Michel Burnier, Nephrologist (Kidney Specialist)
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Michel Burnier

Nephrologist (Kidney Specialist) | Nephrology

Rue du Bugnon Lausanne Switzerland, 10011
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Michel Burnier, MD, FASN, is a leading nephrologist and Professor of Medicine and Head of the Division of Nephrology and Hypertension Consultation at the University Hospital of Lausanne, Switzerland. He has been trained in Internal Medicine and Nephrology in Lausanne, Switzerland and at the University of Colorado Health Science Centre, Denver, Colorado. He is a member of several Swiss and international societies in the field of nephrology and hypertension. He is a member of the Scientific Council of the European Society of Hypertension and member of the Committee of the Swiss Society of Hypertension. He is the president elect of the Swiss Society of Nephrology. Professor Burnier participates in the Editorial Board of several international in the field of Hypertension and Nephrology. His research interests are the renal mechanisms of hypertension and the pathogenesis of disease progression in chronic kidney diseases with a special emphasis on the role of sodium. He has also worked on the clinical pharmacology of new antihypertensive drugs in humans with a special emphasis on drugs affecting the renin-angiotensin system and on drug adherence.

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Professional Society Memberships

  • International Society of Nephrology, European Society of Hypertension

Hobbies / Sports

  • Music, Reading

Favorite professional publications

  • New England Journal of Medicine

Michel Burnier's Practice location

Service of Nephrology and Hypertension

Rue du Bugnon -
Lausanne, Switzerland 10011
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