years_active children birth_place name birth_date spouse image article_title education birth_name occupation
1951 - present two humboldt , iowa frank a. gotch , md 27 august 1926 sarah berrick gotch frank_a_gotch_md . jpg frank gotch -lrb- md -rrb-
 university san francisco of california , berkeley university of california , frank a. gotch nephrologist
frank gotch -lrb- md -rrb-

frank a. gotch , md born 1926 in humboldt , iowa , is an american physician known for his work in renal dialysis adequacy , specifically the development of kt/v and standardized kt/v .
he is an associate professor of medicine at the university of california , san francisco .
dr. gotch is a consultant to the renal research institute in new york and is associate professor of medicine at ucsf .
dr. gotch has worked in clinical dialysis and dialysis research , particularly quantification of therapy , for over 30 years .
he chaired the nih hemodialyzer evaluation study group which sets standards for dialyzer performance in 1972 and the national nih conference on adequacy of hemodialysis in 1975 .
he served on the planning committee and as kinetic consultant to the national cooperative dialysis study and serves on the steering committee of the current hemo study and was co-principal investigator of a cooperative study of randomized peritoneal dialysis prescriptions and clinical outcome .
he has over 100 publications and provides consultation in dialysis kinetics and dialysis systems development to industry .
his current research interests are primarily concerned with modeling dialysis technology .
