Michael J.G. Somers, MD
Nephrologist, Division of Nephrology; Director, Clinical Services, Division of Nephrology; Medical Director, Renal Dialysis Unit
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
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Michael J.G. Somers, MD
Nephrologist, Division of Nephrology; Director, Clinical Services, Division of Nephrology; Medical Director, Renal Dialysis Unit
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Medical Services
Languages
English
Education
Undergraduate School
Williams College
1981
Williamstown
MA
Medical School
University of Vermont College of Medicine
1985
Burlington
VT
Internship
Pediatrics
Mayo Clinic
1986
Rochester
MN
Residency
Pediatrics
Mayo Clinic
1988
Rochester
MN
Fellowship
Pediatric Nephrology
Boston Children's Hospital
1993
Boston
MA
Certifications
American Board of Pediatrics (General)
American Board of Pediatrics (Nephrology)
Publications
Understanding Rare Kidney Stone Diseases: A Review. View Abstract
Rapid Weight Gain After Pediatric Kidney Transplant and Development of Cardiometabolic Risk Factors Among Children Enrolled in the North American Pediatric Renal Trials and Collaborative Studies Cohort. View Abstract
Predictors of Posttransplant Lymphoproliferative Disease in Pediatric Patients. View Abstract
Influence of season, sex, and interspecific interactions on the diel activity patterns of two sympatric African small carnivores. View Abstract
Water provisioning shapes carnivore community structure. View Abstract
Profuse diarrhea after autologous stem cell transplantation for peripheral T-cell lymphoma, not otherwise specified: a case report. View Abstract
Clinical characteristics and favorable treatment responses of recurrent focal segmental glomerulosclerosis or steroid-resistant nephrotic syndrome in children after kidney transplantation. View Abstract
Diagnosis and management of primary hyperoxalurias: best practices. View Abstract
Expanding the spectrum of novel candidate genes using trio exome sequencing and identification of monogenic cause in 27.5% of 320 families with steroid-resistant nephrotic syndrome. View Abstract
Using the multivariate Hawkes process to study interactions between multiple species from camera trap data. View Abstract
The bii4africa dataset of faunal and floral population intactness estimates across Africa's major land uses. View Abstract
Prospective Study of the Multisite Spread of a Medication Safety Intervention: Factors Common to Hospitals With Improved Outcomes. View Abstract
Post-transplant recurrence of focal segmental glomerular sclerosis: consensus statements. View Abstract
Prevalence of mycophenolate mofetil discontinuation and subsequent outcomes in pediatric kidney transplant recipients: A PNRC study. View Abstract
Correction to: Outcomes based on induction regimens in pediatric kidney transplantation: a NAPRTCS and PHIS collaborative study. View Abstract
Temporal partitioning and the potential for avoidance behaviour within South African carnivore communities. View Abstract
Ensuring our exstrophy-epispadias complex patients and families thrive. View Abstract
Optimal Care for Kidney Health: Development of a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) Value Pathway. View Abstract
Why humans kill animals and why we cannot avoid it. View Abstract
Clinical course and management of children with IgA vasculitis with nephritis. View Abstract
Outcomes based on induction regimens in pediatric kidney transplantation: a NAPRTCS and PHIS collaborative study. View Abstract
Position statement on the management of the immune checkpoint inhibitor-induced colitis via multidisciplinary modified Delphi consensus. View Abstract
Evaluating Kidney Function Decline in Children with Chronic Kidney Disease Using a Multi-Institutional Electronic Health Record Database. View Abstract
Primary Hyperoxaluria: A Need for New Perspectives in an Era of New Therapies. View Abstract
Skeletal Outcomes in Children and Young Adults with Glomerular Disease. View Abstract
Survival of neonates born with kidney failure during the initial hospitalization. View Abstract
Treatment of primary hyperoxaluria type 1. View Abstract
Treatment of post-transplant recurrent FSGS in children using plasmapheresis and augmentation of immunosuppression. View Abstract
Reverse phenotyping facilitates disease allele calling in exome sequencing of patients with CAKUT. View Abstract
The Pediatric Nephrology Workforce Crisis: A Call to Action. View Abstract
Continued reduction in peritonitis rates in pediatric dialysis centers: results of the Standardizing Care to Improve Outcomes in Pediatric End Stage Renal Disease (SCOPE) Collaborative. View Abstract
Children with CKD Are Not Little Adults with CKD: Pediatric Considerations for the Advancing American Kidney Health Initiative. View Abstract
Species distribution modelling of Bryde's whales, humpback whales, southern right whales, and sperm whales in the southern African region to inform their conservation in expanding economies. View Abstract
Mutations of the Transcriptional Corepressor ZMYM2 Cause Syndromic Urinary Tract Malformations. View Abstract
Lions Panthera leo Prefer Killing Certain Cattle Bos taurus Types. View Abstract
Early outcomes comparing induction with antithymocyte globulin vs alemtuzumab in two steroid-avoidance protocols in pediatric renal transplantation. View Abstract
Measuring Quality in Kidney Care: An Evaluation of Existing Quality Metrics and Approach to Facilitating Improvements in Care Delivery. View Abstract
Electronic Alerts to Identify Acute Kidney Injury in Children: Promises and Pitfalls. View Abstract
Using Electronic Health Record Data to Rapidly Identify Children with Glomerular Disease for Clinical Research. View Abstract
Effects of changes in adult erythropoietin dosing guidelines on erythropoietin dosing practices, anemia, and blood transfusion in children on hemodialysis: findings from North American Pediatric Renal Trials and Collaborative Studies (NAPRTCS). View Abstract
A prospective multi-center quality improvement initiative (NINJA) indicates a reduction in nephrotoxic acute kidney injury in hospitalized children. View Abstract
Evidence-based development of a nephrotoxic medication list to screen for acute kidney injury risk in hospitalized children. View Abstract
Renal replacement therapy in the management of intoxications in children: recommendations from the Pediatric Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy (PCRRT) workgroup. View Abstract
Deconstructing compassionate conservation. View Abstract
Mutations in KIRREL1, a slit diaphragm component, cause steroid-resistant nephrotic syndrome. View Abstract
Infection-Related Glomerulonephritis. View Abstract
Whole-Exome Sequencing Enables a Precision Medicine Approach for Kidney Transplant Recipients. View Abstract
Grazing by large savanna herbivores indirectly alters ant diversity and promotes resource monopolisation. View Abstract
Whole-Exome Sequencing Identifies Causative Mutations in Families with Congenital Anomalies of the Kidney and Urinary Tract. View Abstract
Exit site and tunnel infections in children on chronic peritoneal dialysis: findings from the Standardizing Care to Improve Outcomes in Pediatric End Stage Renal Disease (SCOPE) Collaborative. View Abstract
Whole Exome Sequencing Reveals a Monogenic Cause of Disease in ˜43% of 35 Families With Midaortic Syndrome. View Abstract
Ethical Considerations Concerning Amnioinfusions for Treating Fetal Bilateral Renal Agenesis. View Abstract
Whole Exome Sequencing of Patients with Steroid-Resistant Nephrotic Syndrome. View Abstract
Whole exome sequencing frequently detects a monogenic cause in early onset nephrolithiasis and nephrocalcinosis. View Abstract
Analysis of 24 genes reveals a monogenic cause in 11.1% of cases with steroid-resistant nephrotic syndrome at a single center. View Abstract
Randomized Clinical Trial Design to Assess Abatacept in Resistant Nephrotic Syndrome. View Abstract
Responsiveness of the PROMIS® measures to changes in disease status among pediatric nephrotic syndrome patients: a Midwest pediatric nephrology consortium study. View Abstract
Clinical outcomes and survival in pediatric patients initiating chronic dialysis: a report of the NAPRTCS registry. View Abstract
Tracking data from nine free-roaming Cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus) collared in the Thabazimbi area, Limpopo Province, South Africa. View Abstract
Simplified large African carnivore density estimators from track indices. View Abstract
Dialysis in Children and Adolescents: The Pediatric Nephrology Perspective. View Abstract
Diet of otters (Lutra lutra) in various habitat types in the Pannonian biogeographical region compared to other regions of Europe. View Abstract
IMAGES IN CLINICAL MEDICINE. A Child with Gross Hematuria. View Abstract
Wildlife Abundance and Diversity as Indicators of Tourism Potential in Northern Botswana. View Abstract
Efficacy of galactose and adalimumab in patients with resistant focal segmental glomerulosclerosis: report of the font clinical trial group. View Abstract
Relative availability of natural prey versus livestock predicts landscape suitability for cheetahs Acinonyx jubatus in Botswana. View Abstract
Functional Responses of Retaliatory Killing versus Recreational Sport Hunting of Leopards in South Africa. View Abstract
The impact of disease duration on quality of life in children with nephrotic syndrome: a Midwest Pediatric Nephrology Consortium study. View Abstract
Arteriovenous access monitoring with ultrasound dilution in a pediatric hemodialysis unit. View Abstract
Safety considerations of mammalian target of rapamycin inhibitors in tuberous sclerosis complex and renal transplantation. View Abstract
Multidisciplinary consensus on the classification of prenatal and postnatal urinary tract dilation (UTD classification system). View Abstract
Diagnosis and management of glycogen storage disease type I: a practice guideline of the American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics. View Abstract
A single-gene cause in 29.5% of cases of steroid-resistant nephrotic syndrome. View Abstract
Landscape suitability in Botswana for the conservation of its six large African carnivores. View Abstract
Trophic scaling and occupancy analysis reveals a lion population limited by top-down anthropogenic pressure in the Limpopo National Park, Mozambique. View Abstract
Space use of African wild dogs in relation to other large carnivores. View Abstract
Space use as an indicator of enclosure appropriateness in African wild dogs (Lycaon pictus). View Abstract
Medication reconciliation and therapy management in dialysis-dependent patients: need for a systematic approach. View Abstract
KDOQI US commentary on the 2012 KDIGO clinical practice guideline for glomerulonephritis. View Abstract
Apheresis therapy in children: an overview of key technical aspects and a review of experience in pediatric renal disease. View Abstract
Continuous renal replacement therapy for children =10 kg: a report from the prospective pediatric continuous renal replacement therapy registry. View Abstract
Nonrenal indications for continuous renal replacement therapy: A report from the Prospective Pediatric Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy Registry Group. View Abstract
Inbreeding avoidance influences the viability of reintroduced populations of African wild dogs (Lycaon pictus). View Abstract
Novel therapies for resistant focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FONT) phase II clinical trial: study design. View Abstract
Fluid overload and mortality in children receiving continuous renal replacement therapy: the prospective pediatric continuous renal replacement therapy registry. View Abstract
Case records of the Massachusetts General Hospital. Case 23-2009. A 13-year-old boy with headache, nausea, seizures, and hypertension. View Abstract
Diversity and depletions in continental carnivore guilds: implications for prioritizing global carnivore conservation. View Abstract
A position statement on kidney disease from powdered infant formula-based melamine exposure in Chinese infants. View Abstract
Protein and calorie prescription for children and young adults receiving continuous renal replacement therapy: a report from the Prospective Pediatric Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy Registry Group. View Abstract
Dynamics of a small re-introduced population of wild dogs over 25 years: Allee effects and the implications of sociality for endangered species' recovery. View Abstract
Outcome of management strategies for BK virus replication in pediatric renal transplant recipients. View Abstract
Continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT) after stem cell transplantation. A report from the prospective pediatric CRRT Registry Group. View Abstract
Short- and long-term efficacy of levamisole as adjunctive therapy in childhood nephrotic syndrome. View Abstract
The effect of vascular access location and size on circuit survival in pediatric continuous renal replacement therapy: a report from the PPCRRT registry. View Abstract
Demographic characteristics of pediatric continuous renal replacement therapy: a report of the prospective pediatric continuous renal replacement therapy registry. View Abstract
Focal and segmental glomerulosclerosis in children: a longitudinal assessment. View Abstract
Central nervous system lymphoproliferative disorder in pediatric kidney transplant recipients. View Abstract
Multi-centre evaluation of anticoagulation in patients receiving continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT). View Abstract
Pediatric patients with multi-organ dysfunction syndrome receiving continuous renal replacement therapy. View Abstract
Case records of the Massachusetts General Hospital. Weekly clinicopathological exercises. Case 11-2004. A boy with rash, edema, and hypertension. View Abstract
Effects of fire and fire intensity on the germination and establishment of Acacia karroo, Acacia nilotica, Acacia luederitzii and Dichrostachys cinerea in the field. View Abstract
The Prospective Pediatric Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy (ppCRRT) Registry: design, development and data assessed. View Abstract
Hypertension in adolescents: a review of diagnosis and management. View Abstract
Serum cardiac troponin and subclinical cardiac status in pediatric chronic renal failure. View Abstract
Continuous renal replacement therapy in children up to 10 kg. View Abstract
Utility of hemodialysis in maple syrup urine disease. View Abstract
Amniotic fluid insulin at 14-20 weeks' gestation: association with later maternal glucose intolerance and birth macrosomia. View Abstract
Predictors for abnormal voiding cystourethrography in pediatric patients undergoing renal transplant evaluation. View Abstract
Decreased urinary citrate excretion in type 1a glycogen storage disease. View Abstract
Acyclovir prophylaxis of varicella in children with renal disease receiving steroids. View Abstract
A high-sensitivity assay for amniotic fluid insulin at 14-20 weeks' gestation. View Abstract
Acute interstitial nephritis presenting as presumed minimal change nephrotic syndrome. View Abstract
Autosomal dominant distal renal tubular acidosis is associated in three families with heterozygosity for the R589H mutation in the AE1 (band 3) Cl-/HCO3- exchanger. View Abstract
IgG antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies in IgA nephropathy: a clinical variant? View Abstract
Immune response to Escherichia coli O157:H7 in hemolytic uremic syndrome following salmonellosis. View Abstract
Renovascular hypertension in Marfan syndrome. View Abstract
Interactions of ultrapure bovine hemoglobin with renal epithelial cells in vivo and in vitro. View Abstract
Phosphorylation of aquaporin-2 does not alter the membrane water permeability of rat papillary water channel-containing vesicles. View Abstract
Non-nephrotic children with membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis: are steroids indicated? View Abstract
Permeability properties of rat renal lysosomes. View Abstract
Heterogeneous effects of nitroglycerin on the conductance and resistance coronary arterial vasculature. View Abstract
Exposure to an aeroallergen as a possible precipitating factor in respiratory arrest in young patients with asthma. View Abstract
Analysis of the binding of glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase to microtubules, the mechanism of bundle formation and the linkage effect. View Abstract
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