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Vesna D. Garovic, M.D., Ph.D.

  1. Nephrologist
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  1. Rochester, Minnesota

Languages

English

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Vesna D. Garovic, M.D., Ph.D., is a board-certified nephrologist who has a long-standing interest in high-risk pregnancies studying the pathophysiology of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy, including preeclampsia. She is a Professor of Medicine at Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science and has a joint appointment in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology. Dr. Garovic serves as the Penske Foundation Professor of Clinical Medicine in Honor of Ian D. Hay, M.D., Ph.D. and J. Eileen Hay, M.B., Ch.B.

She attended medical school at the University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia and completed her internal medicine residency and nephrology fellowship at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York.

Her clinical practice focuses on hypertension with a special emphasis on pregnancy-related hypertension and kidney disease. Her clinical and research work is focused on improving maternal and fetal outcomes as well as their long-term health outcomes.

  1. High blood pressure
  2. Kidney failure
  3. Preeclampsia
  4. Pregnancy
  1. Anticoagulant therapy
  • Hypertension and kidney disease in pregnancy
  • Genetics of essential hypertension and preeclampsia
  • Coagulation abnormalities in preeclampsia
  • Prostaglandin metabolism in pregnancy-induced hypertension
  1. 1999
    Fellow - NephrologyAlbert Einstein College of Medicine
  2. 1997
    Resident - Internal MedicineAlbert Einstein College of Medicine
  3. 1995
    Resident - PGY-I in Internal MedicineSt. Barnabas Hospital
  4. 1994
    Internship - Clinical BiochemistryToronto General Hospital
  5. 1992
    MSc - Medical Genetics; Research Project: Methionine auxotrophy in inborn error of vitamin B12 metabolism completed under the supervision of Professor Dr. David RosenblattMcGill University
  6. 1988
    Resident - Obstetrics and GynecologyUniversity of Belgrade
  7. 1987
    MS - Biochemistry; Graduate studies in Neonatology-Enzymology. Master's Thesis: Molecular Differentiation of Protein Phosphatases from Human Red Blood Cells during Postnatal OntogenesisUniversity of Belgrade
  8. 1981
    InternshipThe City Hospital of Belgrade
  9. 1980
    MDUniversity of Belgrade

Certifications

  1. 1999
    NephrologyAmerican Board of Internal Medicine

Awards and honors

  1. 2024
    The Corcoran Memorial Lecture and Award from the Council on Hypertension, American Heart AssociationAmerican Heart Association
  2. 2024
    The American Society of Nephrology Barbara T. Murphy Life Achievement AwardAmerican Society of Nephrology
  3. 2022
    The Marvin Moser Clinical Hypertension Award from the AHA and The Council on HypertensionAmerican Heart Association
  4. 2022
    Named Professor - The Penske Foundation Professor of Clinical Medicine in Honor of Ian D. Hay, M.D., Ph.D., and J. Eileen Hay, M.B., Ch.B.Mayo Clinic
  5. 2012
    2012 Mary Kathryn and Michael B. Panitch Career Development AwardDepartment of Development
  6. 2011
    Mayo Internal Medicine Residency Teaching Recognition AwardDepartment of Internal Medicine
  7. 2011
    SWHR Award for 2011Society for Women's Health Research (SWHR)
  8. 2010
    Arnhold Women's Health Research Award, Foundation for Women's WellnessArnhold Women's Health
  9. 2008
    A 2008 Department of Medicine Landmark Contribution to the Literature AwardDepartment of Internal Medicine
  10. 2008
    The Hong Kong Society of Cardiology AwardHong Kong Society of Cardiology
  11. 2004
    Excellence in Teaching Recognition AwardMayo Medical School, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, Department of Education Administration
  12. 2004
    Award for the best paper in category of Clinical Nephrology for presentation: Contrast Nephropathy due to Renal Angiography: Effects on Progression to End-Stage Renal Disease and One-Year MortalityNephroAsia 2004
  13. 1999
    First prize recipient of the Fellows' research nightNew York Society of Nephrology/National Kidney Foundation of New York and New Jersey
  14. 1991
    Trainee AwardCanadian Society for Clinical Investigation
  15. 1988
    Board certified with HonorsUniversity of Belgrade

Professional memberships

  1. 2013
    Grant Review Panel MemberNational Institutes of Health, National Institutes of Health
  2. 2013
    Grant Review Panel MemberNational Institutes of Health, National Institutes of Health
  3. 2011
    Grant ReviewerBuilding Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women's Health (BIRCWH)
  4. 2011
    Grant ReviewerPostdoctoral Programs Committee, Mayo Clinic Center for Translational Science Activities
  5. 2011
    ReviewerCareer Development Award Review Committee
  6. 2011
    Reviewer and MemberCombined Research Career Development and CTSA Postdoctural Programs Committee
  7. 2011
    MemberDepartment of Medicine Selection Committee for Research Awards, Department of Internal Medicine
  8. 2010
    MemberDepartment of Medicine Selection Committee for Research Awards, Department of Internal Medicine
  9. 2010
    Consultant MemberSociety of Studying Cardiovascular Diseases
  10. 2009
    MemberDepartment of Medicine Selection Committee for Research Awards, Department of Internal Medicine
  11. 2009
    Grant ReviewerMedical Research Service, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
  12. 2009
    Grant ReviewerNational Institutes of Health
  13. 2008
    Session ChairRemote Disease in Mother and Child, 16th World Congress International Society for the Study of Hypertension in Pregnancy
  14. 2008 - present
    ChairPodocyte Club, Division of Nephrology & Hypertension, Department of Internal Medicine
  15. 2005
    Session ChairSession on Peripheral Vascular Disease, 31st European Congress of Lymphology
  16.  
    Faculty MemberMayo Clinic Women's Health Research Center
  17.  
    MemberBuilding Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women's Health (BIRCWH)
  18.  
    MemberPostdoctoral Programs Committee, Mayo Clinic Center for Translational Science Activities
  19.  
    MemberCareer Development Award Review Committee
  20.  
    MentorMentor for a combined Nephrology-GIM group, DOM Partnership for Publications
  21.  
    MemberAmerican Society of Nephrology
  22.  
    MemberAmerican Society of Hypertension
  23.  
    MemberNorth American Society for the Study of Hypertension in Pregnancy
  24.  
    MemberInternational Society for the Study of Hypertension in Pregnancy
  25.  
    MemberInternational Society of Hypertension
  26.  
    MemberEuropean Dialysis and Transplant Association, European Renal Association

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Research activities

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