Jaime Uribarri, MD
Adjunct Professor, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, NYC NY
The Joel D. Kopple Award is an annual award honoring an individual who has made significant contributions to the field of renal nutrition.
Dr. Jaime Uribarri is a practicing nephrologist and clinical investigator in NYC. He has been in The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, NYC, since 1990, where he is currently Professor of Medicine and Director of the Renal Clinic and the Home Dialysis Program at the Mount Sinai Hospital. In parallel with his clinical activities, Dr Uribarri has been very active in clinical investigation for more than 40 years. His main areas of research have been on acid-base and fluid and electrolytes disorders as well as nutrition in chronic kidney disease and diabetic patients. He has published well over 250 peer-reviewed papers, written many chapters in books and edited several books on nutrition. He has lectured extensively on these topics in New York City as well as in national and international meetings.
He published the first large database with the dietary content of advanced glycation end products (AGEs) in foods, which is extensively used in nutritional research throughout the world. He is the editor-in-chief of the section on Clinical Nutrition in Nutrients. He serves as an ad hoc referee for numerous nutrition, medical and other scientific journals and he is an active member of several health organizations and professional national and international associations.
