Dr. Istvan Mucsi, MD, PhD

Principal Investigator
Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Toronto
Staff Nephrologist, University Health Network, Toronto

Dr. Mucsi is a clinician investigator and transplant nephrologist at the Multi-Organ Transplant Program and Division of Nephrology at the University Health Network (UHN) in Toronto. He also holds a cross appointment with the Semmelweis University Budapest.  His current research focuses on understanding and reducing barriers and disparities in access to kidney transplantation and living donor kidney transplantation (KT) and assessing the impact of psychosocial distress on clinical outcomes of kidney transplant recipients.
Dr. Mucsi received his medical degree (1988) and his certification in internal medicine (1993) in Budapest and completed nephrology training at the University of Toronto (1994-1997). Initially, he has been working as a general nephrologist in Budapest and Toronto, and subsequently as a transplant nephrologist at McGill University, Montreal. Since April 2014, he has been working at UHN, in Toronto.

Research Interests

Dr. Mucsi has a broad research interest, including living donor kidney transplantation, quality of life of patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) and KT, bone and mineral disorders, renal anemia, and inflammation in CKD and kidney transplant. He developed research programs and multiple collaborations to study these aspects of CKD and KT. He is a regular presenter at national and international conferences and published more than one hundred peer reviewed articles. See his complete list of works.

Recently, Dr. Mucsi launched a series of research projects to understand and reduce psychosocial and ethnocultural barriers to KT and living donor KT. With his research team and collaborators, he is working on adapting culturally appropriate education resources to enhance transplant related knowledge, to reduce disparities and to enhance access to KT and to living donor KT.

Research Keywords

access to care; living donor kidney transplantation; ethnocultural disparities; psychosocial and behavioral medicine; quality of life, whole person care; patient reported outcomes; outcomes research.

Awards

Fellow of the American Society of Nephrology, American Society of Nephrology 2015-2017
Excellence in PhD Mentoring, Semmelweis University Medical School 2009-2010
Excellence in Scientific Mentoring, Semmelweis University Medical School 2004-2009
Békésy Postdoctoral Scholarship Research Award, Hungarian Academy of Sciences 2001/9 – 2006/9
Hársing Research Award, Hungarian Kidney Foundation 2000-2001
Bolyai Research Scholarship Research Award, Hungarian Academy of Sciences 1999-2009
Excellence in PhD Mentoring, Semmelweis University 2010
Excellence in Scientific Mentoring, Semmelweis University 2004
Pro Scientia Mentorship Award (National) 2003

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