Mathias Loberg Haarhaus
About me
I am a clinical specialist in nephrology and internal medicine and researcher with more than 20 years experience in patient care and translational research, specialized on disturbances in bone and mineral balance, CKD-associated osteporosis, cardiovascular complications, bone turnover markers in CKD, and hemodialysis treatment. I currently work at Diaverum Sweden as Medical Director and at Karolinska University Hospital as consultant, co-heading a multidisciplinary expert group for managing CKD-associated osteoporosis and other CKD-MBD-associated complications. I am affiliated with Karolinska Institutet, CLINTEC, since 2006, previously affiliated with Linköping University, where I gained my PhD in 2014 with prof. Per Magnusson, clinical chemistry, as supervisor.
Since 2020 I am board member of the European Renal Association CKD-MBD Working Group whose chairman I was beteween 2022 and 2025. I am also founding member of the European Renal Osteodystrophy (EUROD) Initiative of the European Renal Association, whose mission is to build a European bone biopsy registry and organize research and education in the field of CKD-associated osteoporosis. In Sweden, I am member of the Swedish Nephrological Society's Guidelines Committee and adjunct at the Regional Program Group for Nephrology (RPO Stockholm-Gotland). As key opinion leader within the field of CKD-associated osteoporosis, I have co-authored several international consensus papers, offering clinical guidance in areas where evidence is not sufficient for formal guidelines. I also was an invited member at the Kidney Disease - Improving Global Outcomes 2023 CKD-MBD Controversies Conference.
In addition to the European EUROD Research Network and the Eropean Renal Association CKD-MBD Working Group, I participate in the KaroKidney research network at Karolinska Institutet, aiming at improving health outcomes in kidney disease, in an international research group exploring skeletal- and systemic effects of ADPKD, in a Swedish collaboration with KTH, exploring the effect of blood flow modulation on dialysis blood access, and in a collaboration with Linköping University to explore the role of alkaline phosphatase in the pathomechanism of and as treatment target for pathologic mineralization. I have supervised several MD masters thesis and co-supervised 2 PhD students, have organised several CME courses and give lectures in graduate and post-graduate education. I have acted as Country PI and PI in several multicenter clinical trials in collaboration with pharmacological industry.
Articles
- Article: BONE REPORTS. 2025;26:101872Sääf M; Björnsdottir S; Haarhaus M; Hauge E-M; Atanasova D; Magnusson P
- Journal article: JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF NEPHROLOGY. 2025Cejka D; Haarhaus M; Pasch A; Smith ER
- Article: CLINICAL CHEMISTRY AND LABORATORY MEDICINE. 2025Vasikaran SD; Makris K; Bhattoa HP; Zima T; Delanaye P; Evenepoel P; Skou Jørgensen H; Loberg Haarhaus M; McCloskey E; Lombardi G; Cavalier E
- Journal article: ARCHIVES OF OSTEOPOROSIS. 2025;20(1):96Fusaro M; Cossettini A; Re Sartò GV; Aghi A; Mereu MC; Gallieni M; Cosmai L; Bellasi A; Alfieri CM; Cejka D; McCloskey E; Cavalier E; Harvey NC; Nickolas TL; Brandi ML; Ferrari S; Marino C; Giannini S; Sella S; Arcidiacono GP; Simioni P; Plebani M; Zaninotto M; De Nicola L; Marcantoni C; de Borst MH; Ravera M; Frediani B; Bover J; Lafage-Proust M-H; Reginster J-Y; Bertoldo F; Tripepi G; Haarhaus M; An initiative and on behalf of the CKD-MBD working
- Journal article: ARTIFICIAL ORGANS. 2025Mackowiak A; Bouquegneau A; Dubois B; Grifnee E; Demeuse J; Le Goff C; Loberg Haarhaus M; Magnusson P; Jorgensen HS; Evenepoel P; Delanaye P; Cavalier E
- Journal article: CLINICAL KIDNEY JOURNAL. 2025;18(5):sfaf089Huish S; Nawaz S; Bellasi A; Diaz-Tocados JM; Haarhaus M; Sinha S
- Journal article: OSTEOPOROSIS INTERNATIONAL. 2025;36(4):579-608Bhattoa HP; Vasikaran S; Trifonidi I; Kapoula G; Lombardi G; Jorgensen NR; Pikner R; Miura M; Chapurlat R; Hiligsmann M; Haarhaus M; Evenepoel P; Jorgensen HS; Herrmann M; Kaufman J-M; Clark P; Tuzun S; Al-Daghri N; Silverman S; Alokail MS; Ormarsdottir S; Yerro MCP; Matijevic R; Laslop A; Rosa MMCDS; Zakraoui L; Burlet N; McCloskey E; Harvey NC; Radermecker RP; Fusaro M; Torre C; Kanis JA; Rizzoli R; Reginster J-Y; Makris K; Cavalier E
- Journal article: RENAL FAILURE. 2024;46(1):2313170Haarhaus M; Bratescu LO; Pana N; Gemene EM; Silva EM; Araujo CARS; Macario F
- Journal article: NEPHROLOGY DIALYSIS TRANSPLANTATION. 2024;40(1):48-59Hansen D; Jorgensen HS; Andersen TL; Ferreira AC; Ferreira A; de Jongh R; Keronen S; Kroger H; Lafage-Proust MH; Martola L; Poole KES; Tong X; Evenepoel P; Haarhaus M
- Article: RENAL FAILURE. 2024;46(1):2313170Haarhaus M; Bratescu LO; Pana N; Gemene EM; Silva EM; Santos Araujo CAR; Macario F
- Journal article: CLINICAL KIDNEY JOURNAL. 2024;17(8):sfae191Vertebral fractures in patients with CKD and the general population: a call for diagnosis and actionGifre L; Masso E; Fusaro M; Haarhaus M; Urena P; Cozzolino M; Mazzaferro S; Calabia J; Peris P; Bover J
- Article: JBMR PLUS. 2024;8(2):ziae006Atanasova D; Mirgorodskaya E; Moparthi L; Koch S; Haarhaus M; Narisawa S; Millan JL; Landberg E; Magnusson P
- Article: NEPHROLOGY DIALYSIS TRANSPLANTATION. 2024;39(2):341-366Evenepoel P; Jorgensen HS; Bover J; Davenport A; Bacchetta J; Haarhaus M; Hansen D; Gracia-Iguacel C; Ketteler M; McAlister L; White E; Mazzaferro S; Vervloet M; Shroff R
- Article: CLINICAL KIDNEY JOURNAL. 2024;17(1):sfad290Fusaro M; Barbuto S; Gallieni M; Cossettini A; Re Sartò GV; Cosmai L; Cianciolo G; La Manna G; Nickolas T; Ferrari S; Bover J; Haarhaus M; Marino C; Mereu MC; Ravera M; Plebani M; Zaninotto M; Cozzolino M; Bianchi S; Messa P; Gregorini M; Gasperoni L; Agosto C; Aghi A; Tripepi G
- Article: CLINICAL KIDNEY JOURNAL. 2024;17(1):sfad276Kanbay M; Copur S; Ozbek L; Mutlu A; Cejka D; Ciceri P; Cozzolino M; Haarhaus ML
- Article: NUTRIENTS. 2023;15(3):598Huybrechts Y; Evenepoel P; Haarhaus M; Cavalier E; Dams G; Van Hul W; D'Haese PCC; Verhulst A
- Article: ACTA MEDICA LITUANICA. 2023;30(1):26-38Balciuviene V; Burciuviene A; Haarhaus M; Uogintaite J; Janaviciene A; Santockiene L; Mitrikeviciene J; Alekniene L; Keinaite D
- Journal article: KIDNEY INTERNATIONAL. 2022;102(2):431-434Jorgensen HS; Ferreira AC; D'Haese P; Haarhaus M; Vervloet M; Lafage-Proust M-H; Ferreira A; Evenepoel P
- Article: JOURNAL OF NEPHROLOGY. 2022;35(5):1467-1478Haase M; Lesny P; Anderson M; Cloherty G; Stec M; Haase-Fielitz A; Haarhaus M; Santos-Araujo C; Veiga PM; Macario F
- Article: SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY. 2022;95(5):e13152Haarhaus M; Duhanes M; Lesevic N; Matei B; Ramsauer B; Rodrigues RDS; Su J; Haase M; Santos-Araujo C; Macario F
- Article: SEMINARS IN DIALYSIS. 2022;35(3):269-277Haase M; Lesny P; Haase-Fielitz A; Anderson M; Cloherty G; Stec M; Lucas C; Santos-Araujo C; Haarhaus M; Macario F
- Journal article: NEPHROLOGY DIALYSIS TRANSPLANTATION. 2022;37(2):375-381Santos-Araújo C; Veiga PM; Santos MJ; Santos L; Romãozinho C; Silva M; Lucas C; Duarte ML; Haarhaus M; Haase M; Macário F
- Article: NEPHROLOGY DIALYSIS TRANSPLANTATION. 2022;37(2):375-381Santos-Araújo C; Mota Veiga P; Santos MJ; Santos L; Romãozinho C; Silva M; Lucas C; Duarte ML; Haarhaus M; Haase M; Macário F
- Article: NUTRIENTS. 2021;13(12):4402Haarhaus M; Fernstrom A; Qureshi AR; Magnusson P
- Article: JOURNAL OF NEPHROLOGY. 2021;34(4):975-983Lesny P; Anderson M; Cloherty G; Stec M; Haase-Fielitz A; Haarhaus M; Santos C; Lucas C; Macario F; Haase M
- Article: CLINICAL KIDNEY JOURNAL. 2021;14(3):805-813Haarhaus M; Santos C; Haase M; Veiga PM; Lucas C; Macario F
- Article: PERITONEAL DIALYSIS INTERNATIONAL. 2021;41(2):236-243Chen Z; Zhang X; Han F; Xie X; Hua Z; Huang X; Lindholm B; Haarhaus M; Stenvinkel P; Qureshi AR; Chen J
- Article: NEPHROLOGY DIALYSIS TRANSPLANTATION. 2021;36(3):413-425Bakkaloglu SA; Bacchetta J; Lalayiannis AD; Leifheit-Nestler M; Stabouli S; Haarhaus M; Reusz G; Groothoff J; Schmitt CP; Evenepoel P; Shroff R; Haffner D; European Society for Paediatric Nephrology (ESPN)
- Article: NEPHROLOGY DIALYSIS TRANSPLANTATION. 2021;36(1):42-59Evenepoel P; Cunningham J; Ferrari S; Haarhaus M; Javaid MK; Lafage-Proust M-H; Prieto-Alhambra D; Torres PU; Cannata-Andia J
- Journal article: KIDNEY INTERNATIONAL. 2020;98(5):1352-1353Bover J; Haarhaus ML; Furlano M; Urena P; Vervloet M; daSilva I; Brandenburg V; Garcia-Maset R; Bellasi A; Tesar V
- Article: CLINICA CHIMICA ACTA. 2020;501:198-206Nizet A; Cavalier E; Stenvinkel P; Haarhaus M; Magnusson P
- Article: ATHEROSCLEROSIS. 2019;290:59-65Mathias H; Ray KK; Nicholls SJ; Schwartz GG; Kulikowski E; Johansson JO; Sweeney M; Halliday C; Lebioda K; Wong N; Brandenburg V; Beddhu S; Tonelli M; Zoccali C; Kalantar-Zadeh K
- Article: BMC NEPHROLOGY. 2019;20(1):59Chen Z; Qureshi AR; Brismar TB; Ripsweden J; Haarhaus M; Barany P; Heimburger O; Lindholm B; Stenvinkel P
- Article: CALCIFIED TISSUE INTERNATIONAL. 2019;104(2):214-223Boltenstal H; Qureshi AR; Behets GJ; Lindholm B; Stenvinkel P; D'Haese PC; Haarhaus M
- Article: KIDNEY & BLOOD PRESSURE RESEARCH. 2018;43(2):449-457Kulikowski E; Halliday C; Johansson J; Sweeney M; Lebioda K; Wong N; Haarhaus M; Brandenburg V; Beddhu S; Tonelli M; Zoccali C; Kalantar-Zadeh K
- Article: JOURNAL OF BONE AND MINERAL METABOLISM. 2017;35(5):536-543Chen Z; Sun J; Haarhaus M; Barany P; Wennberg L; Ripsweden J; Brismar TB; Lindholm B; Wernerson A; Soderberg M; Stenvinkel P; Qureshi AR
- Article: KIDNEY INTERNATIONAL REPORTS. 2017;2(3):481-485Jankowska M; Haarhaus M; Qureshi AR; Lindholm B; Evenepoel P; Stenvinkel P
- Article: JOURNAL OF NEPHROLOGY. 2017;30(2):255-262Bergman A; Qureshi AR; Haarhaus M; Lindholm B; Barany P; Heimburger O; Stenvinkel P; Anderstam B
- Article: BONE. 2016;92:50-57Chen Z; Qureshi AR; Ripsweden J; Wennberg L; Heimburger O; Lindholm B; Barany P; Haarhaus M; Brismar TB; Stenvinkel P
- Article: KIDNEY INTERNATIONAL. 2015;88(6):1356-1364Qureshi AR; Olauson H; Witasp A; Haarhaus M; Brandenburg V; Wernerson A; Lindholm B; Soderberg M; Wennberg L; Nordfors L; Ripsweden J; Barany P; Stenvinkel P
- Article: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF KIDNEY DISEASES. 2015;66(1):99-105Haarhaus M; Monier-Faugere M-C; Magnusson P; Malluche HH
- Journal article: LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY MEDICAL DISSERTATIONS. 2014;1427Haarhaus M
- Article: RENAL FAILURE. 2013;35(6):845-854Hadimeri H; Frisenette-Fich C; Deurell S-I; Svensson L; Carlsson-Bjering L; Fernstrom A; Almroth G; Melander S; Haarhaus M; Andersson P-O; Cassel A; Mauritz N-J; Stahl-Nilsson A; Wilske J; Nordstrom K; Oruda P; Eriksson M; Larsson AI; Stegmayr B
- Article: JOURNAL OF VASCULAR RESEARCH. 2013;50(2):167-174Haarhaus M; Arnqvist HJ; Magnusson P
- Article: NEPHROLOGY DIALYSIS TRANSPLANTATION. 2009;24(11):3382-3389Haarhaus M; Fernstrom A; Magnusson M; Magnusson P
- Journal article: CLINICAL CHEMISTRY. 2006;52(5):903-904Ljungdahl N; Haarhaus M; Linder C; Magnusson P
- Article: NEOPLASMA. 2004;51(1):1-11Söderlund G; Haarhaus M; Chisalita S; Arnqvist HJ
- Article: MEDIZINISCHE AUSBILDUNG. 1998;15:65-69Der Modified Essay Question(MEQ)- Test an der medizinischen Fakultät der Universität Wittenf HerdeckeWildt D; Rützler M; Haarhaus M; Peters K; Loberg Haarhaus M
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- Review: NEPHROLOGY DIALYSIS TRANSPLANTATION. 2024;39(10):1574-1582Kanbay M; Mutlu A; Bakir CN; Peltek IB; Canbaz AA; Diaz Tocados JM; Haarhaus M
- Review: JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MEDICINE. 2024;13(4):1010Lloret MJ; Fusaro M; Jorgensen HS; Haarhaus M; Gifre L; Alfieri CM; Masso E; D'Marco L; Evenepoel P; Bover J
- Review: CLINICAL KIDNEY JOURNAL. 2024;17(2):sfae023Kanbay M; Copur S; Bakir CN; Hatipoglu A; Sinha S; Haarhaus M
- Review: CLINICAL KIDNEY JOURNAL. 2023;16(3):456-472Haarhaus M; Aaltonen L; Cejka D; Cozzolino M; de Jong RT; D'Haese P; Evenepoel P; Lafage-Proust M-H; Mazzaferro S; McCloskey E; Salam S; Jorgensen HS; Vervloet M
- Review: NUTRIENTS. 2022;14(10):2124Haarhaus M; Cianciolo G; Barbuto S; La Manna G; Gasperoni L; Tripepi G; Plebani M; Fusaro M; Magnusson P
- Meeting abstract: NEPHROLOGY DIALYSIS TRANSPLANTATION. 2022;37:I851IMPROVED IMMUNOLOGIC RESPONSE TO COVID-19 VACCINE WITH PROLONGED DOSING INTERVAL IN HEMODIALYSIS PATIENTSHaarhaus M; Duhanes M; Lesevic N; Matei B; Ramsauer B; Rodrigues RDS; Su J; Haase M; Santos C; Macario F
- Review: OSTEOPOROSIS INTERNATIONAL. 2021;32(12):2397-2405Evenepoel P; Cunningham J; Ferrari S; Haarhaus M; Javaid MK; Lafage-Proust MH; Prieto-Alhambra D; Torres PU; Cannata-Andia J
- Review: KIDNEY INTERNATIONAL. 2021;100(3):546-558Haarhaus M; Evenepoel P
- Review: CURRENT OPINION IN NEPHROLOGY AND HYPERTENSION. 2020;29(1):4-15Haarhaus M; Gilham D; Kulikowski E; Magnusson P; Kalantar-Zadeh K
- Review: NEPHROLOGY DIALYSIS TRANSPLANTATION. 2017;32(10):1608-1613Evenepoel P; D'Haese P; Bacchetta J; Cannata-Andia J; Ferreira A; Haarhaus M; Mazzaferro S; Lafage Proust M-H; Salam S; Spasovski G; Cozzolino M
- Review: NATURE REVIEWS NEPHROLOGY. 2017;13(7):429-442Haarhaus M; Brandenburg V; Kalantar-Zadeh K; Stenvinkel P; Magnusson P
- Conference publication: NEPHROLOGY DIALYSIS TRANSPLANTATION. 2017;32(suppl_3):iii644Haarhaus M; Fernström A; Qureshi A; Magnusson P
- Conference publication: NEPHROLOGY DIALYSIS TRANSPLANTATION. 2016;31(suppl_1):i584-i585Chen Z; Haarhaus M; Olauson H; Barany P; Wennberg L; Ripsweden J; Brismar T; Bergström I; Lindholm B; Stenvinkel P; Stenvinkel P; Qureshi AR
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- A study of operated blood vessels used for dialysis – assessment of prospective factors for the occurrence of vascular stenosis through ultrasound examination and computer-based blood flow simulationsStiftelsen för njursjuka1 January 2025 - 31 December 2025Ca 6% av den svenska befolkningen har kronisk njursvikt (CKD) (Stendahl 2017). Av dessa har ca 4000 patienter en så kallade terminal njursvikt och ca 3000 patienter är beroende på hemodialys (Svenskt njurregister 2023), 70% av dessa dialyseras via en arteriovenös fistel (AVF). Varje år skapas 900 fistlar via kirurgi, 30% av nyanlagda fistlar kräver åtgärd innan de fungerar, ännu fler utvecklar kärlstenoser när fisteln har börjat användas. Detta äventyrar dialyskvalitén och försämrar prognosen. Syftet med studien är att identifiera riskfaktorer för stenosering i AVF. Detta arbete är ett tvärvetenskapligt projekt där den kliniska studien kombineras och sker parallellt med tekniska studier (KTH Teknisk mekanik) där numeriska strömningsberäkningar (computational fluid dynamics, CFD) kommer att genomföras på geometrier skapade från ultraljudsmätningar utförda på patient. Vi kommer kunna identifiera patientprofiler och anatomiska/fysiologiska förhållanden med högre eller lägre risk för AVF-komplikationer. Då blodaccessen har en direkt påverkan på dialyskvalitén kommer resultaten av vår forskning även ha betydelse för sjuklighet och överlevnad av hemodialyspatienter. Resultaten från denna studie har betydelse för kliniska beslut avseende anläggning och revidering av AV-fistlar samt utformning av dialysordinationer. Dessutom kommer våra resultat kunna bilda ett underlag för optimering av den redan pågående utvecklingen av artificiell intelligens-baserade algoritmer för AVF övervakning och prognos.
- Chronic kidney disease – a clinical model of premature vascular ageingHjärt-Lungfonden1 January 2017 - 31 December 2019