impairment and cerebrovascular disease in elderly individuals with CKD as well as in hemodialysis patients. 

Dr. Weiner also has conducted research in the dialysis population, examining anemia management as well as cognitive impairment and cerebrovascular disease.

Other Professional Activities

Effective October 2010, Dr. Weiner has been appointed to a 3-year term as a member of the American Society of Nephrology’s Dialysis Advisory Group. The Dialysis Advisory Group is responsible for representing its constituents in all ASN activities including identifying, developing and communicating policy issues; meeting the needs of the constituent group in all forms of ASN education; promoting collaborations for its constituent group (including research); assisting the ASN in generating external support for its activities; and interacting with other organizations that relate directly to the Advisory Group and its members.

As of October 2006, Dr. Weiner assumed the role of Deputy Editor of the American Journal of Kidney Diseases.  In this position, working with a dedicated staff, he is responsible for many of the day-to-day operations of the Journal, and has endeavored to develop new content while maintaining current excellence. 

Dr. Weiner is a member of the curriculum committee at Tufts University School of Medicine and is a member of the Residency Selection Committee at Tufts Medical Center.  He instructs students at Tufts University School of Dental Medicine in issues relating to dialysis and kidney disease and lectures on Renal pathophysiology to students at the Friedman School of Nutrition and Tufts University School of Medicine.

Selected Publications

Weiner DE, Scott TM, Giang LM, Agganis BT, Sorensen EP, Tighiouart H, Sarnak MJ.  Cardiovascular disease and cognitive function in maintenance hemodialysis patients. Am J Kidney Dis 2011; 58:773-81. Epub 2011 Jul 20.

Weiner DE. The 2011 ESRD prospective payment system: welcome to the bundle.  Am J Kidney Dis 2011;57:539-41. Epub 2011 Feb 18.

Weiner DE, Scott TM, Giang LM, Agganis BT, Sorensen EP, Tighiouart H, Sarnak MJ.  Cardiovascular disease and cognitive function in maintenance hemodialysis patients. Am J Kidney Dis 2011; 58:773-81. Epub 2011 Jul 20.

Weiner DE, Tighiouart H, Reynolds R, Seddon JM. Kidney function, albuminuria and age-related macular degeneration in NHANES III. Nephrol Dial Transplant 2011;26:3159-65. Epub 2011 Feb 21.

Levey AS, Weiner DE. Editorial: Staying put, but not standing still. Am J Kidney Dis 2011;59:1-3.

Drew D, Meyer KB, Weiner DE. Transvenous cardiac device wires and vascular access in hemodialysis patients. Am J Kidney Dis 2011;58:494-6. Epub 2011 Jun 12.

Michael Allon, Lesley Dinwiddie, Eduardo Lacson Jr, Derrick L Latos, Charmaine E Lok, Theodore Steinman, Daniel E Weiner.  Medicare reimbursement policies and hemodialysis vascular access outcomes: a need for change. J Am Soc Nephrol 22(3):426-30, 2011.

Daniel E Weiner. The 2011 ESRD Prospective Payment System: Welcome to the bundle. Am J Kidney Dis 57(4):539-41, 2011.

Daniel E Weiner, Lesley A Stevens. Timing hemodialysis initiation: a call for clinical judgment. Am J Kidney Dis 57(4):562-5, 2011.

Brian T Agganis, Daniel E Weiner, Lena M Giang, Tammy Scott, Hocine Tighiouart, John L Griffith, Mark J Sarnak. Depression and cognitive function in maintenance hemodialysis patients.  Am J Kidney Dis 56(4):704-12, 2010.

Jose A Calvo, Dana C Miskulin, Klemens B Meyer, Daniel E Weiner. Nadir Hemoglobin Levels after Discontinuation of Epoetin in Hemodialysis Patients. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 5(9):1621-7, 2010.

Julie K O'Donnell, Matthew Tobey, Daniel E Weiner, Lesley A Stevens, Sarah Johnson, Peter Stringham, Bruce Cohen, Daniel R Brooks.  Prevalence of and risk factors for chronic kidney disease in rural Nicaragua. Nephrol Dial Transplant [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 20615905, 2010.

Daniel E Weiner, Dana C Miskulin. Anemia management in CKD: bursting the hemoglobin bubble. Ann Intern Med 153(1): 53-55, 2010.

Lesley A Stevens, Gautham Viswanathan, Daniel E Weiner. Chronic kidney disease and end-stage renal disease in the elderly population: current prevalence, future projections, and clinical significance. Adv Chronic Kidney Dis 17(4): 293-301, 2010.

Daniel E Weiner, Maria Krassilnikova, Hocine Tighiouart, Deeb N Salem, Andrew S Levey, Mark J Sarnak. CKD classification based on estimated GFR over three years and subsequent cardiac and mortality outcomes: a cohort study. BMC Nephrol Sep 17:10:26,2009

Daniel E Weiner, Dena L Rifkin. Kidney Function and the Risk of Cardiovascular Disease. BMJ 338:b1307, 2009

Daniel E Weiner. Public Health Consequence of Chronic Kidney Disease. Clin Pharmacol Ther 86(5):566-569, 2009.

Daniel E Weiner, Keith Bartolomei, Tammy Scott, Lori Lyn Price, John L. Griffith, Irwin Rosenberg, Andrew S. Levey, Marshal F. Folstein, Mark J. Sarnak. Albuminuria, Cognitive Functioning and White Matter Hyperintensities in Homebound Elders.  Am J Kidney Dis 53(3): 438-447, 2009.

Essam F Elsayed, Mark J Sarnak, Hocine Tighiouart, John L Griffith, Tobias Kurth, Deeb N Salem, Andrew S Levey, Daniel E Weiner. Waist to Hip Ratio, Body Mass Index and Subsequent Kidney Disease and Death.  Am J Kidney Dis, 2008; PMID: 18511168.

Daniel E Weiner, Hocine Tighiouart, Essam F Elsayed, John L Griffith, Deeb N Salem, Andrew S. Levey. Uric acid and incident kidney disease.  J Am Soc Nephrol 19(6):1204-1211, 2008.

Daniel E Weiner, Hocine Tighiouart, Essam F Elsayed, John L Griffith, Deeb N Salem, Andrew S Levey, Mark J Sarnak. Inflammation and Cardiovascular Events in Individuals with and without Chronic Kidney Disease.  Kidney Int 73(12):1406-1412, 2008.

Daniel E Weiner, Hocine Tighiouart, Essam F Elsayed, John L Griffith, Deeb N Salem, Andrew S Levey, Mark J Sarnak. The relationship between nontraditional risk factors and outcomes in individuals with stage 3 to 4 CKD.  Am J Kidney Dis 51(2):212-223, 2008.

Daniel E Weiner, Dana C Miskulin, Kimberly Seefield, Vladimir Ladik, Philip G Zager, Ajay K Singh, H Keith Johnson, Klemens B Meyer.  Reducing versus Discontinuing Erythropoietin at High Hemoglobin Levels.  J Am Soc Nephrol 18(12): 3184-3191, 2007.

Essam F. Elsayed, Hocine Tighiouart, John L Griffith, Tobias Kurth, Andrew S. Levey, Deeb N Salem, Mark J Sarnak, Daniel E Weiner. Cardiovascular Disease and Subsequent Kidney Disease. Archives Int Med 167(11): 1130-1136, 2007.