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Markus Bitzer MD

Assistant Professor, Internal Medicine
Specialties: 
Nephrology, Internal Medicine
Clinical Interests:

All aspects of general adult Nephrology, including chronic kidney disease (CKD).

Locations

U of M Geriatrics

East Ann Arbor Health and Geriatrics Center Floor 1
4260 Plymouth Rd
Ann Arbor
MI
48109
Phone:
734-764-6831

U of M Nephrology

Taubman Center Floor 3 Reception C
1500 E Medical Center Dr SPC 5364
Ann Arbor
MI
48109
Phone:
734-936-5548
Fax:
734-936-2979

Credentials

Medical School or Training

  • Friedrich-Alexander Universitat, 1995

Residency

  • University Hospital Erlangen, Internal Medicine, 1998

Fellowship

  • Internal Medicine Nephrology, Montefiore Medical Center, 2006

Professional Organizations

  • American Society of Nephrologists

  • New York Academy of Sciences

Board Certification

  • Nephrology

  • Internal Medicine

Research

My research attempts to discover new mechanisms and biomarkers for progressive organ fibrosis using the kidney as a model system. Our focus is on the identification of crosstalk between signaling cascades including TGF-beta and Growth Hormone signaling and on the role of small non-coding RNAs in this process. We are applying models of acute and chronic kidney injury to mutant and transgenic mice and rats and use cell culture systems for further analysis.

Biography

Dr. Bitzer graduated from the University of Erlangen-Nurnberg, Germany and also received a chemistry master's degree from the University of Erlangen-Nurnberg, Germany. He completed his internal medicine/nephrology residency at the University of Erlangen-Nurnberg, Germany and medicine residency at Montefiore Medical Center, New York. He completed his nephrology fellowship at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York. Dr. Bitzer is board-certified in internal medicine and nephrology. He has a special interest in all aspects of general adult nephrology, including chronic kidney disease (CKD).