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A member of several editorial boards, Dr. Epstein also serves as a
reviewer for numerous prominent journals and for study sections for
granting agencies.
Dr. Epstein has served as the editor of 4 editions of THE KIDNEY IN
LIVER DISEASE (Hanley & Belfus, Philadelphia, 1996), the premier
book in the field, which surveys the wide spectrum of renal functional
abnormalities in liver disease. Dr. Epstein has also co authored HYPER-
TENSION: PRACTICAL MANAGEMENT (1988), which has subsequently
been published in Spanish and Portuguese editions. He has also edited
CALCIUM ANTAGONISTS AND THE KIDNEY (Hanley & Belfus, 1990),
the first comprehensive book to survey the diverse effects of calcium
antagonists on renal function, and the clinical applicability of these findings,
including renal protection. Most recently, Dr. Epstein has edited
3 editions of CALCIUM ANTAGONISTS IN CLINICAL MEDICINE
(Hanley and Belfus, 1992, 1997, and 2002), the first comprehensive book
to survey the effects of calcium antagonists on both cardiovascular and
renal function. In addition, this book considers the effects of calcium
antagonists on other organ systems including the management of gastrointestinal
disorders, and disorders of the cerebral circulation.
Dr. Epstein has also co-edited ANGIOTENSIN II RECEPTOR ANTAGO-
NISTS (Hanley & Belfus 2001), the first comprehensive book to survey
the effects of AT1 receptor antagonists on both cardiovascular and renal
function. In addition, this book considers the effects of these novel agents
in elucidating the profound physiological effects of angiotensin II.
Dr. Epstein, who is a 1963 graduate of Columbia University College of
Physicians and Surgeons, did his postgraduate medical training at University
Hospital in Madison, Wisconsin and at the Cleveland MetroHealth
Medical Center of Western Reserve University from 1966 to 1968, he
was a Research Fellow in Nephrology in the Kidney Laboratory of Peter
Bent Brigham Hospital in Boston, under Professor John P. Merrill. Dr.
Epstein was also an Established Investigator of the Howard Hughes
Medical Institute. He is ABIM-certified in internal medicine and nephrology,
and is a Fellow of both the American College of Physicians and the
American Society of Nephrology. Dr Epstein has also been designated
a Hypertension Specialist by the American Society of Hypertension.
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