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Michel Baum, M.D.

Michel Baum, M.D.

Titles and Appointments

Professor Emeritus

Schools
Medical School
Departments
Pediatrics
  • Biography

    Dr. Michel Baum received his BS and MD degrees from the University of California at Los Angeles. He performed his internship and residency at Yale University School of Medicine and his fellowship in nephrology at the University of California at San Francisco, where he was a research fellow at the Cardiovascular Research Institute. Since completion of his fellowship he has been at UT Southwestern Medical Center , where he is a Professor of Pediatrics and Internal Medicine, and Children’s Medical Center of Dallas. He also holds the Sara M. and Charles E. Seay Chair in Pediatric Research.

    Dr. Baum is a member of a number of national societies including the American Society for Clinical Investigation, the Association of American Physicians, the Society for Pediatric Research, and the American Society of Nephrology and International Pediatric Nephrology Association. He has served as a member of the General Medicine B Study Section and the DDKD Study Section for the NIH. Dr. Baum’s research primarily examines the maturational changes that occur in renal tubular transport during development. He has described many changes in transporters that explain the physiologic difference between the neonatal kidney and the adult kidney. His other research interests include the pathophysiology and pathogenesis of hereditary defects in tubular transport such as X-linked hypophosphatemia. He is also investigating the cause for hypertension inpatients with a prenatal insult that are small for gestational age. His research is funded by the National Institutes of Health. He has contributed to more than150 publications.

  • Education
    Undergraduate
    Uni of California (UCLA) (1974), Chemistry
    Medical School
    Uni of California (UCLA) (1978), Medicine
  • Research Interest
    • Epithelial Transport
    • Renal development
    • Tubular disorders
  • Publications
    Genetic and Clinical Characterization of a Large Cohort with Suspected Monogenic Stone Disease
    Cogal AG, Ali AE, Arnous MG, Alhadi A, Zhou LT, Arroyo J, Seide BM, Rossler KJ, Reynolds LM, Kennedy GN, Elbarougy DE, Goldfarb DS, Milliner DS, Sas DJ, Lieske JC, Harris PC, Campagna J, Talati J, Matteen M, Biyabani SR, Jalbani I, Petras K, Gole E, Printza N, Thomas-Mathew S, Samm B, Baker S, Lorenz E, Steinberg P, Beck A, Puliyanda D, Devor K, Shafi ST, Pfau A, Kalinsky B, Baum M, Kim E, Shin H, Armstrong L, Jernigan S, Bock M, Baum M, Grewal M, Alegria-Torres G, Larosa C, Cadnapaphornchai M, Copelovitch L, Kim E, George T, Muff-Luett M, Couser S, Benoit S, Wang X, Slocombe K, Sethna C, Blazius B, Tran L, Juran P, Vuppali K, Foreman J, Chapman E, Sengupta U, Jackson R, Eidman K, Wilson R, Pearl R, Siomou E, Abroug S, Wasserstein A, Moe S, Lingeman J, Mohtat D, Lakkis R, Wierenga C, Ruebner R, Neu A, Akber A, Salyer A, Sharma J, Matossian D, Lane J, Verghese P, Dalal V, Kohlenberg J, Boumitri M, Segal Y, Tanzer M, Straatmann C, Haws R, Eisner B, Porter I, Mao M, Manohar S, Chebib F, Norby S, Rule A, Tran C, Hanna C, Schwartz G, Dines G, Kennel K, Zand L, Hogan M, Tebben P, Gavrilova R, Avant R, Erickson S, Torres V, Cheungpasitporn W, Zhou X, Keddis M, Prochnau C, Kaminski A, Polcari A, Almardini R, Slocum J, Stricevic V, Patel H, Kusumi K, Ghamrawi R, Lambert M, Lasic LB, Khatri M, Kumar J, Liss Y, Sinnakirouchenan R, Krambeck A, Rims V, Al-Uzri A, Turman M, Sharma S, Schlesinger M, Stahl J, Eison M, Auron A, O'Hare A, Kamath N, Trivedi H, Sirota H, Aigbe M, Lesses J, Rhuma N, Heilberg IP, Assimos D, Harvey L, Kompotiatis P, Portale A, Cheng C, Winnicki E, Lee M, Coe F, Chamarthi G, Pinsk M, Amanzadeh J, Elfering S, Mian A, Monk R, Pearle M, Gutierrez B, James M, Radhakrishnan Y, Langone A, Lewis JB, Weiss A, Gutierrez J, Bleyer A, Bolton D Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology 2025 Dec 20 1670-1682
    Ghrelin enhances tubular magnesium absorption in the kidney
    Nie M, Zhang J, Bal M, Duran C, An SW, Zigman JM, Baum M, Hiremath C, Marciano DK, Wolf MT Frontiers in Physiology 2024 15
    Editorial: Intensive care unit nephrology
    Baum M Current opinion in pediatrics 2023 Apr 35 231-233
    Preface
    Lorenz JM, Baum MG, Brennan KG 2023 Jan x-x
    Neonatology Questions and Controversies: Renal, Fluid & Electrolyte Disorders
    Lorenz JM, Baum MG, Brennan KG 2023 Jan 1-228
    Postnatal Renal Maturation
    Baum M, Anslow M 2022 Jan 37-77
    Festschrift for Professor Lesley Rees MD FRCPCH
    Baum M Pediatric Nephrology 2021 Aug 36 2505
    Sex differences in prenatal programming of hypertension by dexamethasone
    Alhamoud I, Legan SK, Gattineni J, Baum M Experimental Biology and Medicine 2021 Jul 246 1554-1562
    Editorial: Urinary tract obstruction in children
    Baum M Current opinion in pediatrics 2021 Apr 33 217-219
    Welcome and farewell
    Rees L, Baum M, Flynn J Pediatric Nephrology 2021 Feb 36 217
  • Books

    Featured 

  • Honors & Awards
    • Chair, Ad Hoc Promotion and Tenure Committee
      UT Southwestern (2018)
    • Editorial Board
      Pediatric Nephrology (2018)
    • Best Pediatric Specialists
      D Magazine (2013-2016)
    • Texas Super Doctors
      Texas Monthly (2007-2018)
    • Renal Physiology Star Reviewer Award
      The American Journal of Physiology (2005)
    • Renal Editor
      Current Opinion in Pediatrics (2004-2018)
    • Editorial Board
      American Journal of Physiology: Renal Physiology (2001-2018)
    • Best Doctors In America
      (1998-2018)
    • National Institutes of Health Study Section Member
    • NIH Study Section for NIDDK
      DDKD Study Section - Permanent Member
  • Professional Associations/Affiliations
    • Alpha Omega Alpha
    • American Academy of Pediatrics
    • American Society for Clinical Investigation
    • American Society of Pediatric Nephrology
    • Association of American Physicians
    • International Pediatric Nephrology Association
    • Phi Beta Kappa
    • Society for Pediatric Research