Robert M. Perkins
Director, US Medical Affairs, Cardiopulmonary Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals, USA
Biography
Rob Perkins is a nephrologist and a Medical Director for US Medical Affairs at Bayer. He received an AB from Harvard College, an MD from the University of Pittsburgh School Of Medicine, and an MPH from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Prior to his work at Bayer after having most recently worked as a clinical investigator and clinical nephrologist at Geisinger Medical Center in central Pennsylvania. Prior to that, he served on active duty in the United States Army for 9 years, including a deployment to Baghdad, Iraq in 2006, where he was the Assistant Chief of the trauma ICU at the 10th Combat Support Hospital. He has maintained an active research program in chronic kidney disease, diabetic kidney disease, and acute kidney injury, with a particular focus on risk prediction and cardiovascular complications.
Abstract
Abstract : Early Identification and Management of CKD: Opportunities and Unanswered Questions