Dr. Watnick joined OHSU in September 2002. She is the Medical Director of the dialysis unit at the Portland Veterans Administration Medical Center. Her research focuses on depression among patients starting dialysis and the relationships between depression and chronic illness in this population. This research has been funded through the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Portland Veterans Administration Medical Center

Degrees:

BA - Harvard University, 1990
MD - University of Massachusetts Medical School, 1995

Residency:

Internal Medicine - University of California, San Francisco, 1995-1998

Fellowship:

Nephrology - University of California, San Francisco, 1999
Nephrology - Yale University, 1999 - 2002
Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program - Yale University, 2000-2002

Research Interest:

Depression and quality-of-life issues among patients on dialysis

Clinical Interest:

Chronic kidney disease, end-stage renal disease

Representative Publications:

• Wang P, Watnick S. Depression: A Common But Under-Recognized Condition Associated with End-Stage Renal Disease. Seminars In Dialysis, publication pending.
• Troidle L, Watnick S, Wuerth D, Gorban-Brennan N, Kliger A, Finkelstein F. Depression and Its Association With Peritonitis In CPD Patients. Am J Kidney Dis, 42:350-354;2003
• Watnick S, Mahnensmith R, Kirwin P, Concato J. The Prevalence and Treatment of Depression Among Patients Starting Dialysis. Am J Kidney Dis, 41:105-110;2003
• Finkelstein F O, Watnick S, Finkelstein S, Wuerth D. The Treatment of Depression In Patients Maintained on Dialysis. J Psychomsomatic Res, 53:957-960;2002
• Juergensen PH, Zemchenkov A, Watnick S, Finkelstein S, Wuerth D, Finkelstein FO. Comparison of quality-of-life assessment in Russia and the United States in chronic peritoneal dialysis patients. Advances In Peritoneal Dialysis, 18:55-57;2002
• Watnick S, Perazella M. Cardiac Troponins: Utility in Renal Insufficiency and End-Stage Renal Disease. Seminars in Dialysis, Volume 15, Issue 1, 2002; p 66-70.
• Watnick S. Does Time of Day of Hemodialysis Affect Survival? (letter) JAMA, Volume 287, No.1, 2002; p 1261.
• Watnick S, Morrison, G. "The Kidney". In Current Medical Diagnosis & Treatment, Tierney L, McPhee S, Papadakis M, (eds). New York: Appleton & Lange, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, and 2003.
• Watnick S. "Genitourinary and Renal Disorders." In Essentials of Diagnosis and Treatment. Tierney L, Saint S, Whooley M, (eds). New York: Appleton & Lange, 2nd edition, 2002.
• Watnick S. "Renal/Acid-Base" In Saint-Frances Guide to Inpatient Medicine, Saint S, Frances C, (eds). Baltimore: Williams & Wilkins, 2nd edition, 2003.
• Watnick S, Mahnensmith R, Kirwin P, Concato J. (abstract) Effects of Depression on Morbidity and Mortality among Patients Starting Dialysis, 613A, 2002.
• Troidle L, Watnick S, Wuerth D, Finkelstein S, Finkelstein F. (abstract) Depression and its association with Peritonitis, J Am Soc Nephrol 13; 384A, 2002.
• Watnick S, Mahnensmith R, Kirwin P, Concato J. (abstract) Changes in Depression Scores among Patients Starting Dialysis, J Am Soc Nephrol 12; 255A, 2001.
• Watnick S, Bia M, Lorber M, Concato J. (abstract) Effects of Immunosuppressant Drugs on Anemia after Renal Transplantation, J Am Soc Nephrol 12; 922A, 2001.