Ethan Balk
· Professor of Health Services, Policy and PracticeBrown University · Health Services, Policy and Management
Active 1982–2026
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About
Dr. Ethan M. Balk is a Professor of Health Services, Policy and Practice. He is co-Director of the AHRQ-sponsored Brown Evidence-based Practice Center and Associate Director of the Center for Evidence Synthesis in Health. His career includes several years as a primary care physician and obtaining a Masters in Public Health with a focus on Biostatistics and Epidemiology. Dr. Balk has pursued a career specializing in systematic review, meta-analysis, and clinical guideline development. He served as Associate Director of the Tufts Evidence-based Practice Center for 14 years and later as Director of the Tufts Center for Clinical Evidence Synthesis before transferring to the Brown School of Public Health in 2014. Additionally, he was Co-Director of the National Kidney Foundation Center for Guideline Development and Implementation at Tufts-New England Medical Center, providing methodological and educational expertise for kidney disease guidelines. Since 2008, he has been a methodological expert consultant for the Society of Gynecologic Surgeons Systematic Review Group. Dr. Balk has authored over 300 publications on systematic reviews across a broad range of medical, surgical, health, and nutrition topics, and has led evidence review teams for numerous clinical guidelines.
Research topics
- Medicine
- Internal medicine
- Psychiatry
- Simulation
- Medical physics
- Clinical psychology
- Physical therapy
- Intensive care medicine
- Pathology
- Psychotherapist
Selected publications
Transplantation · 2020 · 142 citations
The 2020 Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) Clinical Practice Guideline on the Evaluation and Management of Candidates for Kidney Transplantation is intended to assist health care professionals worldwide who evaluate and manage potential candidates for deceased or living donor kidney transplantation. This guideline addresses general candidacy issues such as access to transplantation, patient demographic and health status factors, immunological and psychosocial assessment. The role…
American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology · 2022 · 29 citations
Kidney International · 2025-09-18 · 26 citations
articleOpen accessKidney International · 2025-04-18 · 8 citations
articleAnnals of Internal Medicine · 2025-03-17 · 8 citations
articleDESCRIPTION: The American College of Physicians (ACP) developed this guideline based on the best available evidence on the comparative benefits and harms of pharmacologic treatments of acute episodic migraine headache, patients' values and preferences, and economic evidence about these pharmacologic treatments. METHODS: This guideline is based on a systematic review and network meta-analysis of the comparative benefits and harms of pharmacologic treatments of acute episodic migraine headaches, a…
Frequent coauthors
- 904 shared
Peter C. Jeppson
Island Institute
- 893 shared
Alexis A. Dieter
- 847 shared
Danielle D. Antosh
Institute for Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery
- 760 shared
Ambereen Sleemi
- 639 shared
Francisco J. Orejuela
Baylor College of Medicine
- 573 shared
Gabriela E. Halder
The University of Texas at Austin
- 565 shared
Kate V. Meriwether
Island Institute
- 534 shared
Cara L. Grimes
Education
M.D.
Brown University
Other, Biostatistics and Epidemiology
Tufts University
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