Kooinga, L, Block G, Albert J, Akiba T, Kurokawa K, Marshall M, Ramirez, SPB, Wizemann V, Port FKP.  Survivors of Calciphylaxis: Characteristics and Outcomes Among Hemodialysis Patients in the Dialysis Outcomes and Practice Patterns Study. Submitted to Kidney Internationa.

Lopes AA, Bragg-Gresham JL, Ramirez SPB, Andreucci VE, Port FKP, Mason NA, Held PJ and Young E. Prescription of Cardiovascular Medication and its associations with patient characteristics, country and outcomes in the international DOPPS. Submitted to the American Journal of Kidney Diseases

Furniss AL, Combe C, Gillespie BW, Pisoni R, Akiba T, Keen ML, Kuroawa K , Saran J and Ramirez SPB. Neutrophil Count as a Predictor of Adverse Outcomes in Hemodialysis Patients: Results from The Dialysis Outcomes and Practice Patterns Study (DOPPS).  Manuscript in preparation.

Hayashino Y, Fukuhara S, Akiba T, Akizawa T, Asano Y, Saito A, Ramirez SPB, Kurokawa K. Diabetes, glycemic control and mortality risk in patients on hemodialysis: the Japan Dialysis Outcomes and Practice Pattern Study. In press Diabetologica

Ramirez S, Race and kidney disease outcomes: genes or environment.  J Am Soc Nephrol. 2005 Dec;16(12):3461-3

Li PK, Weening JJ, Dirks J, Li PK, Weening JJ, Dirks J, Lui SL, Szeto CC, Tang S, Atkins RC, Mitch WE, Chow KM, D'Amico G, Freedman BI, Harris DC, Hooi LS, Jong PE, Kincaid-Smith P, Lai KN, Lee E, Li FK, Lin SY, Lo WK, Mani MK, Mathew T, Murakami M, Qian JQ, Ramirez S, Reiser T, Tomino Y, Tong MK, Tsang WK, Tungsanga K, Wang H, Wong AK, Wong KM, Yang WC, Zeeuw D, Yu AW, Remuzzi G; Participants of ISN Consensus Workshop on Prevention of Progression of Renal Disease (2005). A report with consensus statements of the International Society of Nephrology 2004 Consensus Workshop on Prevention of Progression of Renal Disease, Hong Kong, June 29, 2004. Kidney Int Suppl. 2005 Apr;(94):S2-7

Luo HD, Ramirez SP, Costa MD, Tan CT, Oakley RE, Lee CN, Hsu SI. Preoperative microalbuminuria, haptoglobin phenotype 2-2, and age are independent predictors for acute renal failure following coronary artery bypass graft. Ann Acad Med Singapore. 2004 Sep;33(5 Suppl):S15-6

Ramirez S.P. (Guest Editor) (2003). First International Summit on Kidney Disease Prevention, 25-27 July 2002 Introduction. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2003 Jul;14 Suppl 2:S63-4.

Ramirez S.P. (2003) A comprehensive public health approach to address the burden of renal disease in Singapore. J Am Soc Nephrol.14(7 Suppl 2):S122-6.

Ramirez S.P.; Summit on Kidney Disease Prevention Participants. (2003)

First International Summit on Kidney Disease Prevention, 25-27 July 2002: consensus document.  J Am Soc Nephrol. 14(7 Suppl 2):S205-7.

McClellan WM, Ramirez S.P., Jurkovitz C. (2003) Screening for chronic kidney disease: unresolved issues. J Am Soc Nephrol. 14(7 Suppl 2):S81-7.

Diane L. Frankenfield, Sylvia P.B. Ramirez, William M. Mcclellan, Pamela
R. Frederick, Michael V. Rocco.(2003) Differences in intermediate outcomes for Asian and non-Asian adult hemodialysis patients in the United States. Kidney International; Volume 64, Issue 2, Page 623

Ramirez, S.P.B., Hsu S.I.-H. (2003) Taking a Public Health Approach to the Prevention of End-stage Renal Disease: The NKF Singapore Program.  Kidney International, Vol 63, Supplement 83: S561-S565

Ramirez, S.P.B. (2003) Paradigms of Public-Private Partnerships in End-stage renal disease care: The National Kidney Foundation Singapore. Kidney International. Vol 73, Supplement 83: S101-S107

Ramirez, S.P.B., McClellan W., Port F, Hsu, S.I.-H. (2002) Risk Factors for Proteinuria in a Large Multiracial Southeast Asian Population.  Journal of the American Society of Nephrology 13: 1907-1917, 2002

Ramirez, S.P.B., Hsu S.I.-H., Nandakumar M, Friedman E.A., Durai T.T. Owen W.F., Jr. (2001) Funding ESRD care through charity: the paradigm of the National Kidney Foundation of Singapore. Seminars in Nephrology 21: 411-418

Ramirez, S.P.B., Hsu, S.I.-H., McClellan, W.  (2001) Low body weight is a risk factor for proteinuria in a multi-ethnic Southeast Asian pediatric population.  American Journal of Kidney Diseases 38:1045-1054.

Mazze, R.S, Simonson, G., Strock, E., Bergentstal, R., Idrogo, M., Ramirez, S., Hsu, S.  (2001) Staged diabetes management:  a systematic evidence-based approach to the prevention and treatment of diabetes and its co-morbidities.  Practical Diabetes International 18:S1-S16.

Ramirez S., Leibowitz R, Harmon W, Somers MJ (2000). The role of voiding cysto-urethrogram (VCUG) in the pretransplant evaluation of children with end-stage renal disease. Pediatric Transplantation 5: 99-104

Hsu, S.I.-H., Ramirez, S.B., Winn, M.P., Bonventre, J.V., and Owen, W.F. (2000)  Evidence for genetic factors in the development and progression of IgA nephropathy.  Kidney International 57:1818-1835

Mifsud A, Ramirez S, Yong EL (2002) Polycystic ovarian syndrome and CAG trinucleotide repeats in the androgen receptor gene. Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism 85: 3484-8

Ramirez S. (2000) An evidence-based approach to the management of upper urinary tract infections in children. Singapore Pediatric Journal 42: 1-6

Ramirez S. (2000) An evidence-based approach to the management of lower urinary tract infections in children. Singapore Pediatric Journal 42: 1-6

Gong WK, Foong P, Ramirez S.P.B., Murugasu B, Yap HK (1999) Can dialysis adequacy be achieved by tailoring the dialysis prescription in an Asian Pediatric Population on NIPD? Advances in Peritoneal Dialysis 15: 291-6

Ramirez S, Fomitcheva I, and Aziz N (1998) Abnormal regulation of the Ke6 gene, a new 17 β- hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase in the cpk mouse kidney. Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology. 143: 9-22

Ramirez S, Rosen S, Niles J and Somers MJG (1998) IgG Anti-neutrophilic cytoplasmic antibodies in IgA Nephropathy: A clinical variant? American Journal of Kidney Diseases 31: 341-44

In preparation:
Diabetes management and outcomes in ESRD: Results from the DOPPS study
Pre-ESRD management and early outcomes in ESRD: Results from the DOPPS study