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College of Medicine

Research Area(s)

  • Use of renal denervation in loin pain hematuria
  • Bone health in CKD
  • Home dialysis

Selected Publications

  1. Change in Physical Activity and Function in Patients with Baseline Advanced Nondialysis Chronic Kidney Disease. Rampersad C, Darcel J, Harasemiw O, Brar R, Komenda P, Rigatto C, Prasad B, Bohm C, Tangri N. Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. 2021 Oct 25:CJN.07050521. doi: 10.2215/CJN.07050521. Epub ahead of print.

  2.  Global Estimates of Capacity for Kidney Transplantation in World Countries and Regions. Mudiayi D, Shojai S, Okpechi I, Christie EA, Wen K, Kamaleldin M, Osman ME, Lunney M, Prasad B, Osman MA, Ye F, Khan M, Htay H, Caskey F, Jindal KK, Klarenback S, Jha V, Rondeau E, Kazancioglu RT, Ossareh S, Jager KJ, Kovesdy C, Oconnell P, Muller E, Olanrewaju T, Gill J, Tonelli M, Harris DC, Levin A, Johnson DW, Bello AK.  Transplantation. 2021 Sep 7. doi: 10.1097/TP.0000000000003943. Epub ahead of print.

  3.  T Scores, FRAX, Frailty Phenotype, Falls, and Its Relationship to Fractures in Patients on Maintenance Hemodialysis.  Jafari M, Anwar S, Kour K, Sanjoy S, Goyal K, Prasad B. Canadian Journal of Kidney Health and Disease. 2021 Aug 24;8:20543581211041184. doi: 10.1177/20543581211041184.

  4. International Society of Nephrology Global Kidney Health Atlas: structures, organization, and services for the management of kidney failure in North America and the Caribbean. Bello AK, McIsaac M, Okpechi IG, Johnson DW, Jha V, Harris DCH, Saad S, Zaidi D, Osman MA, Ye F, Lunney M, Jindal K, Klarenbach S, Kalantar-Zadeh K, Kovesdy CP, Parekh RS, Prasad B, Khan M, Riaz P, Tonelli M, Wolf M, Levin A; ISN North America and the Caribbean Regional Board. Kidney International Supplements (2011). 2021 May;11(2):e66-e76. doi: 10.1016/j.kisu.2021.01.001. Epub 2021 Apr 12. PMID: 33981472; PMCID: PMC8084729.

  5. Provider Perception of Frailty Is Associated with Dialysis Decision Making in Patients with Advanced CKD.  Brar RS, Whitlock RH, Komenda PVJ, Rigatto C, Prasad B, Bohm C, Tangri N. Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. 2021 Apr 7;16(4):552-559. doi: 10.2215/CJN.12480720. Epub 2021 Mar 26.

  6. Association of Physical Activity and Poor Health Outcomes in Patients With Advanced CKD.  Rampersad C, Brar R, Connelly K, Komenda P, Rigatto C, Prasad B, Bohm C, Tangri N.  American Journal of Kidney Diseases. 2021 Sep;78(3):391-398. doi: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2020.12.018. Epub 2021 Feb 10.

  7. Frailty and the Kidney Transplant Wait List: Protocol for a Multicenter Prospective Study. Tennankore KK, Gunaratnam L, Suri RS, Yohanna S, Walsh M, Tangri N, Prasad B, Gogan N, Rockwood K, Doucette S, Sills L, Kiberd B, Keough-Ryan T, West K, Vinson A. Can J Kidney Health Dis. 2020 Sep 10;7:2054358120957430. doi: 10.1177/2054358120957430. eCollection 2020.PMID: 32963793

  8. Barriers to Peritoneal Dialysis in Saskatchewan Canada: Results From a Province-Wide Survey.
    Prasad B, Jafari M, Shah S, McNaught C, Diebel L.  Can J Kidney Health Dis. 2020 Dec 16;7:2054358120975545. doi: 10.1177/2054358120975545. PMID: 33403116; PMCID: PMC7747106.

  9. Feasibility Study of a Randomized Controlled Trial Investigating Renal Denervation as a Possible Treatment Option in Patients With Loin Pain Hematuria Syndrome. Prasad B, Jafari M, Kour K, Goyal K, Garcia F. Can J Kidney Health Dis. 2020 Aug 26;7:2054358120951390. doi: 10.1177/2054358120951390. eCollection 2020.PMID: 32922827

  10. Barriers to Home Hemodialysis Across Saskatchewan, Canada: A Cross-Sectional Survey of In-Center Dialysis Patients. Diebel L, Jafari M, Shah S, Day C, McNaught C, Prasad B. Can J Kidney Health Dis. 2020 Aug 10;7:2054358120948293. doi: 10.1177/2054358120948293. eCollection 2020 PMID: 32843987

  11. Timing of Initiation of Renal-Replacement Therapy in Acute Kidney Injury. STARRT-AKI Investigators; Canadian Critical Care Trials Group, the Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Society Clinical Trials Group, the United Kingdom Critical Care Research Group, the Canadian Nephrology Trials Network, and the Irish Critical Care Trials Group, Bagshaw SM, Wald R, Adhikari NKJ, Bellomo R, da Costa BR, Dreyfuss D, Du B, Gallagher MP, Gaudry S, Hoste EA, Lamontagne F, Joannidis M, Landoni G, Liu KD, McAuley DF, McGuinness SP, Neyra JA, Nichol AD, Ostermann M, Palevsky PM, Pettilä V, Quenot JP, Qiu H, Rochwerg B, Schneider AG, Smith OM, Thomé F, Thorpe KE, Vaara S, Weir M, Wang AY, Young P, Zarbock A.  N Engl J Med. 2020 Jul 16;383(3):240-251. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa2000741.

  12. Economic Benefits of Switching From Intravenous to Subcutaneous Epoetin Alfa for the Management of Anemia in Hemodialysis Patients. Prasad B, Jafari M, Toppings J, Gross L, Kappel J, Au F. Can J Kidney Health Dis. 2020 Jun 4;7:2054358120927532. doi: 10.1177/2054358120927532.

  13. The Burden of Frailty on Mood, Cognition, Quality of Life, and Level of Independence in Patients on Hemodialysis: Regina Hemodialysis Frailty Study. Jafari M, Kour K, Giebel S, Omisore I, Prasad B. Can J Kidney Health Dis. 2020 May 2;7:2054358120917780. doi: 10.1177/2054358120917780.

  14. Long-term Impact of bariatric surgery on renal outcomes at a community-based publicly-funded bariatric program- The Regina Bariatric Study. Mark McIsaac, Gordon Kaban, Adam Clay, Warren Berry, Bhanu Prasad (senior author). Canadian Journal of Kidney Health and Disease. 2019;6:2054358119884903.

  15. The impact of frailty on technique failure and mortality in patients on home dialysis. Ranveer Brar, Reid Whitlock, Paul Komenda, Blake Lerner, Bhanu Prasad, Clara Bohm, Claudio Rigatto and Navdeep Tangri Peritoneal Dialysis International.2019; 39(6):532-538.

  16. Rewiring of the Human Mitochondrial Interactome during Neuronal Reprogramming Reveals Regulators of the Respirasome and Neurogenesis. Moutaoufik MT, Malty R, Amin S, Zhang Q, Phanse S, Gagarinova A, Zilocchi M, Hoell L, Minic Z, Gagarinova M, Aoki H, Stockwell J, Jessulat M, Goebels F, Broderick K, Scott NE, Vlasblom J, Musso G, Prasad B, Lamantea E, Garavaglia B, Rajput A, Murayama K, Okazaki Y, Foster LJ, Bader GD, Cayabyab FS, Babu M. iScience. 2019;19:1114-1132.

  17. Association of bone mineral density with fractures across the spectrum of chronic kidney disease-The Regina CKD MBD study. Bhanu Prasad, Tom Ferguson, Nav Tangri, Chee Yong Ng, Thomas L. Nickolas. Can J Kidney Health Dis. 2019; 6:

  18. Central Blood Pressure and Pulse Wave Velocity Changes Post Renal Denervation in Patients with Stages 3 and 4 Chronic Kidney Disease: The Regina RDN Study. Bhanu Prasad, Warren Berry, Kunal Goyal, Payam Dehghani, Raymond Townsend, Canadian Journal of Kidney Health and Disease. 2019; 6:2054358119828388.

  19. A Rare Case of Crystalglobulinemia. Bhanu Prasad, Rajni Chibbar, Salim Muhammad, Sanjeev Sethi SAGE Journals. 2019: 3(1) First published February 25, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1177/2399369318824975.

  20.  Bilateral renal artery stenosis as a cause of refractory intradialytic hypertension in a patient with end  stage renal disease. Wolfmueller Z, Goyal K, Prasad B. BMC Nephrol. 2019 Jan 14;20(1):19. doi: 10.1186/s12882-018-1191-z. PMID: 30642276 

  21. Recurrent IgG4-related tubulointerstitial nephritis concurrent with chronic active antibody mediated rejection: A case report. Chibbar R, Wright GR, Dokouhaki P, Dumanski S, Prasad B, Mengel M, Cornell LD, Shoker A. Am J Transplant. 2018 Jul;18(7):1799-1803. doi: 10.1111/ajt.14758. Epub 2018 Apr 24. PMID: 29607610

  22. Use of synthetic adrenocorticotropic hormone in patients with IgA nephropathy. Prasad B, Giebel S, McCarron MCE, Leung N. BMC Nephrol. 2018 May 23;19(1):118. doi: 10.1186/s12882-018-0915-4. PMID: 29792169

  23. Successful use of renal denervation in patients with loin pain hematuria study: The Regina loin pain hematuria study. Bhanu Prasad, Shelley Giebel, Francisco Garcia, Kunal Goyal, Pratima Shrivastava, Warren Berry. Kidney International Reports 2018; 3(3):638-644. DOI: 10.1016/j.ekir.2018.01.006.

  24. Myocardial Perfusion Scans and Mortality in Asymptomatic Patients Awaiting Renal Transplantation. Arenn Jauhal, Scott Harenberg, JJ Crawford, Bhanu Prasad, L Zahorsky, Payam Dehghani, Transplantation Proc. 2017. 49(9):2011-2017

  25. A Map of Human Mitochondrial Protein Interactions Linked to Neurodegeneration Reveals New Mechanisms of Redox Homeostasis and NF-κB Signaling. Malty RH, Wu Z, Vlasblom J, Prasad B, Foster LJ, Alberio T, Garavaglia B10, Yu H5, Bader GD, Nakamura K, Parkinson J, Babu M. Cell Syst.2017 Dec 27;5(6): 564-577

  26. The impact on central blood pressure and arterial stiffness post-renal denervation in patients with stage 3 and 4 chronic kidney disease: The Prairie Renal Denervation study. Bhanu Prasad, Jennifer St Onge, Michelle McCarron, Kunal Goyal, Payam Dehghani. Canadian Journal of Kidney Health and Disease, 2017; 4: 2054358117719028.

  27. Valacyclovir-associated neurotoxicity treated with the intensification of peritoneal dialysis. Prasad B, McIsaac M, Toppings J.  BMJ Case Rep. 2017 Jul 31;2017:bcr2017220678. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2017-220678. Erratum in: BMJ Case Rep. 2017 Nov 8;2017:. Dosage error in article text. PMID: 28765478; PMCID: PMC5623202.

  28. Renal Denervation in Patients With Loin Pain Hematuria Syndrome. Bhanu Prasad, Shelley Giebel, Francisco Garcia, Kunal Goyal, Jennifer Rose St. Onge. American Journal of Kidney disease, 2017 Jan; 69(1): 156-159.