Positions

Selected Publications

Academic Article

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2017 BP control and long-term risk of ESRD and mortalityJournal of the American Society of Nephrology.  28:671-677. 2017
2016 Associations of blood pressure, sunlight, and Vitamin D in community-dwelling adultsJournal of Hypertension.  34:1704-1710. 2016
2014 A within-patient analysis for time-varying risk factors of CKD progressionJournal of the American Society of Nephrology.  25:606-613. 2014
2014 Vitamin D deficiency in the pathogenesis of hypertension: Still an unsettled questionCurrent Hypertension Reports.  16. 2014
2013 A trial of 2 strategies to reduce nocturnal blood pressure in blacks with chronic kidney diseaseHypertension.  61:82-88. 2013
2013 Chronic Kidney Disease in African Americans: Past, Present, and Future: IntroductionSeminars in Nephrology.  33:407-408. 2013
2012 Relationship between ambulatory BP and clinical outcomes in patients with hypertensive CKDClinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology.  7:1770-1776. 2012
2012 Kidney function can improve in patients with hypertensive CKDJournal of the American Society of Nephrology.  23:706-713. 2012
2010 Intensive blood-pressure control in hypertensive chronic kidney diseaseNew England Journal of Medicine.  363:918-929. 2010
2010 Vitamin D, blood pressure, and African Americans: Toward a unifying hypothesisClinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology.  5:1697-1703. 2010
2009 Disparate estimates of hypertension control from ambulatory and clinic blood pressure measurements in hypertensive kidney diseaseHypertension.  53:20-27. 2009
2008 Introduction to vitamin D symposium, March 14, 2008Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology.  3:1534. 2008
2008 Long-term effects of renin-angiotensin system-blocking therapy and a low blood pressure goal on progression of hypertensive chronic kidney disease in African AmericansJAMA Internal Medicine.  168:832-839. 2008
2007 Prevalence and correlates of left ventricular hypertrophy in the african american study of kidney disease cohort studyHypertension.  50:1033-1039. 2007
2006 Cardiovascular Outcomes in the African American Study of Kidney Disease and Hypertension (AASK) TrialAmerican Journal of Kidney Diseases.  48:739-751. 2006
2006 Baseline predictors of renal disease progression in the African American study of hypertension and kidney diseaseJournal of the American Society of Nephrology.  17:2928-2936. 2006
2005 Racial differences in renal arteriolar structure in children with minimal change nephropathyKidney International.  68:1154-1160. 2005
2005 Racial disparities in the association of foetal growth retardation to childhood blood pressureNephrology Dialysis Transplantation.  20:1592-1597. 2005
2005 The relationship between magnitude of proteinuria reduction and risk of end-stage renal disease: Results of the African American study of kidney disease and hypertensionJAMA Internal Medicine.  165:947-953. 2005
2003 Oligonephronia, primary hypertension and renal disease: 'Is the child father to the man?'Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation.  18:1434-1438. 2003
2002 Effect of blood pressure lowering and antihypertensive drug class on progression of hypertensive kidney disease: Results from the AASK trialJournal of the American Medical Association.  288:2421-2431. 2002
2002 Progression of vascular calcification in uraemic patients: Can it be stopped?Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation.  17:1365-1368. 2002
2001 Effect of ramipril vs amlodipine on renal outcomes in hypertensive nephrosclerosis: A Randomized Controlled TrialJournal of the American Medical Association.  285:2719-2728. 2001
2000 Coronary heart disease in chronic renal insufficiency: Some management considerationsJournal of the American Society of Nephrology.  11:1948-1956. 2000
2000 Absence of response to human parathyroid hormone in athymic mice grafted with human parathyroid adenoma, hyperplasia or parathyroid cells maintained in cultureJournal of Endocrinological Investigation.  23:273-279. 2000
2000 Extraskeletal calcification in patients with chronic kidney failure.Advances in nephrology from the Necker Hospital.  30:333-356. 2000
1999 Seasonal changes in blood pressure in patients undergoing hemodialysis [2] (multiple letters)New England Journal of Medicine.  340:965-966. 1999
1999 Parathyroid hormone, vitamin D, and cardiovascular disease in chronic renal failureKidney International.  56:383-392. 1999
1998 Is renal failure caused by primary hypertension? Why does the controversy continue?Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation.  13:3007-3010. 1998
1998 Ultraviolet light may contribute to geographic and racial blood pressure differences [1] (multiple letters)Hypertension.  31:719. 1998
1997 Ultraviolet light may contribute to geographic and racial blood pressure differencesHypertension.  30:150-156. 1997
1996 Kidney disease in the first-degree relatives of African-Americans with hypertensive end-stage renal diseaseAmerican Journal of Kidney Diseases.  27:341-346. 1996
1994 Cardiac calcification in uremia.Contributions to Nephrology.  106:26-29. 1994
1994 Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery in End‐Stage Renal Disease: Indications, Contraindications, and UncertaintiesSeminars in Dialysis.  7:91-95. 1994
1993 Treatment of Hypertriglyceridemia in Dialysis Patients Is Expensive and UnprovenSeminars in Dialysis.  6:200-202. 1993
1992 Hypertension and renal disease in blacks: role of genetic and/or environmental factors?Advances in nephrology from the Necker Hospital.  21:99-116. 1992
1992 US Minority Groups and End-Stage Renal Disease: A Disproportionate ShareAmerican Journal of Kidney Diseases.  19:411-413. 1992
1991 Cardiovascular complications in renal failureJournal of the American Society of Nephrology.  2:1053-1062. 1991
1991 Changing Patterns of End-Stage Renal Disease Due to HypertensionAmerican Journal of Kidney Diseases.  18:336-343. 1991
1990 Diabetic end-stage renal diseaseNew England Journal of Medicine.  322:1008-1010. 1990
1990 Diabetic end-stage renal disease (IV)New England Journal of Medicine.  322:1009-1010. 1990
1990 Pericarditis in end-stage renal diseaseCardiology Clinics.  8:701-707. 1990
1989 Diabetic Renal Disease in Blacks — Inevitable or Preventable?New England Journal of Medicine.  321:1121-1122. 1989
1989 Hypertension, Race, and Renal InsufficiencyNew England Journal of Medicine.  321:690-692. 1989
1989 Renal Insufficiency in Treated Essential HypertensionNew England Journal of Medicine.  320:684-688. 1989
1989 Cardiomyopathy in End‐Stage Renal FailureSeminars in Dialysis.  2:102-107. 1989
1989 Ischemic Heart Disease in Chronic Renal Failure: Management ConsiderationsSeminars in Dialysis.  2:98-101. 1989
1989 Pericarditis in End‐Stage Renal Disease: Clinical Characteristics and ManagementSeminars in Dialysis.  2:25-30. 1989
1988 Myocardial calcification and cardiac dysfunction in chronic renal failureAmerican Journal of Medicine.  85:651-657. 1988
1988 Results of Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting in End-Stage Renal DiseaseAmerican Journal of Kidney Diseases.  12:266-270. 1988
1987 Systemic hypertension and the kidney in black patientsAmerican Journal of Cardiology.  60:73-77. 1987
1987 Cat-Bite Peritonitis: Pasteurella Multocida Peritonitis Following Feline Contamination of Peritoneal Dialysis TubingAmerican Journal of Kidney Diseases.  10:318-319. 1987
1987 Metastatic calcification of the heart and lungs in end-stage renal disease: detection and quantification by dual-energy digital chest radiography.American Journal of Roentgenology.  149:881-887. 1987
1987 Treatment of Uremic Pericarditis and Pericardial EffusionAmerican Journal of Kidney Diseases.  10:2-8. 1987
1986 The epidemiology of coronary artery disease in patients on maintenance hemodialysis: implications for management.Contributions to Nephrology.  52:34-41. 1986
1986 Acute Pancreatitis in Patients With End-Stage Renal Disease Without TransplantationJAMA Internal Medicine.  146:1741-1745. 1986
1986 Human complement protein D catabolism by the rat kidneyJournal of Clinical Investigation.  77:1299-1304. 1986
1985 Effect of 6-aminonicotinamide on renin release in isolated rat kidney: Possible role for the pentose pathway 1985
1985 Effect of reduced chloride reabsorption on renin release in the isolated rat kidney 1985
1985 Effect of 6-aminonicotinamide on renin release in isolated rat kidney: Possible role for the pentose pathwayAmerican Journal of Physiology.  18. 1985
1985 Staphylococcus Aureus Bacteremia in Patients on Chronic HemodialysisAmerican Journal of Kidney Diseases.  6:412-419. 1985
1984 Attenuated pressure natriuresis in the early phases of two-kidney Goldblatt hypertension 1984
1984 Attenuated pressure natriuresis in the early phases of two-kidney Goldblatt hypertensionAmerican Journal of Physiology.  15. 1984
1984 Dialysis-associated ischemic heart disease: Insights from coronary angiographyKidney International.  25:653-659. 1984
1983 Cardiac performance and coronary risk in chronic hemodialysis patientsThe Kidney.  16:1-8. 1983
1983 Profound Hypokalemia in Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal DialysisJAMA Internal Medicine.  143:377-378. 1983
1982 Racial Differences in the Incidence of Treatment for End-Stage Renal DiseaseNew England Journal of Medicine.  306:1276-1279. 1982
1982 Attenuated pressure natriuresis in hypertensive ratsKidney International.  21:330-338. 1982
1982 Lower Gastrointestinal Tract Dysfunction in Patients Receiving Long-term HemodialysisJAMA Internal Medicine.  142:303-306. 1982
1982 Relationship of coronary risk factors to hemodialysis-associated ischemic heart diseaseKidney International.  22:304-308. 1982
1981 Treatment of secondary hyperparathyroidism in patients with chronic renal failure by total parathyroidectomy and parathyroid autograftAnnals of Surgery.  193:777-793. 1981
1980 Mycobacteriosis in Patients with Chronic Renal FailureJAMA Internal Medicine.  140:57-61. 1980
1980 The effect of insulin and of anti-insulin serum on handling of sodium by the isolated, perfused kidney of the streptozotocin-diabetic ratDiabetes.  29:679-685. 1980
1980 Urinary acidification in a patient with glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency. A reevaluation of the role of the hexose monophosphate shunt in renal acid secretionAmerican Journal of Medicine.  69:155-158. 1980
1979 Ischemic heart disease in the hemodialysis population.Proceedings of the Clinical Dialysis and Transplant Forum.  9:44-49. 1979
1979 Ischemic heart disease in patients with uremia undergoing maintenance hemodialysisKidney International.  16:600-611. 1979
1979 Natriuretic effects of angiotensin II (A(II)) and renin substrate (RS) in the isolated rat kidneyPhysiologist.  22:108. 1979
1978 Effect of insulin on sodium excretion in the isolated rat kidneyKidney International.  14:744. 1978
1977 Response of the isolated rat kidney to metabolic and respiratory acidosisAmerican Journal of Physiology.  233. 1977
1976 Vitamin B12 levels and nerve conduction velocities in patients undergoing maintenance hemodialysisAmerican Journal of Clinical Nutrition.  29:691-697. 1976
1970 Control factors affecting gluconeogenesis in perfused rat liver. Effects of 4-pentenoic acid.Journal of Biological Chemistry.  245:3242-3251. 1970
1969 Effect of 4-pentenoic acid on coenzyme a metabolites in rat liverBiochemical and Biophysical Research Communications.  36:407-413. 1969
1968 Recovery from massive amitriptyline overdosage. 1968

Education And Training

  • Doctor of Medicine, Tufts University 1965
  • Full Name

  • Stephen Rostand