He was promoted to Associate Professor in 1988 and Professor of Internal Medicine and Pathology in 1994, the position that he currently holds. Dr. Cosio is a member of several professional societies including the National Kidney Foundation, the American Society of Transplant Physicians and the Central Society for Clinical Research. He is a reviewer for several publications including the Annals of Internal Medicine, the American Journal of Kidney Diseases and the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. He is active on a number of committees at Ohio State including the Clinical Research Center Advisory Committee and the Medical Scientist Program. Five representative publications 1.
Factors related to the donor organ are major determinants of renal allograft function and survival.
Relationships between arterial hypertension and renal allograft survival in African Americans. The impact of dialysis pre-transplant. Renal allograft survival following acute rejection, correlations with blood pressure and histopathology. Cosio FG , Pelletier RP, Pesavento TE, Henry ML, Ferguson RM, Mitchell L, Lemeshow S. Elevated blood pressure predicts the risk of acute rejection in renal allograft recipients.