
Eduardo Slatopolsky, MD
Professor Emeritus
Additional Titles
- Director, Parathyroid Hormone/Vitamin D Laboratory
- Founder, Chronic Dialysis Program, Washington University
- Director, Chromalloy American Kidney Center for 30 years
Mailing Address
Division of Nephrology
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Mailing Address:
660 S. Euclid Ave., CB 8126
St. Louis, MO 63110
Education
- MD: University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina (1959)
- Research Assistant: Institute of Medical Research, Buenos Aires, Argentina (1959-1960)
- Intern: Mount Sinai Hospital, Cleveland, OH (1960-1962)
- Senior Assistant Medical Resident: Mount Sinai Hospital, Cleveland, OH (1962-1963)
- USPHS Post Doctoral Trainee: Renal Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine (1963-1965)
Board Certifications
- Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1959
- Educational Council of Foreign Medical Graduates, USA, 1960
- State Board of Medical Examiners of Virginia, 1962
- State Board of Medical Examiners of Missouri, 1967
Recognition
Honors and Awards
1978
Fellow, American College of Physicians
1978
Honorary Member of the Colombian Society of Nephrology
1986
Honorary Member of the Argentinean Society of Nephrology
1991
Frederic C. Bartter Award, American Society for Bone and Mineral Research
1991
Honorary Member of the Argentinean Society of Endocrinology and Metabolism
1995
Honorary Member of the Chilean Society of Nephrology
1997
Award of Excellence, National Kidney Foundation and Metro East
1998
Honorary Member, Polish Society of Nephrology
1999
Belding H. Scribner Award of the American Society of Nephrology
2000
Honorary President of the Santa Fe Society of Nephrology, Argentina
2000
Award of the Eleventh Workshop on Vitamin D in “Recognition of Career Contributions to Vitamin D Research”
2001
Honorary Member, Italian Society of Nephrology
2004
Victor Miatello Award of the Latin-American Society of Nephrology and Hypertension
2004
Honorary Member of the Spanish Society of Nephrology
2007
Amgen International Award of the International Society of Nephrology, Rio, Brazil
2009
Peter H. Raven Lifetime Achievement Award of the St. Louis Academy of Science
2011
Fellow, Academy of Science of St. Louis
2013
Lifetime Achievement “Master Physician” Award, Barnes-Jewish Hospital
2013
Friends of the National Kidney Foundation Award
2014
12th International Vicenza Award, Vicenza, Italy
Clinical Interests
Clinical Titles
Director, Chromalloy American Kidney Center, 1967-1997
Co-Director, Renal Division, 1967-1997
Director, PTH/Vitamin D Laboratory, 1970-Present
Physician, Barnes Hospital, 1972- Present
Renal Consultant, Barnes Hospital, 1965-1997
Renal Consultant, Jewish Hospital, 1965-1997
Teaching Titles
Joseph Friedman Professor of Renal Diseases in Medicine, 1991-Present
Research Interests
Research Interests: Recognized for contributions to the understanding of the pathophysiology of renal diseases. The Slatopolsky Lab was one of the first to demonstrate that phosphate retention in both humans and animals increases secretion of parathyroid hormone (PTH). Elevated PTH levels are found in patients with chronic renal disease and are linked to significant bone resorption and pathological bone fractures.
His team also was the first to demonstrate that vitamin D has a direct effect on the suppression of PTH in patients with renal failure. Other research has found that a low phosphate diet can reduce both vascular calcification and mortality in rats with advanced renal insufficiency.