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Institution: Istanbul University, Department of Nephrology, Istanbul School of Medicine,
Telephone: +90212 414 25 12; Fax: +90212 414 20 28; e-Mail: severm@hotmail.com
Education and academic career:
İ stanbul University (1972- )
ƒ Chairman, Department of Nephrology, Istanbul School of Medicine (2004- )
ƒ Subject editor (transplantation), Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation (2007- )
ƒ Member, ISN - COMGAN Eastern and Central Europe Committee (2007-)
ƒ Editorial Board member, American Journal of Disaster Medicine (2006- )
ƒ Editorial Board member, Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation (2004-2007 )
ƒ Member, Acute Renal Failure Commission, International Society of Nephrology (2004-)
ƒ Member, Renal Disaster Relief Task Force - International Society of Nephrology (2004-)
ƒ Chairman, Renal Disaster Relief Task Force - Turkish Society of Nephrology (1999- )
ƒ Professor of Nephrology (1996- )
ƒ Ass. Professor of Nephrology (1990-1996)
ƒ Cleveland Clinic Foundation, training on transplantation coordination (1990)
ƒ Nephrology training (1986-1990)
ƒ Internal Medicine training (1978-1982)
ƒ Medical training - Cerrahpa ş a School of Medicine (1972-1978)
Personal info: Born in Antalya, Turkey (1954); married, has 2 boys
Highlights from the CV:
Prof. Sever is an expert on renal disaster preparedness, and most of his academic work is concentrated on the evaluation, prevention and treatment of AKI in the crush victims of mass disasters. After the Marmara Earthquake, Dr. Sever has prepared the largest database on crush syndrome patients, which formed the basis for many scientific papers, almost all of which were the first and still the only papers on this subject. His book, “Crush Syndrome and Lessons Learned from the Marmara
Earthquake" was published by Karger Publications of Switzerland in 2005.
Dr. Sever served as a disaster relief coordinator and field doctor in many disasters; such as the Marmara (1999) and Bingol
(2003) earthquakes in Turkey, and Bam earthquake in Iran (2003). He was the leader of the third renal team of Medecins sans
Frontieres (MSF) (Doctors Without Borders) when he went to Pakistan, for the Kashmir earthquake (2005), where he treated many crush victims. He also trained many local doctors both in Iran and Pakistan on crush syndrome.
Lastly, he went to Haiti in February 2010, after the earthquake that caused more than 200.000 deaths and 300.000 injured; he again, worked as a team leader of the Renal Disaster Relief Task Force (RDRTF) - MSF.
Dr. Sever serves as active members of the AKI commission of the ISN, RDRTF of the ISN, and as a volunteer for MSF.
He continues his work at Istanbul School of Medicine, Department of Nephrology, especially on the subjects of kidney patients during disasters and kidney transplantation.
Selected publications:
Sever MS, Kellum J, Hoste E, Vanholder R.Application of the RIFLE criteria in patients with crush-related acute kidney injury after mass disasters. Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2010 Jul 19.[Epub ahead of print]
Sever MS, Lameire N, Vanholder R.Renal disaster relief: from theory to practice. Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2009 Jun;24(6):1730-5. Epub
2009 Mar 3. Review. No abstract available. PMID: 19258385
Sever MS, Vanholder R, Lameire N. Management of crush-related injuries after disasters. N Engl J Med. 2006 Mar 9;354(10):1052-63.
Sever MS, Erek E, Vanholder R et al. Features of chronic hemodialysis practice after the Marmara earthquake. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2004
Apr;15(4):1071-6.
Sever MS, Kazancio ğ lu R, Yildiz A et al.Outcome of living unrelated (commercial) renal transplantation. Kidney Int. 2001 Oct;60(4):1477-
83.
Vanholder R, Sever MS, Erek E, Lameire N. Rhabdomyolysis. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2000 Aug;11(8):1553-61.
Sever MS, Steinmuller DR, Hayes JM et al.Pericarditis following renal transplantation.Transplantation. 1991 Jun;51(6):1229-32.