Frank Gotch (physician), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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American physician
Date of Birth: 27-Aug-1926
Place of Birth: Humboldt, Iowa, United States
Date of Death: 18-Feb-2017
Profession: physician
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Virgo 
About Frank Gotch (physician)
- Frank A.
- Gotch (August 27, 1926 - February 18, 2017) was an American physician known for his work in renal dialysis adequacy, specifically the development of Kt/V and standardized Kt/V.
- He was an Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco. Gotch was a consultant to the Renal Research Institute in New York and was Associate Professor of Medicine at UCSF.
- Gotch 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 provided consultation in dialysis kinetics and dialysis systems development to industry.
- His research interests were primarily concerned with modeling dialysis technology.
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