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Ron Wald

ResearcherNephrologyUniversity of Toronto

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Ron Wald

Researcher

Nephrology

Health Sciences

University of Toronto

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Supervision signals

Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
101 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 24 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 13 research grants (11 CIHR, 2 SSHRC), most recently in 2025.
Supervised 1 trainee who won CIHR awards, most recently in 2019.

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Academic metrics

282

Publications

6,061

Citations

h-index

184

Collaborators

Grants

Publications by year

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Research

Hemodialysis Hyperphosphatemia Acute Kidney Injury Randomized Controlled Trial Apixaban Atrial Fibrillation Dialysis Intensive Care Unit

Latest papers

Clinical Parameters Associated with Achieving Negative Fluid Balance in Critically Ill Patients: A Retrospective Cohort Study.
Journal of clinical medicine · 2026
Lower versus standard dose-intensity continuous renal replacement therapy: a protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis.
BMJ open · 2026
Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Intensive Care Unit Scoring Systems' Performance in Patients with Pre-Existing Kidney Disease.
Kidney international reports · 2026

All 282 publications

Latest funding

Strategies for the management of Atrial Fibrillation in patiEnts receiving Dialysis 2 (SAFE-D2)
CIHR · 2025 · Principal investigator
$1,874,251
Imaging of Transplant Kidney Fibrosis and Inflammation Using Quantitative and Nanobubble Enhanced Ultrasound
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$857,565
Pragmatic randomized trial of High Or Standard PHosphAte Targets in End-stage kidney disease (PHOSPHATE)
CIHR · 2024 · Nominated PI
$1,526,176

All 18 grants and awards

From the 150 most recent of 282 publications.

Clinical Parameters Associated with Achieving Negative Fluid Balance in Critically Ill Patients: A Retrospective Cohort Study.

Stavi D, Gal Oz A, Adi N, Dayan RR, Angel Y, Nevo A, Khoury N, Moshkovits I, Lichter Y, Wald R, Goder N

Journal of clinical medicine2026

DOI: 10.3390/jcm15020764 PMID: 41598701

Lower versus standard dose-intensity continuous renal replacement therapy: a protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Lumlertgul N, Kusirisin P, Kung JY, Duquette D, Fujii T, Zarbock A, Wald R, Bagshaw SM

BMJ open2026

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2025-112086 PMID: 41617237

Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Intensive Care Unit Scoring Systems' Performance in Patients with Pre-Existing Kidney Disease.

El-Wadia H, Karim M, Buh A, Kabli AO, Biyani N, Shorr R, Lee I, Fremont D, Wald R, English SW, Silver SA, Akbari A, Knoll GA, Clark EG, Hundemer GL

Kidney international reports2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.ekir.2026.106560 PMID: 42239492

Estimating 2-year risk of first relapse in ANCA-associated vasculitis: derivation of a risk-prediction model based on participants in the PEXIVAS trial

Junek M, Ibrahim Q, Merkel PA, Vilayur E, Wald R, Fairhead T, Massicotte-Azarniouch D, Girard L, Pagnoux C, Khalidi N

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.ard.2026.08.020

Comparing Catheters with Fistulas in Older Patients Starting Hemodialysis: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial.

Quinn RR, Oliver MJ, Wald R, Hiremath S, Pauly RP, Miller L, Barrett B, Nesrallah G, Gallagher M, Kotwal S, Gray NA, Hassan HC, Talaulikar GS, Thorpe K, Graham J, Clarke A, Bian J, MacRae J, Santana M, Bohm C, Mamdani M, Nagpal S, Yilmaz S, Moist L, Ravani P

Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN2026

DOI: 10.1681/asn.0000001160 PMID: 42319856

Severity of Chronic Kidney Disease and Outcomes After Admission to the Intensive Care Unit.

El Wadia H, Beauregard N, Silver SA, Wald R, Akbari A, Fremont D, Ramsay T, Knoll GA, Clark EG, Hundemer GL

JAMA network open2026

DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2026.20192 PMID: 42348209

The Impact of a Central Acid Delivery System on the Carbon Footprint of In-Center Hemodialysis.

Shah M, Singh S, Shi W, Barlow GK, Ghimire A, Goldstein M, Harel Z, Wald R, Perl J, Pooya H

Kidney international reports2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.ekir.2026.106502 PMID: 42058118

Phosphate-latest news and ongoing trials.

Parpia AS, Kumra R, Mansell C, Harel Z, Perl J, Ben-Bassat OK, Wald R

Clinical kidney journal2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1093/ckj/sfag108 PMID: 42311904

Hypophosphatemia During Kidney Replacement Therapy and Ventilator-Free Days: A Post Hoc Analysis of the STARRT-AKI Trial.

Neyra JA, Thompson Bastin M, Ghamarian E, Firenzuoli F, Takeuchi T, Bagshaw SM, Wald R

American journal of kidney diseases : the official journal of the National Kidney Foundation2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2025.11.012 PMID: 41763519

Spontaneous diuresis as a marker of successful liberation from positive pressure ventilation: A retrospective observational study.

Lichter Y, Gal Oz A, Moshkovits I, Wald R, Stavi D, Goder N

Journal of critical care2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2025.155355 PMID: 41252989

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Ron Wald

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Clinical Parameters Associated with Achieving Negative Fluid Balance in Critically Ill Patients: A Retrospective Cohort Study.

Lower versus standard dose-intensity continuous renal replacement therapy: a protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Intensive Care Unit Scoring Systems' Performance in Patients with Pre-Existing Kidney Disease.

Estimating 2-year risk of first relapse in ANCA-associated vasculitis: derivation of a risk-prediction model based on participants in the PEXIVAS trial

Comparing Catheters with Fistulas in Older Patients Starting Hemodialysis: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial.

Severity of Chronic Kidney Disease and Outcomes After Admission to the Intensive Care Unit.

The Impact of a Central Acid Delivery System on the Carbon Footprint of In-Center Hemodialysis.

Phosphate-latest news and ongoing trials.

Hypophosphatemia During Kidney Replacement Therapy and Ventilator-Free Days: A Post Hoc Analysis of the STARRT-AKI Trial.

Spontaneous diuresis as a marker of successful liberation from positive pressure ventilation: A retrospective observational study.

KidneyCare Outreach: Strengthening kidney care delivery for patients at high risk for kidney failure - the pilot study

KidneyCare Outreach: Strengthening kidney care delivery for patients at high risk for kidney failure – the pilot study

Frequent collaborators

Amit Garg

Ziv Harel

Jeffrey Perl

Michael Walsh

William Beaubien-Souligny

Swapnil Hiremath

William Beaubien-Souligny

Rahul Chanchlani

Amber Molnar

Michael Zappitelli

Karen Burns

Anish Kirpalani

Ron Wald

Karthik Tennankore

Jonathon Leipsic

Deborah Zimmerman

Kevin Yau

Christian Rabbat

Howard Leong-Poi

Navdeep Tangri

Matthew Weir

David Collister

Neesh Pannu

Philip Devereaux

Sanjay Pandeya

Emilie Belley-Cote

Mark Soth

Ayub Akbari

Ziv Harel

Clara Bohm

Muhammad Mamdani

David Collister

Stephen Lapinsky

Paul Dorian

Eitan Amir

Reem Adel Mustafa

Richard Whitlock

Lehana Thabane

Amit Garg

Braden Manns