Faculty Profile
Friedrich K. Port, MD, MS, FACP
- Professor Emeritus, Epidemiology and Internal Medicine
Friedrich K. Port, M.D., professor of internal medicine in the Medical School and
professor of epidemiology in the School of Public Health, retired from active faculty
status on February 28, 2002.
A native of Heidelberg, West Germany, Dr. Port received his Physikum (1961) and M.D. (1964) degrees from the University of Erlangen-Nurnberg in West Germany, and his M.S. degree from the University of Minnesota in 1975. He pursued training as an intern and resident from 1964-70 and completed a fellowship in nephrology at the Mayo Graduate School in 1972. From 1973-74, he headed the dialysis unit at the University of Mainz in West Germany. He joined the University of Michigan as assistant professor of internal medicine and chief of the hemodialysis unit at the Veterans Administration Medical Center in 1974 and was promoted to associate professor in 1978 and professor in 1987. He received the additional appointment of professor of epidemiology in the School of Public Health in1989.
Dr. Port is a prominent member of the renal research community with a national and international reputation for outcomes research. His contributions include the comparative assessment of mortality risk for dialysis patients versus transplant recipients. His groundbreaking studies minimized patient selection bias and time-to-treatment bias while describing the changing mortality risk over time after transplantation. His work was also instrumental in evaluating mortality risk by various treatment factors. The research efforts of his team at the University of Michigan Kidney Epidemiology and Cost Center influenced the practice in end-stage renal disease and led to a measurable improvement in patient care and survival in the U.S.
Dr. Port served as the director of the Michigan Kidney Registry and the medical director of the U.S. Renal Data Systems (USRDS) Coordinating Center, and he is currently vice president of the International Federation of Renal Registries. He led the clinical design of the USRDS special studies and the questionnaires for each of these studies. He has received the Best Physician in America award, the Best Teacher in Nephrology award, and the Donald W. Seldin award.
The Regents now salute this distinguished physician, researcher, and educator for his dedicated service by naming Friedrich K. Port professor emeritus of internal medicine and professor emeritus of epidemiology.
A native of Heidelberg, West Germany, Dr. Port received his Physikum (1961) and M.D. (1964) degrees from the University of Erlangen-Nurnberg in West Germany, and his M.S. degree from the University of Minnesota in 1975. He pursued training as an intern and resident from 1964-70 and completed a fellowship in nephrology at the Mayo Graduate School in 1972. From 1973-74, he headed the dialysis unit at the University of Mainz in West Germany. He joined the University of Michigan as assistant professor of internal medicine and chief of the hemodialysis unit at the Veterans Administration Medical Center in 1974 and was promoted to associate professor in 1978 and professor in 1987. He received the additional appointment of professor of epidemiology in the School of Public Health in1989.
Dr. Port is a prominent member of the renal research community with a national and international reputation for outcomes research. His contributions include the comparative assessment of mortality risk for dialysis patients versus transplant recipients. His groundbreaking studies minimized patient selection bias and time-to-treatment bias while describing the changing mortality risk over time after transplantation. His work was also instrumental in evaluating mortality risk by various treatment factors. The research efforts of his team at the University of Michigan Kidney Epidemiology and Cost Center influenced the practice in end-stage renal disease and led to a measurable improvement in patient care and survival in the U.S.
Dr. Port served as the director of the Michigan Kidney Registry and the medical director of the U.S. Renal Data Systems (USRDS) Coordinating Center, and he is currently vice president of the International Federation of Renal Registries. He led the clinical design of the USRDS special studies and the questionnaires for each of these studies. He has received the Best Physician in America award, the Best Teacher in Nephrology award, and the Donald W. Seldin award.
The Regents now salute this distinguished physician, researcher, and educator for his dedicated service by naming Friedrich K. Port professor emeritus of internal medicine and professor emeritus of epidemiology.