David A. Bushinsky, M.D.

Contact Information

Phone Numbers

Appointment: (585) 275-4517

Administrative: (585) 273-3173

Fax: (585) 442-9201

A member of the University of Rochester Medical Faculty Group

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Not Accepting New Patients

Locations

University of Rochester Medical Center
School of Medicine and Dentistry
601 Elmwood Ave, Box 675
Rochester, NY 14642

Faculty Appointments

Professor - Department of Medicine , Nephrology (SMD)
Professor - Department of Pharmacology and Physiology (SMD) - Joint

Patient Care Setting

Nephrology

Biography

Professional Background

David A. Bushinsky, M.D., is a Professor of Medicine and of Pharmacology and Physiology at the University of Rochester School of Medicine.

Dr. Bushinsky has published over 100 peer-reviewed articles and over 60 invited reviews, chapters and editorials focusing on disorders of divalent ion metabolism. His has developed a strain of rats that exhibit genetic hypercalciuria, the most common metabolic abnormality in humans with nephrlithiasis, and spontaneously form kidney stones. The pathophysiology of the hypercalciuria closely parallels that of man and is thus a useful model to study stone formation in humans. He has also extensively studied the mechanism by which acid induces physicochemical bone dissolution and cell-mediated resorption. Dr. Bushinsky has lectured throughout the world on stone formation, effects of acid on bone and other disorders of divalent ion metabolism.

Dr. Bushinsky received his medical degree from Tufts University School of Medicine in Boston, Mass. He completed an internship and residency at Tufts New England Medical Center Hospital in Boston, Mass. He also completed a fellowship in clinical nephrology and a research fellowship in nephrology at Tufts New England Medical Center Hospital in Boston, Mass.

Credentials

Education

1975
MD | Tufts University School of Medicine -Office of the Registrar

Post-doctoral Training & Residency

09/01/1978 - 06/30/1980
Research in Research Fellow in Nephrology at New England Medical Center Hospitals

09/01/1977 - 06/30/1978
Fellowship in Nephrology at New England Medical Center Hospitals

01/01/1976 - 06/30/1977
Residency in Nephrology at New England Medical Center Hospitals

09/01/1975 - 12/31/1976
Internship in Medicine at New England Medical Center Hospitals

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Awards

1998
Association of American Physicians

1990
American Society for Clinical Investigation

1987
American Society of Nephrology Travel Award

1983 - 1984
Andrew Mellon Foundation Fellowship

1981 - 1982
Martin Rosenthal Award for Medical Research

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Publications

Journal Articles

4/2020
Krieger NS, Chen L, Becker J, DeBoyace S, Wang H, Favus MJ, Bushinsky DA. "Increased Osteoclast and Decreased Osteoblast Activity Causes Reduced Bone Mineral Density and Quality in Genetic Hypercalciuric Stone-Forming Rats." . 2020 Apr 0; 4(4):e10350. Epub 2020 Feb 25.

3/2020
Wesson DE, Buysse JM, Bushinsky DA. "Mechanisms of Metabolic Acidosis-Induced Kidney Injury in Chronic Kidney Disease." Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN.. 2020 Mar 0; 31(3):469-482. Epub 2020 Jan 27.

8/3/2019
Wesson DE, Mathur V, Tangri N, Stasiv Y, Parsell D, Li E, Klaerner G, Bushinsky DA. "Long-term safety and efficacy of veverimer in patients with metabolic acidosis in chronic kidney disease: a multicentre, randomised, blinded, placebo-controlled, 40-week extension." Lancet.. 2019 Aug 3; 394(10196):396-406. Epub 2019 Jun 24.

Books & Chapters

2010
Book Title: Acidosis and Bone. In: Nutritional Influences on Bone Health.
Author List: Bushinsky, D. A
Edited By: P. Burckhardt, Bess Dawson-Hughes, C, Weaver.
Published By: Springer-Verlag 2010 in London

2010
Book Title: Keeping divalent ions in their proper place
Author List: Bushinsky, D. A. and J. Silver
Edited By: Curr. Opin Nephrol
Published By: Hypertens 2010

2010
Chapter Title: 1:
Book Title: Contribution of intestine, bone, kidney and dialysis to extracellular fluid calc
Author List: Bushinsky, D. A.
Published By: J. Am. Soc. Nephrol. Suppl 2010

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