Dr. Bernard G Jaar currently serves as an Associate
Professor of medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He
holds a joint appointment in epidemiology at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School
of Public Health. He earned his M.D. from Faculte de Medecine et de Pharmacie
of the State University of Haiti. He completed nephrology training at Hopitaux
de Paris, University of Paris V, France. He subsequently completed an internal
medicine residency at the Graduate Hospital in Philadelphia and a nephrology
fellowship at the Johns Hopkins Hospital, in addition to a post-doctoral
fellowship in Epidemiology and a Master's degree in Public Health at the Johns
Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Dr. Jaar was recognized with the C.
Lockard Conley Award 2021 by the American College of Physician Maryland Chapter
for contributions to resident education/research and the National Kidney
Foundation Garabed Eknoyan Award 2022. He is a member of several professional
organizations, including the International Society of Nephrology, the American
Society of Nephrology, the National Kidney Foundation, the American College of
Physicians, and the International Society of Peritoneal Dialysis. His research
interests include the epidemiology of chronic kidney disease and end-stage
kidney disease, particularly survival in dialysis patients, peripheral arterial
disease, and environmental risk factors for kidney disease.
