Division of Nephrology

Dianne Arlen

BSc, MD, FRCP

Associate Professor, Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine

 

 

Education and Professional Standing

  • MD, McMaster University, 1989
  • FRCP (Internal Medicine), University of Western Ontario, 1993
  • Nephrology, McMaster University , 1994
  • Master of Education, University of Toronto, 2001

Research Interests

  • Kidneytransplantation
  • Cardiac disease in renal failure
  • Cardiovascular disease following renal transplantation
  • Bone disease following kidney transplantation
  • Medical education

Selected Publications

  1. Adachi JD, Arlen D, Webber CE, Chettle DR, Beaumont LF, Gordon CL, Is there any association between the presence of bone disease and cumulative exposure to lead. Calc. Tiss. Int., 1998, 63: 429 -432
  2. Arlen DJ, Lambert K, Ioannidis G, Adachi JD. Treatment of established bone loss following renal transplantation with etidronate. Transplantation 2001, 71: 669-673
  3. Kumar D, Rotstein C, Miyata G, Arlen D, Humar A, Randomized, double-blind, controlled trial of pneumococcal vaccination in renal transplant recipients. J Infect. Dis., 2003, 187: 1639-45
  4. Arlen D, Adachi JD, Are bisphosphonates useful in the management of corticosteroid induced osteoporosis in transplant patients?, Journal of Nephrology 1998, 1