Jamie P. Dwyer, MD

Jamie P. Dwyer, M. D. is Associate Dean for Clinical Research at the University of Utah Health in Salt Lake City, UT, USA. He is Professor of Medicine in the Division of Nephrology & Hypertension, and Director of both the Utah Data Coordinating Center and the Clinical Research Support Office in the Clinical and Translational Science Institute at the U. He is current Chair of the Board, President, and Principal Investigator of the nonprofit organization the Collaborative Study Group (CSG), an international academic research organization dedicated to the exceptionally rigorous design, conduct, analysis, and reporting of large, international clinical trials. He has served on multiple Executive and Steering committees for large trials, particularly in CKD progression and cardiovascular outcomes. In 2015, Dr. Dwyer was appointed as a Consultant to the USA’s Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) CardioRenal Advisory Committee, and both served on and defended data before FDA Advisory Committees. In 2017, he and colleagues founded Innovative Renal Care, a health services delivery company dedicated to improving the care of dialysis patients in the United States.

Dr. Dwyer is a practicing clinical nephrologist who sees patients across the full spectrum of kidney disease. He is an accomplished and highly lauded educator, receiving numerous teaching awards, culminating in his election to Vanderbilt’s Academy for Excellence in Education in 2013.

Dr. Dwyer holds an Sc. B degree in Mathematics and Latin from Brown University in 1996, and an M. D. with Distinction from Brown University Medical School in 2000. He trained in Internal Medicine at Mayo Clinic Florida, where he served as Chief Medical Resident. He trained in Nephrology and Clinical Research at VUMC. After a faculty appointment at Mayo Clinic, he joined the Nephrology Division of VUMC in 2008. In 2022 he joined Utah. Dr. Dwyer is an attending physician and supervises fellows and residents in clinic and inpatient Nephrology services.