Overview
Updated 14 Jul 2026
Michael V. Rocco, MD, is Professor of Nephrology and Internal Medicine at Wake Forest University School of Medicine (Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist), Section on Nephrology, Winston-Salem, NC. The public record shows 267 publications with 22,964 citations (h-index 69), centered on ESRD / Dialysis, Chronic Kidney Disease. It also documents an investigator role on 6 registered clinical trials, industry payments reported by 1 companies, 4 NIH-funded awards (1994–2016).
- Most recent indexed publication: 2025 · PloS one
- Top research focus: ESRD / Dialysis
- 6 registered trials on ClinicalTrials.gov
- Open Payments reporting from 1 companies
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Indications focusfrom trials led + research topics
Research focusOpenAlex concept fingerprint
Drugs & moleculesacross trials, industry payments and publications
Works withtrial sponsors and companies reporting payments
Scholarshipindexed output and impact (OpenAlex)
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Total citations across indexed works.
Hirsch index, productivity × impact (OpenAlex).
Clinical & industrytrials, payments and federal funding
Public positionssourced statements on record
- Vice Chair/Co-Chair
National Kidney Foundation Kidney Disease Outcomes Quality Initiative (KDOQI) committee
2004verifiedCorroborated by findmyKOL. We matched this record across two or more independent public sources (or a verified ORCID / NPI identifier bridge) before attributing it to this person.How we verify →newsroom.wakehealth.edu ↗
Clinical trials
Updated 14 Jul 2026
Listed as an investigator on 6 registered studies on ClinicalTrials.gov. The most recent:
- Development of Fluid Intake App for Management of Fluid Intake During Hemodialysis , Full Scale Trial
Sponsor: Wake Forest University Health Sciences
InvestigatorCompletedNCT04194164 - Prefistula Forearm Exercise in Pts Requiring Chronic HD Therapy
Sponsor: Wake Forest University Health Sciences
InvestigatorCompletedNCT03988270 - Development of Fluid Intake App for Management of Fluid Intake During Hemodialysis
Sponsor: Wake Forest University Health Sciences
InvestigatorCompletedNCT03759847
Industry payments
Updated 14 Jul 2026
1 company reported payments to CMS in program years 2022–2022. These are public disclosures, not judgments. The latest:
- Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Program year20222 payments
NIH funding
Updated 14 Jul 2026
4 NIH research awards on record, funded 1994–2016 per NIH RePORTER. The latest:
- Systolic Blood Pressure Intervention Trial (SPRINT)
Wake Forest University Health Sciences
FY2016$2,016,132268200900048C - Frequent Hemodialysis Network (FHN) - Nocturnal Clinical Core Consortium
Wake Forest University Health Sciences
FY2010$350,000U01DK066480 - Frequent Hemodialysis Network (FHN) - Nocturnal Clinical Core Consortium
Wake Forest University Health Sciences
FY2009$542,860U01DK066480
Publications
Updated 14 Jul 2026
Their five most recent publications, matched to their ORCID record and linked to PubMed.
- The Legacy Effect of Intensive versus Standard BP Control on the Incidence of Needing Dialysis or Kidney Transplantation.
Journal of the American Society of Nephrology
2024 - Innovating dialysis through computational modelling of hollow-fibre haemodialysers.
Nature reviews. Nephrology
2024 - Effect of Intensive Blood Pressure Control on Kidney Outcomes: Long-Term Electronic Health Record-Based Post-Trial Follow-Up of SPRINT.
Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology
2024
Contact
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Office address
Medical Center Boulevard, 7th Floor, Winston-Salem, NC 27157
Background & recognition
Updated 14 Jul 2026
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Educationdegrees and training on record
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- Board Certified
American Board of Internal Medicine - Internal Medicine
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American Board of Internal Medicine - Nephrology
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Editorial & leadership rolesjournal and society appointments
- Member
National Kidney Foundation
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American Society of Nephrology
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International Society of Nephrology
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Awards & honorshonors on the public record
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