General Medicine: Open Access

Biography

Dr. Berenice Gitomer joined the Renal Division at the University of Colorado School of Medicine as a full-time faculty member in 2003. She obtained her doctorate from Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland before coming to the US to complete a postdoctoral fellowship at NIH. She is currently an associate professor in the Division of Renal Diseases and Hypertension and an associate director of the Polycystic Kidney Disease Research Group.

Research Interest

 Dr. Gitomer’s research focus is identification of factors that affect the severity and progression of autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD). Ongoing NIH funded research studies explore genetic causes of variability in ADPKD, in addition to exploring similarities between tumor growth and expansion of cysts within the kidney.  Dr. Gitomer is co-principal investigator with her clinical collaborators on studies that explore clinical interventions to improve vascular function and identify a potential bone defect in ADPKD.

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