C. Frederic Strife, MD
Title
Director of Clinical Services, Director of the Dialysis Unit
Appointment
Professor of Pediatrics
Email
fred.strife@cchmc.org
Phone
513-636-4531
Fax
513-636-7407
Credentials
MD: College of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, 1968.
Residency: Pediatrics, Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH.
Fellowship: Nephrology, Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH.
Certification: Pediatrics, 1973; Pediatric Nephrology, 1976.
Position History
1968 to 1969 Straight Pediatric Intern, Cincinnati General Hospital, Cincinnati, OH
1969 to 1971 Resident in Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children's, Cincinnati, OH
1971 to 1973 Staff pediatrician, National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, MD
1973 to 1976 NIH Post-graduate Fellow, Pediatric Nephrology, Cincinnati Children's Research Foundation, Cincinnati, OH
1976 to 1978 Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Maryland Hospital College of Medicine
1978 to 1994 Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
1989 to present Medical Director, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Dialysis Unit, Cincinnati, OH
1994 to present Professor of Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH
2001 to 2002 Interim Director, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Awards and Honors
- Awarded "2006 Best Doctors"
- Awarded "2005 Best Doctors"
- Awarded "2004 Best Doctors"
- Upjohn Achievement Award for proficiency in the clinical arts and applied personal qualities, 1969
- Accepted as a life member, National Registry of Who's Who, 2000 Edition
- Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics 1983-present
- Kidney Foundation of Greater Cincinnati, Research Award, 1985, 1990, 1996, 1999
- Faculty of the year award, 2002
Publications, Most Recent
Selected publications from the last three years
Chand DH, Poe SA, Strife CF. Venous pressure monitoring does not accurately predict access failure in children.Pediatr Nephrol, 17:765-770, 2002.
Lande MB, Gullion C, Hoss RJ, Gauthier B, Shah B, Leonard MB, Bonilla-Felix M, Nash M, Roy S, Strife CF, Arbus G. Long versus standard initial steroid therapy for children with the nehprotic syndrome. A report from the Southwest Pediatric Nephrology Study.Pediatr Nephrol, 18:342-6, 2003.
Omoloja AA, Kumar K, Crawford AH, Strife CF. Epiphyseal stapling and recombinant human growth hormone for correction of genu valgum in children with chronic renal insufficiency.J Pediatr Ortho, 23:639-642, 2003.
Chand DH, Rhoades T, Poe SA, Kraus S, Strife CF. Incidence and severity of vesicoureteral reflux in children related to age, gender, race and diagnosis.J Urol, 170:1548-1550, 2003.
Strife CF, Braun MC, West CD. Membranoproliferative Glomerulonephritis. To be published in Avner ED, Harmon W. Niaudet P., eds. Pediatr Nephrol, 5th Edition. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. Book chapter. 2003.
Chand DH, Quattrocchi J, Poe SA, Terezhalmy GT, Strife CF, Cunningham RJ. Trial of metronidazole vs. azithromycin for the treatment of cyclosporine-induced gingival overgrowth.Pediatr Transplant, 8:60-64, 2004.
Chand DH, Brier M, Strife CF. Comparison of vascular access type in pediatric hemodialysis patients with respect to urea clearance, anemia management, and serum albumin concentration.Am J Kidney Dis, 45: 303-8, 2005.
Mitsnefes MM, Subat-Dezulovic M, Khoury PR, Goebel J, Strife CF. Increasing incidence of post-transplant anemia in children: does it affect graft survival? Accepted by Am J Transplantation, 2/05
Braun MC, Stablein DM, Strife CF. Recurrence of MPGN II in Renal Allografts: The NAPRTCS Experience. Accepted for publication by J Am Soc Nephrol, 3/05.
Professional Organization Memberships
1988 to present Federal Public Advisory Committee: The Renal Network (Networks 9 / 10)
1988 to 1992 Chair, Medical Review Board
1995 to 2001 Board of Trustees
1976 to present Member, The American Society of Pediatric Nephrology
1976 to present Member, The American Society of Nephrology
1976 to present Member, International Pediatric Nephrology Association
1987 to present Member, Society for Pediatric Research
1988 to present Fellow, The American Academy of Pediatrics
1983 to present National Kidney Foundation
Special Interests
- Glomerulonephritis
- Renal tubular disorders
- Growth failure in chronic renal disease
- Dialysis
Related Areas
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