George L. Bakris
General / Preventive / Lipids
Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education
About
George L. Bakris works in General / Preventive / Lipids affiliated with Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education.
George L. Bakris, MD (1952-2024), was Professor of Medicine and Director of the Comprehensive Hypertension Center at the University of Chicago. He specialized in kidney disease and hypertension, publishing extensively on therapies for hypertension, diabetes, and chronic kidney disease, and contributed to major US guidelines including JNC 7. He previously held faculty positions at institutions including Tulane University and Rush University Medical Center.
Research focus
Hypertension management and guidelinesDiabetic nephropathy and CKDCardiovascular outcomes in diabetesRenal denervation for resistant hypertensionBlood pressure control in metabolic disease
Impact
1,405 pubs · 136,214 cites · h-index 146
Training
MD
Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science
Fellowship in Nephrology and Clinical Pharmacology
University of Chicago
Affiliations
Work Experience
Professor of Medicine and Director, Comprehensive Hypertension Center
University of Chicago · 2006 - 2024
Professor and Vice Chairman, Department of Preventive Medicine; Director, Hypertension/Clinical Research Centre
Rush University · 1993 - 2006
Faculty appointments, Departments of Medicine and Physiology; Director of Renal Research
Tulane University / Ochsner Medical Center · 1988 - 1993