Charles A. Herzog, MD, FACC, FAHA (Minneapolis, MN, USA)

     Dr. Charles Herzog is professor of medicine, University of Minnesota, and cardiologist at Hennepin County Medical Center (HCMC)/Hennepin Healthcare for 42 years. He founded the program in interventional cardiology at HCMC and served as cardiac catheterization laboratory director (1985-1991), and cardiac ultrasound laboratory director (1997-2012).

He directed  the USRDS Cardiovascular Special Studies Center from 1999-2014. He participated in the development of the NKF  K/DOQI Clinical Practice Guidelines for Cardiovascular Disease in Dialysis Patients and KDIGO Clinical Practice Guidelines on Acute Kidney Injury, and three AHA Scientific Statements related to kidney and  heart disease.  He co-chaired the 2010 KDIGO Cardiovascular/CKD Controversies Conference,  and was  planning co-chair of the KDIGO Kidney, Heart, and Vascular Conference Series (2016-2020),  and currently is on   the ISN cardio-kidney tool kit steering committee. He has  chaired the Renal Committee of the ISCHEMIA-CKD Trial and   Critical Event Commitee of the CARSK Trial , and  serves on the steering committee of the  CARSK and RENAISSANCE trials.. He has been actively involved in clinical trials involving patients with  CKD and   cardiovascular disease for the past 26  years.

 He has  325  published manuscripts.  His special interests include heart disease in CKD patients and echocardiography.