
Overview
Dr. Derek M. Fine is an associate professor of medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. His areas of clinical expertise include glomerular kidney disease, particularly lupus nephritis and other immune-mediated kidney diseases, HIV-related kidney disease, scleroderma-related kidney disease, acute kidney injury, hyponatremia, kidney biopsy, and rhabdomyolysis. Dr. Fine earned his M.D. at Johns Hopkins. He completed his residency in internal medicine and his fellowship in nephrology at Johns Hopkins. His research interests include HIV-related kidney diseases and lupus nephritis. He is a member of the Miller Coulson Academy of Clinical Excellence and was named 2018 Physician of the Year at Johns Hopkins Hospital.
Dr. Fine is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Calcinosis. His top areas of expertise are Lupus Nephritis, Glomerulonephritis, Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE), Chronic Kidney Disease, and Kidney Transplant.
His clinical research consists of co-authoring 86 peer reviewed articles. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years.
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Locations
10751 Falls Road, Falls Concourse STE 408/412, Falls Concourse STE 408/412, Lutherville, MD 21093
1717 East Monument Street, Park Building, Ground Level, Baltimore, MD 21287
301 Mason Lord Drive, Suite 3400, Baltimore, MD 21224
Additional Areas of Focus
Dr. Fine has provided the following conditions as areas of focus. Please note that we may not have enough data to validate their experience in some of these conditions.
Clinical Research
Clinical research consists of overseeing clinical studies of patients undergoing new treatments and therapies, and publishing articles in peer reviewed medical journals. Providers who actively participate in clinical research are generally at the forefront of the fields and aware of the most up-to-date advances in treatments for their patients.
Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
Dr. Bernard Jaar is an associate professor of medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He holds a joint appointment in epidemiology at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. His areas of clinical expertise include chronic kidney disease and all dialysis modalities. Dr. Jaar earned his M.D. from Faculte de Medecine et de Pharmacie of the State University of Haiti. He completed nephrology training at Hopitaux de Paris (Hopital Tenon, Hopital Saint Antoine, Hopital Saint Louis) University of Paris V, France. He subsequently completed an internal medicine residency at Graduate Hospital in Philadelphia and a nephrology fellowship at the Johns Hopkins Hospital, in addition to a post-doctoral fellowship in Epidemiology and a Master in Public Health at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. His research interests include epidemiology of chronic kidney disease and end-stage kidney disease, particularly survival in dialysis patients, peripheral arterial disease and environmental risk factors for kidney disease. Dr. Jaar was recognized with the C. Lockard Conley Award 2021 by the American College of Physician Maryland Chapter for contributions to resident education / research and the National Kidney Foundation Garabed Eknoyan Award 2022 for promoting the mission of NKF in making the lives of people with kidney disease better. He is a member of several professional organizations, including the International Society of Nephrology, American Society of Nephrology, National Kidney Foundation, American College of Physicians and the International Society of Peritoneal dialysis. Dr. Jaar is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Calcinosis. His top areas of expertise are Chronic Kidney Disease, End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD), Calcinosis, Low Potassium Level, and Kidney Transplant.
Rulan Parekh is a Nephrologist and a Pediatrics provider in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Parekh is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Calcinosis. Her top areas of expertise are Nephrotic Syndrome, Chronic Kidney Disease, End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD), Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis, and Kidney Transplant.
The Johns Hopkins Hospital
Steve Sozio is a Nephrologist in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Sozio is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Calcinosis. His top areas of expertise are Chronic Kidney Disease, End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD), Calcinosis, Renovascular Hypertension, and Kidney Transplant.
Areas of Expertise
MediFind evaluates expertise by pulling from factors such as number of articles a doctor has published in medical journals, participation in clinical trials, speaking at industry conferences, prescribing and referral patterns, and strength of connections with other experts in their field.
Learn more about MediFind’s expert tiers
- Elite
- Lupus NephritisDr. Fine isElite. Learn about Lupus Nephritis.
- Distinguished
- Chronic Kidney DiseaseDr. Fine isDistinguished. Learn about Chronic Kidney Disease.
- GlomerulonephritisDr. Fine isDistinguished. Learn about Glomerulonephritis.
- Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE)Dr. Fine isDistinguished. Learn about Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE).
- Advanced
- Acute Kidney FailureDr. Fine isAdvanced. Learn about Acute Kidney Failure.
- End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD)
- Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis
- Experienced
- CalcinosisDr. Fine isExperienced. Learn about Calcinosis.
- CalciphylaxisDr. Fine isExperienced. Learn about Calciphylaxis.
- Congenital MicrocoriaDr. Fine isExperienced. Learn about Congenital Microcoria.
- Congenital Nephrotic SyndromeDr. Fine isExperienced. Learn about Congenital Nephrotic Syndrome.
- Denys-Drash Syndrome (DDS)Dr. Fine isExperienced. Learn about Denys-Drash Syndrome (DDS).
- Diabetic NephropathyDr. Fine isExperienced. Learn about Diabetic Nephropathy.

