Snezana Petrovic

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Snezana Petrovic

Associate Professor of Physiology

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Snezana Petrovic, MD, PhD, FASN is an Associate Professor at the Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology. Dr. Petrovic obtained her MD and PhD in Europe and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Rochester, Rochester NY.
 
Dr. Petrovic’s long-standing interest in acid-base and kidney physiology resulted in 37 peer-reviewed publications, receipt of the Carl Gottschalk Scholar Award from the American Society of Nephrology, and career awards from the American Physiological Society, the American Heart Association and American Association of Medical Colleges. She was also a Butler-Williams Scholar of the National Institute of Aging, a member of the Editorial Board of the American Journal of Physiology, and is a Fellow of the American Society of Nephrology (FASN). Dr. Petrovic served on the Geriatric Nephrology Advisory Group to the ASN and as a peer reviewer on standing study sections of the American Heart Association.
 
Her laboratory described an acid sensor in the kidney and demonstrated how deficiency in acid sensor lowers blood pressure in mice. She continues this work by looking into the expression of the same acid sensor in the brain. Dr. Petrovic completed a randomized, placebo-controlled clinical trial showing that use of oral bicarbonate supplementation to titrate dietary acid load may be a safe intervention to ameliorate decline of kidney and physical function with aging. Dr. Petrovic is continuing this work by looking at metabolic changes associated with oral bicarbonate supplementation in older adults in collaboration with Dr. Motyka.

Education/Academic qualification

Master of Health Professions Education, MHPE, Campbell University

… → 2023

PhD, University of Belgrade

… → 1999

Medical School, MD, University of Belgrade

… → 1986

Disciplines

  • Medicine and Health Sciences
  • Medical Physiology
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  • 1 Editorial activity
  • 1 Membership of committee
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