Carmine Zoccali

Carmine Zoccali

2022 KI Best Reviewer

KI reviewers were evaluated by the number of reviews they completed in 2022, the quality of each review as assessed by the Kidney International Associate Editors, and the length of time manuscripts were under review.

Dr. Carmine Zoccali is a nephrologist and clinical investigator. His research interests cover hypertension, cardiovascular complications in CKD, kidney disease progression, and the epidemiology of kidney diseases. He has contributed over 800 PubMed indexed publications in peer reviewed journals and as of February 2023, he has an h-index (Google Scholar) of 123 (73 since 2018). He is Editor Emeritus of Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation (2011-2017) and he is an active editorial board member of multiple high-ranking journals.

Dr. Zoccali was chairman of the European Renal Association – European Dialysis and Transplant Association (ERA-EDTA) Registry (2003-2009), president of the Italian Society of Nephrology (2007-2008), and president of the ERA-EDTA for the June triennium 2017-2020. He is a member to 10 national and international societies of nephrology and hypertension, Fellow of the American Society of Nephrology (FASN), the ERA-EDTA (FERA), and the American Kidney Foundation (FNKF), and honorary member of the Spanish Society of Nephrology and the Polish Society of Nephrology.

Dr. Zoccali has received international awards by the American Kidney Foundation, the Richard Yu award by the Hong Kong Society of Nephrology and the Borelli Foundation, and a honoris causa doctorate by the University of Oviedo (Spain), Patras (Greece), and Thessaloniki (Greece).

The KI Best Reviewers will be acknowledged in the Editors’ Pick of ISN Journals: KI and KIR session taking place Saturday, April 1, 2023, 08:30-10:00 Bangkok time, in MR 110 ABC.