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Benjamin Griffin, MD

Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine-Nephrology

Current Positions

  • Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine-Nephrology

Education

  • MD, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida
  • Resident, Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
  • Fellow, Nephrology, University of Colorado, Denver, Colorado

Selected Publications

  • Griffin, B. R., Wu, C., O'Horo, J. C., Faubel, S., Jalal, D. & Kashani, K. (2021). The Association of Platelet Decrease Following Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy Initiation and Increased Rates of Secondary Infections. Critical care medicine 49 (2) e130-e139. DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000004763. PMID: 33372743.
  • Griffin, B. R., Reece, T. B. & Aftab, M. (2020). Postoperative Thrombocytopenia: A Novel Prognostic Factor: Reply. (Vols. 110). (2), pp. 752-753. Annals of Thoracic Surgery. DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2020.01.068.
  • Griffin, B. R., Bronsert, M., Reece, T. B., Pal, J. D., Cleveland, J. C., Fullerton, D. A., Gist, K. M., Jovanovich, A., Jalal, D., Faubel, S. & Aftab, M. (2020). Thrombocytopenia After Cardiopulmonary Bypass Is Associated With Increased Morbidity and Mortality. In Annals of Thoracic Surgery. (Vols. 110). (1), pp. 50-57. DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2019.10.039.
  • Skrypnyk, N. I., Gist, K. M., Okamura, K., Montford, J. R., You, Z., Yang, H., Moldovan, R., Bodoni, E., Blaine, J. T., Edelstein, C. L., Soranno, D. E., Kirkbride-Romeo, L. A., Griffin, B. R., Altmann, C. & Faubel, S. (2020). IL-6-mediated hepatocyte production is the primary source of plasma and urine neutrophil gelatinase–associated lipocalin during acute kidney injury. Kidney International 97 (5) 966-979. DOI: 10.1016/j.kint.2019.11.013.
  • Butler-Dawson, J., Dally, M., Johnson, R. J., Johnson, E. C., Krisher, L., Sánchez-Lozada, L. G., Griffin, B. R., Brindley, S. & Newman, L. S. (2020). Association of Copeptin, a Surrogate Marker of Arginine Vasopressin, with Decreased Kidney Function in Sugarcane Workers in Guatemala. Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism 76 (1) 30-36. DOI: 10.1159/000506619.
  • Griffin, B. R., Kohtz, P. D., Bronsert, M., Reece, T. B., Cleveland, J. C., Fullerton, D. A., Faubel, S. & Aftab, M. (2020). Postoperative Complications Are Not Elevated in Well-Compensated ESRD Patients Undergoing Cardiac Surgery: End-Stage Renal Disease Cardiac Surgery Outcomes. Journal of Surgical Research 247 136-143. DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2019.10.032.
  • Griffin, B. R., Bronsert, M., Reece, T. B., Pal, J. D., Cleveland, J. C., Fullerton, D. A., Faubel, S. & Aftab, M. (2020). Creatinine elevations from baseline at the time of cardiac surgery are associated with postoperative complications. In Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2020.03.174.
  • Griffin, B. R., Teixeira, J. P., Ambruso, S., Bronsert, M., Pal, J. D., Cleveland, J. C., Reece, T. B., Fullerton, D. A., Faubel, S. & Aftab, M. (2020). Stage 1 acute kidney injury is independently associated with infection following cardiac surgery. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2019.11.004.
  • Griffin, B. R., Liu, K. D. & Teixeira, J. P. (2020). Critical Care Nephrology: Core Curriculum 2020. American Journal of Kidney Diseases. DOI: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2019.10.010.
  • Griffin, B. R., You, Z., Noureddine, L., Gitomer, B., Perrenoud, L., Wang, W., Chonchol, M. & Jalal, D. (2020). KIM-1 and Kidney Disease Progression in Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease: HALT-PKD Results. American Journal of Nephrology. DOI: 10.1159/000508051.

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