Vlado Perkovic

Vlado Perkovic (born March 8, 1969) is an Australian renal physician and researcher who is the Dean of the Faculty of Medicine at the University of New South Wales, Sydney.^[5]

Vlado Perkovic
Born	(1969-03-08) March 8, 1969 (age 53)
Alma mater	University of Melbourne
Occupation(s)	-Dean of the Faculty of Medicine and Scientia Professor at the University of New South Wales^[1] -Renal Physician -Staff Specialist in Nephrology at the Royal North Shore Hospital -George Clinical Board Member^[2] -George Clinical Scientific Leader^[3]
Employer(s)	-Royal Melbourne Hospital (2002-2005) -Royal North Shore Hospital (2005-present) -George Institute for Global Health (2007-present) -George Clinical (2009–present) -University of Sydney (2012-2017)^[4] -University of New South Wales (2017-present)

He is also a Honorary Fellow at the George Institute for Global Health Australia^{[6][circular reference]}, and a board member and scientific leader at George Clinical,^[2] the commercial clinical research arm of The George Institute for Global Health, where he provides trial design and management expertise for a variety of clinical trials.

Career

Perkovic moved to Sydney and into professional academia after completing his PhD in 2005. The thesis undertaken at the University of Melbourne was entitled “The Cardiovascular Aspects of Kidney Disease”.^[7] Perkovic relocated to Sydney to take on a position as Associate Principal Director at The George Institute for Global Health (2007-2008), and was appointed Conjoint Senior Lecturer at the University of Sydney. Perkovic worked in a number of senior research and executive positions at The George Institute, before being appointed Executive Director of The George Institute, Australia in 2012. In 2017 Perkovic was appointed to lead the non-communicable diseases theme as part of the University of New South Wales Medicine's thematic research strategy.^[1] In 2019, he was appointed as the Dean of Medicine at University of New South Wales.^[1]

From 2009-2014 Perkovic was the Executive Director of George Clinical,^[2] one of The George Institute's commercial enterprises. He was appointed to the board of George Clinical in 2010 and holds this position today.

Perkovic regularly appears in the media worldwide^[8][9][10] as an authority in the fields hypertension, cardiovascular disease, and clinical trials. His research is widely cited^[11] and has been responsible for changing medical guidelines. He has an increasing advocacy and media profile, with a number of op-eds in major newspapers,^[12][13][14] as well as chairing a number of roundtables and interviews.^{[15][16][17][18]} For example, Perkovic shared the stage with Dr Jim Kim, President of The World Bank, when he visited Sydney in 2014.^[19]

Perkovic is a fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (1999), the American Society of Nephrology, (2008) and the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences (2016). He holds a National Health and Medical Research Council program grant. Some of Perkovic's previous positions include being President of the Association of Australian Medical Research Institutes (AAMRI, the peak body for Medical Research Institutes), Chairman of the International Society of Nephrology Advancing Clinical Trials initiative (ISN-ACT 2016-), a member of the Executive Committee and Board of Australian Clinical Trials Alliance, (2016-8), a member of the Executive Operations Secretariat, Australasian Kidney Trials Network (2016-) and Chair of the AKTN Scientific Committee 2013-6. He was previously a member of the Health Translation Advisory Committee (HTAC) of the National Health and Medical Research Council (2015-8)

Research Focus and Publications

Perkovic has published more than 250 peer reviewed papers,^[20] and his career has been based on clinical research investigating the prevention and treatment of kidney disease, and its complications. As well as epidemiological research identifying important risk factors, Perkovic has led a broad suite of clinical trials and meta-analyses aiming to identify effective interventions that slow the progression of kidney disease and reduce the risk of developing the many complications of kidney disease. Some of Perkovic's key outputs here have been work on diabetic nephropathy published in a range of journals,^[20] and studies of blood pressure lowering, lipid lowering and a range of other interventions for the prevention of kidney failure and cardiovascular outcomes in people with kidney disease. Perkovic's ongoing work includes further systematic reviews, large scale global trials of steroids for the prevention of kidney failure in IgA nephropathy (Co-Principal Investigator), and Steering Committee roles in a number of global, pharma-funded trials studying treatments for the prevention of kidney failure in diabetic nephropathy. This includes a role as Chair of the CREDENCE trial Steering Committee, the first trial to convincingly demonstrate the benefits of the SGLT2 inhibitor canagliflozin on the risk of kidney failure and cardiovascular outcomes in people with diabetes and kidney disease.^[21]

Perkovic's research has led to major publications in the New England Journal of Medicine,^[22] Lancet,^[23][24] BMJ,^[25] Annals of Internal Medicine,^[26] PLoS Medicine^[27] and a range of specialty journals. He was appointed to the Editorial Board of the New England Journal of Medicine in 2017, the first Australian to receive this honour.

Personal life

Perkovic was born in Brinje, Croatia and moved to Australia with his family before the age of one. He lived in Melbourne and trained in medicine at the University of Melbourne and the Royal Melbourne Hospital, receiving his MBBS and Doctor of Philosophy qualifications from The University of Melbourne in 1992 and 2005 respectively. He is married with three sons. Prior to pursuing a career in academia, he worked as a nephrologist and general physician at the Royal Melbourne Hospital, (2002-2005), and was appointed Head of Haemodialysis for the North West Dialysis Service, Royal Melbourne Hospital. From 2005 when he moved to Sydney, Perkovic has held a part-time appointment as a specialist in nephrology and hypertension at the Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney.

References

1. http://www.unsw.edu.au/. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
2. "Board of Directors - George Clinical - Leading Asia Pacific CRO". Georgeclinical.com. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
3. "Scientific Leaders - George Clinical - Leading Asia Pacific CRO". Georgeclinical.com. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
4. Sydney, The University of. "Find a researcher - Sydney Medical School - The University of Sydney". sydney.edu.au. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
5. "About us | Medicine & Health - UNSW Sydney".
6. George Institute for Global Health
7. Perkovic, Vlado; Ninomiya, Toshiharu; Arima, Hisatomi; Gallagher, Martin; Jardine, Meg; Cass, Alan; Neal, Bruce; MacMahon, Stephen; Chalmers, John (1 October 2007). "Chronic Kidney Disease, Cardiovascular Events, and the Effects of Perindopril-Based Blood Pressure Lowering: Data from the PROGRESS Study". Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. 18 (10): 2766–2772. doi:10.1681/ASN.2007020256. PMID 17804673. Retrieved 8 October 2017 – via jasn.asnjournals.org.
8. "The search the world's first truly affordable dialysis machine". Abc.net.au. 16 March 2015. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
9. Healy, Melissa (9 November 2015). "Getting your blood pressure even lower: Here are the risks and rewards". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
10. "Teacher turns lifesaver for pupil". Dailytelegraph.com.au. 21 March 2014. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
11. "Vlado Perkovic - Google Scholar Citations". scholar.google.com. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
12. "Boost for research careers". Theaustralian.com.au. 21 November 2014. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
13. http://www.businessinsider.com.au/doctors-australias-medicare-system-is-creakin^{[dead link]}
14. PERKOVIC, VLADO (15 April 2013). "Disease burden demands fight on several fronts". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
15. "Blood pressure risks rise". Au.news.yahoo.com. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
16. "Affordable Dialysis Prize Announced, Health Check - BBC World Service". BBC. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
17. "Resistant hypertension". Thinkgp.com.au. 2 June 2014. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
18. "Professor Vlado Perkovic - University of Technology Sydney". Uts.edu.au. 12 October 2015. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
19. "Transcript of Event". Worldbank.org. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
20. Search Results for author Perkovic V on PubMed.
21. Perkovic, Vlado; Jardine, Meg J.; Neal, Bruce; Bompoint, Severine; Heerspink, Hiddo J.L.; Charytan, David M.; Edwards, Robert; Agarwal, Rajiv; Bakris, George; Bull, Scott; Cannon, Christopher P.; Capuano, George; Chu, Pei-Ling; De Zeeuw, Dick; Greene, Tom; Levin, Adeera; Pollock, Carol; Wheeler, David C.; Yavin, Yshai; Zhang, Hong; Zinman, Bernard; Meininger, Gary; Brenner, Barry M.; Mahaffey, Kenneth W.; CREDENCE Trial Investigators (2019). "Canagliflozin and Renal Outcomes in Type 2 Diabetes and Nephropathy". New England Journal of Medicine. 380 (24): 2295–2306. doi:10.1056/NEJMoa1811744. hdl:1805/22369. PMID 30990260. S2CID 117730201.
22. Perkovic, Vlado; Rodgers, Anthony (2015). "Redefining Blood-Pressure Targets — SPRINT Starts the Marathon". New England Journal of Medicine. 373 (22): 2175–8. doi:10.1056/NEJMe1513301. PMID 26551394.
23. Liyanage, Thaminda; Ninomiya, Toshiharu; Jha, Vivekanand; Neal, Bruce; Patrice, Halle Marie; Okpechi, Ikechi; Zhao, Ming-hui; LV, Jicheng; Garg, Amit X; Knight, John; Rodgers, Anthony; Gallagher, Martin; Kotwal, Sradha; Cass, Alan; Perkovic, Vlado (2015). "Worldwide access to treatment for end-stage kidney disease: A systematic review". The Lancet. 385 (9981): 1975–82. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(14)61601-9. PMID 25777665. S2CID 25200966.
24. Kalantar-Zadeh K, Jafar TH, Nitsch D, Neuen BL, Perkovic V (28 August 2021). "Chronic Kidney Disease" (PDF). Lancet. 398 (10302): 786–802. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(21)00519-5. PMID 34175022. S2CID 235631509.
25. Perkovic, V; Cass, A (2010). "Glomerular filtration rate and the risk of stroke". BMJ. 341: c4390. doi:10.1136/bmj.c4390. PMID 20884697. S2CID 39211355.
26. Palmer, Suetonia C; Di Micco, Lucia; Razavian, Mona; Craig, Jonathan C; Perkovic, Vlado; Pellegrini, Fabio; Copetti, Massimiliano; Graziano, Giusi; Tognoni, Gianni; Jardine, Meg; Webster, Angela; Nicolucci, Antonio; Zoungas, Sophia; Strippoli, Giovanni F.M (2012). "Effects of Antiplatelet Therapy on Mortality and Cardiovascular and Bleeding Outcomes in Persons with Chronic Kidney Disease". Annals of Internal Medicine. 156 (6): 445–59. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-156-6-201203200-00007. PMID 22431677.
27. Perkovic, Vlado; Verdon, Christine; Ninomiya, Toshiharu; Barzi, Federica; Cass, Alan; Patel, Anushka; Jardine, Meg; Gallagher, Martin; Turnbull, Fiona; Chalmers, John; Craig, Jonathan; Huxley, Rachel (2008). "The Relationship between Proteinuria and Coronary Risk: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis". PLOS Medicine. 5 (10): e207. doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.0050207. PMC 2570419. PMID 18942886.

External links

• Vlado Perkovic Google Scholars Citations
• George Institute
• Geore Clinical