Overview
Updated 14 Jul 2026
Isidro B. Salusky, MD, is Distinguished Professor of Pediatrics at David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. The public record shows 389 publications with 18,607 citations (h-index 62), centered on Parathyroid Disorders and Treatments, Dialysis and Renal Disease Management, Vitamin D Research Studies. It also documents an investigator role on 4 registered clinical trials, industry payments reported by 9 companies, 9 NIH-funded awards (1986–2026).
- Most recent indexed publication: 2026 · JBMR plus
- Top research focus: Parathyroid Disorders and Treatments
- 4 registered trials on ClinicalTrials.gov
- Open Payments reporting from 9 companies
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Indications focusfrom trials led + research topics
Research focusOpenAlex concept fingerprint
Drugs & moleculesacross trials, industry payments and publications
Works withtrial sponsors and companies reporting payments
Scholarshipindexed output and impact (OpenAlex)
View publications ↓Distinct works indexed by OpenAlex, matched via ORCID; 7 in PubMed.
Total citations across indexed works.
Hirsch index (OpenAlex). i10-index 214.
Clinical & industrytrials, payments and federal funding
Clinical trials
Updated 14 Jul 2026
Listed as an investigator on 4 registered studies on ClinicalTrials.gov. The most recent:
- Ferric Citrate and Chronic Kidney Disease in Children
Sponsor: University of California, Los Angeles
InvestigatorPhase 2RecruitingNCT04741646 - How Bone is Made in Children Receiving Dialysis
Sponsor: University of California, Los Angeles
InvestigatorPhase 4UnknownNCT01799317 - Regulation of Bone Formation in Renal Osteodystrophy
Sponsor: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
InvestigatorPhase 2CompletedNCT00560300
Industry payments
Updated 14 Jul 2026
9 companies reported payments to CMS in program years 2021–2025. These are public disclosures, not judgments. The latest:
- Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc.Program year20251 payment
- AKEBIA THERAPEUTICS INCProgram year20251 payment
- Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Program year20252 payments
NIH funding
Updated 14 Jul 2026
9 NIH research awards on record, funded 1986–2026 per NIH RePORTER. The latest:
- Phosphate binder therapy and chronic kidney disease in children
University of California Los Angeles
FY2026$761,975U01DK122013 - Phosphate binder therapy and chronic kidney disease in children
University of California Los Angeles
FY2026$52,575U01DK122013 - Phosphate binder therapy and chronic kidney disease in children
University of California Los Angeles
FY2026$37,050U01DK122013
Congress activity
Updated 14 Jul 2026
1 congress contribution (2023) across ASH per OpenAlex. The most recent:
- <i>Serum Ferritin Reflects Bone Marrow Iron Stores in Children with End Stage Kidney Disease</i>
ASH Annual Meeting
ASH2023Co-author
Published abstracts are attributed via the same ORCID-disambiguated authorship as publications, so each is DOI-verified. Podium roles (invited talks, session chairs) and oral/poster type are added as program data is confirmed.
Publications
Updated 14 Jul 2026
Their five most recent publications, matched to their ORCID record and linked to PubMed.
- Determination of FGF23 Levels for the Diagnosis of FGF23-Mediated Hypophosphatemia.
Journal of bone and mineral research
2022 - A review of ferric citrate clinical studies, and the rationale and design of the Ferric Citrate and Chronic Kidney Disease in Children (FIT4KiD) trial.
Pediatric nephrology (Berlin, Germany)
2022
Most-cited worksby citation count (OpenAlex)
- 01
- 02
- 03
- 05Suppression of Iron-Regulatory Hepcidin by Vitamin D345 citations2013
Contact
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Office address
757 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA 90095
Network
Updated 14 Jul 2026
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Background & recognition
Updated 14 Jul 2026
Credentials, appointments and honors, newest first, each linked to the public source it came from.
Educationdegrees and training on record
- verifiedCorroborated by findmyKOL. We matched this record across two or more independent public sources (or a verified ORCID / NPI identifier bridge) before attributing it to this person.How we verify →uclahealth.org ↗
- provisionalFound in a cited public source but not yet independently corroborated. Published as a labeled candidate and queued for verification.How we verify →health.usnews.com ↗
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- Pediatric residency
Dr. Pedro de Elizalde Hospital, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Editorial & leadership rolesjournal and society appointments
- provisionalFound in a cited public source but not yet independently corroborated. Published as a labeled candidate and queued for verification.How we verify →en.wikipedia.org ↗
- President
International Pediatric Nephrology Association (IPNA) (also served as Councilor and Treasurer)
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American Society of Nephrology
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Awards & honorshonors on the public record
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- provisionalFound in a cited public source but not yet independently corroborated. Published as a labeled candidate and queued for verification.How we verify →profiles.ucla.edu ↗
Secondary affiliationsappointments beyond the home institution
- Workforce Development Program Director
Training Program in Translational Science, UCLA Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI)
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Medical/Scientific Advisory Board, University Kidney Research Organization (UKRO)
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Scientific Advisory Board, OPKO Health, Inc. (Renal Division)
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Online presence
Updated 14 Jul 2026
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- Doximity
doximity.com/pub/isidro-salusky-md
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researchgate.net/scientific-contributions/Isidro-B-Salusky-2218873751
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- YouTube
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