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Ishir Bhan, M.D.

TitleInstructor in Medicine
InstitutionMassachusetts General Hospital
DepartmentMedicine
AddressMassachusetts General Hospital
G R B 1001
55 Fruit St
Boston MA 02114

 Biography 
 awards and honors
1993 - 1996Dean's List
1996 - Magna Cum Laude
1999 - 2000Research Scholarship
2005 - Partners In Excellence Award
2006 - Partners In Excellence Award

 Bibliographic 
 selected publications
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  1. Bhan I, Thadhani R. Fibroblast growth factor-23 and outcomes: new answers, new questions. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2013 Mar; 24(4):523-5.
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  2. Rhee CM, Alexander EK, Bhan I, Brunelli SM. Hypothyroidism and Mortality among Dialysis Patients. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2013 Apr; 8(4):593-601.
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  3. Nigwekar SU, Bhan I, Thadhani R. In Reply to "Calcidiol Deficiency in CKD Patients: The Role of Reduced Liver Synthesis". Am J Kidney Dis. 2012 Dec; 60(6):1049.
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  4. Tamez H, Zoccali C, Packham D, Wenger J, Bhan I, Appelbaum E, Pritchett Y, Chang Y, Agarwal R, Wanner C, Lloyd-Jones D, Cannata J, Thompson BT, Andress D, Zhang W, Singh B, Zehnder D, Pachika A, Manning WJ, Shah A, Solomon SD, Thadhani R. Vitamin D reduces left atrial volume in patients with left ventricular hypertrophy and chronic kidney disease. Am Heart J. 2012 Dec; 164(6):902-909.e2.
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  5. Nigwekar SU, Bhan I, Thadhani R. Ergocalciferol and cholecalciferol in CKD. Am J Kidney Dis. 2012 Jul; 60(1):139-56.
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  6. Bhan I, Powe CE, Berg AH, Ankers E, Wenger JB, Karumanchi SA, Thadhani RI. Bioavailable vitamin D is more tightly linked to mineral metabolism than total vitamin D in incident hemodialysis patients. Kidney Int. 2012 Jul; 82(1):84-9.
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  7. Thadhani R, Appelbaum E, Pritchett Y, Chang Y, Wenger J, Tamez H, Bhan I, Agarwal R, Zoccali C, Wanner C, Lloyd-Jones D, Cannata J, Thompson BT, Andress D, Zhang W, Packham D, Singh B, Zehnder D, Shah A, Pachika A, Manning WJ, Solomon SD. Vitamin D therapy and cardiac structure and function in patients with chronic kidney disease: the PRIMO randomized controlled trial. JAMA. 2012 Feb 15; 307(7):674-84.
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  8. Rhee CM, Bhan I, Alexander EK, Brunelli SM. Association between iodinated contrast media exposure and incident hyperthyroidism and hypothyroidism. Arch Intern Med. 2012 Jan 23; 172(2):153-9.
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  9. Ngo DA, Aygun B, Akinsheye I, Hankins JS, Bhan I, Luo HY, Steinberg MH, Chui DH. Fetal haemoglobin levels and haematological characteristics of compound heterozygotes for haemoglobin S and deletional hereditary persistence of fetal haemoglobin. Br J Haematol. 2012 Jan; 156(2):259-64.
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  10. Kanji Z, Powe CE, Wenger JB, Huang C, Ankers E, Sullivan DA, Collerone G, Powe NR, Tonelli M, Bhan I, Bernhardy AJ, Dibartolo S, Friedman D, Genovese G, Pollak MR, Thadhani R. Genetic variation in APOL1 associates with younger age at hemodialysis initiation. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2011 Nov; 22(11):2091-7.
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  11. Powe CE, Ricciardi C, Berg AH, Erdenesanaa D, Collerone G, Ankers E, Wenger J, Karumanchi SA, Thadhani R, Bhan I. Vitamin D-binding protein modifies the vitamin D-bone mineral density relationship. J Bone Miner Res. 2011 Jul; 26(7):1609-16.
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  12. Pritchett Y, Jemiai Y, Chang Y, Bhan I, Agarwal R, Zoccali C, Wanner C, Lloyd-Jones D, Cannata-Andía JB, Thompson T, Appelbaum E, Audhya P, Andress D, Zhang W, Solomon S, Manning WJ, Thadhani R. The use of group sequential, information-based sample size re-estimation in the design of the PRIMO study of chronic kidney disease. Clin Trials. 2011 Apr; 8(2):165-74.
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  13. Bhan I, Camargo CA, Wenger J, Ricciardi C, Ye J, Borregaard N, Thadhani R. Circulating levels of 25-hydroxyvitamin D and human cathelicidin in healthy adults. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2011 May; 127(5):1302-4.e1.
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  14. Thadhani R, Appelbaum E, Chang Y, Pritchett Y, Bhan I, Agarwal R, Zoccali C, Wanner C, Lloyd-Jones D, Cannata J, Thompson T, Audhya P, Andress D, Zhang W, Ye J, Packham D, Singh B, Zehnder D, Manning WJ, Pachika A, Solomon SD. Vitamin D receptor activation and left ventricular hypertrophy in advanced kidney disease. Am J Nephrol. 2011; 33(2):139-49.
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  15. Nigwekar SU, Bhan I, Thadhani R. Nutritional vitamin D in dialysis patients: what to D-iscern? Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2011 Mar; 26(3):764-6.
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  16. Powe CE, Seely EW, Rana S, Bhan I, Ecker J, Karumanchi SA, Thadhani R. First trimester vitamin D, vitamin D binding protein, and subsequent preeclampsia. Hypertension. 2010 Oct; 56(4):758-63.
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  17. Kong J, Kim GH, Wei M, Sun T, Li G, Liu SQ, Li X, Bhan I, Zhao Q, Thadhani R, Li YC. Therapeutic effects of vitamin D analogs on cardiac hypertrophy in spontaneously hypertensive rats. Am J Pathol. 2010 Aug; 177(2):622-31.
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  18. Bhan I, Hewison M, Thadhani R. Dietary vitamin D intake in advanced CKD/ESRD. Semin Dial. 2010 Jul-Aug; 23(4):407-10.
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  19. Bhan I, Dubey A, Wolf M. Diagnosis and management of mineral metabolism in CKD. J Gen Intern Med. 2010 Jul; 25(7):710-6.
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  20. Bhan I, Burnett-Bowie SA, Ye J, Tonelli M, Thadhani R. Clinical measures identify vitamin D deficiency in dialysis. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2010 Mar; 5(3):460-7.
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  21. Lee PS, Bhan I, Thadhani R. The potential role of plasma gelsolin in dialysis-related protein-energy wasting. Blood Purif. 2010; 29(2):99-101.
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  22. Bhan I, Thadhani R. Vascular calcification and ESRD: a hard target. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2009 Dec; 4 Suppl 1:S102-5.
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  23. Friedman DJ, Afkarian M, Tamez H, Bhan I, Isakova T, Wolf M, Ankers E, Ye J, Tonelli M, Zoccali C, Kuro-o M, Moe O, Karumanchi SA, Thadhani R. Klotho variants and chronic hemodialysis mortality. J Bone Miner Res. 2009 Nov; 24(11):1847-55.
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  24. Schnipper JL, Hamann C, Ndumele CD, Liang CL, Carty MG, Karson AS, Bhan I, Coley CM, Poon E, Turchin A, Labonville SA, Diedrichsen EK, Lipsitz S, Broverman CA, McCarthy P, Gandhi TK. Effect of an electronic medication reconciliation application and process redesign on potential adverse drug events: a cluster-randomized trial. Arch Intern Med. 2009 Apr 27; 169(8):771-80.
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  25. Lee PS, Sampath K, Karumanchi SA, Tamez H, Bhan I, Isakova T, Gutierrez OM, Wolf M, Chang Y, Stossel TP, Thadhani R. Plasma gelsolin and circulating actin correlate with hemodialysis mortality. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2009 May; 20(5):1140-8.
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  26. Gombart AF, Bhan I, Borregaard N, Tamez H, Camargo CA, Koeffler HP, Thadhani R. Low plasma level of cathelicidin antimicrobial peptide (hCAP18) predicts increased infectious disease mortality in patients undergoing hemodialysis. Clin Infect Dis. 2009 Feb 15; 48(4):418-24.
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  27. Bhan I, Thadhani R. Vitamin D therapy for chronic kidney disease. Semin Nephrol. 2009 Jan; 29(1):85-93.
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  28. Pippins JR, Gandhi TK, Hamann C, Ndumele CD, Labonville SA, Diedrichsen EK, Carty MG, Karson AS, Bhan I, Coley CM, Liang CL, Turchin A, McCarthy PC, Schnipper JL. Classifying and predicting errors of inpatient medication reconciliation. J Gen Intern Med. 2008 Sep; 23(9):1414-22.
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  29. Gutiérrez OM, Tamez H, Bhan I, Zazra J, Tonelli M, Wolf M, Januzzi JL, Chang Y, Thadhani R. N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) concentrations in hemodialysis patients: prognostic value of baseline and follow-up measurements. Clin Chem. 2008 Aug; 54(8):1339-48.
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  30. Bhan I, Thadhani R. Is Vitamin D Replacement Essential In Preventing Chronic Kidney Disease-Associated Cardiovascular Disease?. Nephrology Self-Assessment Program. 2007; 6(6):1-7.
  31. Hecht JL, Kliman HJ, Allred EN, Pflueger SM, Chang CH, Doss BJ, Roberts D, Livasy CA, Bhan I, Zambrano E, Ross DW, Senagore P, Husain AN, Leviton A. Reference weights for placentas delivered before the 28th week of gestation. Placenta. 2007 Oct; 28(10):987-90.
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  32. Rhee E, Bhan I, Bazari H. Nephrology. Pocket Medicine (Sabatine, ed). 2007.
  33. Bhan I, Gombart AF, Borregaard N, Tamez H, Koeffler HP, Thadhani RI. hCAP18, a vitamin D regulated cathelicidin, predicts infectious mortality in hemodialysis. Am Soc Nephrol. 2007.
  34. Bhan I, Dubey AK, Wolf MS. (Mis?)-managemet of CKD-associaed bone loss. Am Soc Nephrol. 2007.
  35. Bhan I, Knickerbocker TF, Tamez H, MacBeath G, Thadhani RI. Baseline inflammatory state predicts catheter-associated mortality in chronic hemodialysis. Am Soc Nephrol. 2007.
  36. Poon EG, Blumenfeld B, Hamann C, Turchin A, Graydon-Baker E, McCarthy PC, Poikonen J, Mar P, Schnipper JL, Hallisey RK, Smith S, McCormack C, Paterno M, Coley CM, Karson A, Chueh HC, Van Putten C, Millar SG, Clapp M, Bhan I, Meyer GS, Gandhi TK, Broverman CA. Design and implementation of an application and associated services to support interdisciplinary medication reconciliation efforts at an integrated healthcare delivery network. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2006 Nov-Dec; 13(6):581-92.
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  37. Bhan I, Shah A, Holmes J, Isakova T, Gutierrez O, Burnett SM, Jüppner H, Wolf M. Post-transplant hypophosphatemia: Tertiary 'Hyper-Phosphatoninism'? Kidney Int. 2006 Oct; 70(8):1486-94.
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  38. Bhan I, Blesius C, Chueh H. An integrated platform for portable clinical data, collaboration, and interactive education. AMIA Annu Symp Proc. 2006; 854.
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  39. Bhan I, Chen EJ, Bazari H. Isolation of Cardiobacterium hominis from the peritoneal fluid of a patient on continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis. Scand J Infect Dis. 2006; 38(4):301-3.
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  40. Bhan I, Smirnakis KV, Wolf MS. Nephrology. Pocket Medicine (Sabatine, ed.). 2004; 4-1 - 4-20.
  41. Volpe MV, Archavachotikul K, Bhan I, Lessin MS, Nielsen HC. Association of bronchopulmonary sequestration with expression of the homeobox protein Hoxb-5. J Pediatr Surg. 2000 Dec; 35(12):1817-9.
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  42. Cheung WS, Bhan I, Lipton SA. Nitric oxide (NO.) stabilizes whereas nitrosonium (NO+) enhances filopodial outgrowth by rat retinal ganglion cells in vitro. Brain Res. 2000 Jun 16; 868(1):1-13.
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  43. Folkerth RD, Alroy J, Bhan I, Kaye EM. Infantile G(M1) gangliosidosis: complete morphology and histochemistry of two autopsy cases, with particular reference to delayed central nervous system myelination. Pediatr Dev Pathol. 2000 Jan-Feb; 3(1):73-86.
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  44. Paris YM, Bhan I, Marx GR, Rhodes J. Truncus arteriosus with a single left ventricle: case report of a previously unrecognized entity. Am Heart J. 1997 Mar; 133(3):377-80.
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  45. Irons MB, Bianchi DW, Geggel RL, Marx GR, Bhan I. Possible new autosomal recessive syndrome of lymphedema, hydroceles, atrial septal defect, and characteristic facial changes. Am J Med Genet. 1996 Dec 2; 66(1):69-71.
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  46. Kretschmar CS, Colbach C, Bhan I, Crombleholme TM. Desmoplastic small cell tumor: a report of three cases and a review of the literature. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 1996 Aug; 18(3):293-8.
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  47. Garmel SH, Crombleholme TM, Semple JP, Bhan I. Prenatal diagnosis and management of fetal tumors. Semin Perinatol. 1994 Aug; 18(4):350-65.
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  48. Kabani S, Cataldo E, Folkerth R, Delellis RA, Bhan I, Farren P, Neville T. Atypical lymphohistiocytic infiltrate (pseudolymphoma) of the oral cavity. Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol. 1988 Nov; 66(5):587-92.
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