Dr Benjamin Lazarus
ATH - Senior Lecturer
Centre for Health Services Research
Researcher biography
Ben is Assistant Director of Haemodialysis at the Princess Alexandra Hospital, clinical trialist at the Australasian Kidney Trials Network, senior lecturer at The University of Queensland, and methodology fellow at Kidney Disease Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) group. He has expertise in chronic kidney disease, haemodialysis, quality improvement, and clinical trials and has received over $5.5 million in competitive research funding and numerous awards, including the Australia and New Zealand Society of Nephrology (ANZSN) Young Investigator Award in 2023. His research has substantially informed the use of common medications in people with chronic kidney disease and the launch of a nationwide surveillance program for haemodialysis access-related bloodstream infections. He serves on numerous editorial boards including the Journal of American Society of Nephrology and Kidney International Reports.
Book Chapters
Lazarus, Benjamin and Kerr, Peter G. (2023). Haematuria and acute kidney injury . Beyond evidence-based medicine: clinical pearls from experienced physicians. (pp. 207-212) edited by Ralph Junckerstorff, Sharmayne Brady and Ar Kar Aung. Singapore, Singapore: Springer Singapore. doi: 10.1007/978-981-99-4440-8_48
Lazarus, Benjamin and Kerr, Peter G. (2023). It’s not always essential hypertension. Beyond evidence-based medicine: clinical pearls from experienced physicians. (pp. 199-201) edited by Ralph Junckerstorff, Sharmayne Brady and Ar Kar Aung. Singapore, Singapore: Springer Nature Singapore. doi: 10.1007/978-981-99-4440-8_46
Lazarus, Benjamin and Kerr, Peter G. (2023). Swollen legs. Beyond evidence-based medicine: clinical pearls from experienced physicians. (pp. 203-206) edited by Ralph Junckerstorff, Sharmayne Brady and Ar Kar Aung. Singapore, Singapore: Springer Nature Singapore. doi: 10.1007/978-981-99-4440-8_47
Lazarus, Benjamin and Kerr, Peter G. (2023). Acute Kidney Injury and Cancer. Beyond Evidence-Based Medicine: Clinical Pearls from Experienced Physicians. (pp. 195-198) Singapore: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-981-99-4440-8_45
Journal Articles
Shue, Isabella, Cherian, Roy, Walker, Xanthe, Slater, Kellee, Hoff, Jai, Hawley, Carmel and Lazarus, Benjamin (2025). The Case | Refractory hyperkalemia after ileostomy in a hemodialysis patient. Kidney International, 108 (5), 955-956. doi: 10.1016/j.kint.2025.04.027
Bongetti, Elisa K., Lazarus, Benjamin, Wolfe, Rory and Polkinghorne, Kevan R. (2025). A Systematic Review Comparing the Prognostic Role of eGFR According to CKD-EPI and Older Age Validated Equations in Older Adults. Kidney Medicine, 7 (11) 101098, 101098-11. doi: 10.1016/j.xkme.2025.101098
Rickard, Claire M., Stewardson, Andrew J., Havers, Sally M., Buetti, Niccolo, Polkinghorne, Kevan R., MacPhail, Aleece, McQuilten, Zoe, Lazarus, Benjamin, Charles, Karina R. and Schults, Jessica A. (2025). Interventions to prevent bloodstream infections associated with central venous access devices: priorities for an adaptive platform trial. American Journal of Infection Control, 53 (9), 1004-1007. doi: 10.1016/j.ajic.2025.06.003
Lazarus, Benjamin, Kotwal, Sradha, Gallagher, Martin, Higgins, Kathryn, Coggan, Sarah, Gray, Nicholas A., Talaulikar, Girish and Polkinghorne, Kevan R. (2025). Prophylactic antibiotics before insertion of tunneled hemodialysis catheters: a nationwide cohort study. Kidney Medicine, 7 (8) 101042, 101042. doi: 10.1016/j.xkme.2025.101042
Lazarus, Benjamin, Polkinghorne, Kevan R, Gallagher, Martin P, Catiwa, Jayson, Gray, Nicholas A, Coggan, Sarah, Higgins, Kathryn R, Talaulikar, Girish, McDonald AM, Stephen P and Kotwal, Sradha (2025). The epidemiology of haemodialysis catheter infections in Australia, 2016–20: a prospective cohort study. Medical Journal of Australia, 223 (5) mja2.70014, 248-256. doi: 10.5694/mja2.70014
Hobby, Gerren and Lazarus, Benjamin (2025). Salt and Volume Homeostasis in Patients Receiving Hemodialysis: Novel Considerations for Future Clinical Trials. Kidney International Reports, 10 (9), 2912-2913. doi: 10.1016/j.ekir.2025.07.026
Lazarus, Benjamin, Lok, Charmaine E., Moist, Louise and Polkinghorne, Kevan R. (2025). Strategies to prevent hemodialysis catheter dysfunction. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, 36 (5), 952-966. doi: 10.1681/asn.0000000666
Lazarus, Benjamin, Davies, Simon J. and Polkinghorne, Kevan R. (2025). Volume Assessment in Patients Undergoing Long-Term Dialysis. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, 36 (6), 1184-1196. doi: 10.1681/asn.0000000724
Ellis, Robert J., Davies, Christopher E., Keuskamp, Dominic, Lazarus, Benjamin and McDonald, Stephen P. (2025). Kidney Failure due to Diabetic Kidney Disease Among Australians Aged ≤ 45 Years, 2000-2022: A Population-Based Geospatial Analysis. Nephrology, 30 (3) e70019, 1-12. doi: 10.1111/nep.70019
Lazarus, Benjamin, Kotwal, Sradha, Gallagher, Martin, Gray, Nicholas A., Coggan, Sarah, Talaulikar, Girish, Polkinghorne, Kevan R. and on behalf of the REDUCCTION investigators (2024). Replacement strategies for tunneled hemodialysis catheters with complications : a nationwide cohort study. Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, 19 (9), 1148-1158. doi: 10.2215/cjn.0000000000000495
Lazarus, Benjamin, Polkinghorne, Kevan R., Gallagher, Martin, Coggan, Sarah, Gray, Nicholas A., Talaulikar, Girish, Kotwal, Sradha and REDUCCTION Investigators (2024). Tunneled Hemodialysis Catheter Tip Design and Risk of Catheter Dysfunction: An Australian Nationwide Cohort Study. American Journal of Kidney Diseases, 83 (4), 445-455. doi: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2023.09.021
Lazarus, Benjamin and Kitching, A. Richard (2024). Hematuria in Podocytopathies An Indicator of Poor Prognosis. Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, 19 (1), 5-7. doi: 10.2215/CJN.0000000000000383
Lazarus, Benjamin, Kotwal, Sradha, Gallagher, Martin, Gray, Nicholas A., Coggan, Sarah, Rogers, Kris, Talaulikar, Girish, Polkinghorne, Kevan R. and REDUCCTION Investigators (2023). Effect of a Multifaceted Intervention on the Incidence of Hemodialysis Catheter Dysfunction in a National Stepped-Wedge Cluster Randomized Trial. Kidney International Reports, 8 (10), 1941-1950. doi: 10.1016/j.ekir.2023.07.013
Lazarus, Benjamin, Bongetti, Elisa, Ling, Jonathan, Gallagher, Martin, Kotwal, Sradha and Polkinghorne, Kevan R. (2023). Multifaceted Quality Improvement Interventions to Prevent Hemodialysis Catheter–Related Bloodstream Infections: A Systematic Review. American Journal of Kidney Diseases, 82 (4), 429-442.e1. doi: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2023.02.006
Lazarus, Benjamin, Davies, Matthew R. P., Trubiano, Jason A. and Pellicano, Rebecca (2020). Time to acute kidney injury in β-lactam−induced acute interstitial nephritis. Kidney International Reports, 5 (7), 1068-1070. doi: 10.1016/j.ekir.2020.04.008
Lazarus, Benjamin and Carrero, Juan-Jesus (2020). Long-term renal effects of proton pump inhibitor use. Gastroenterology, 158 (4), 1173-1174. doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2019.07.066
Lu, Angela B., Lazarus, Benjamin, Rolnik, Daniel L. and Palmer, Kirsten R. (2019). Pregnancy prolongation after eculizumab use in early-onset preeclampsia. Obstetrics and Gynecology, 134 (6), 1215-1218. doi: 10.1097/AOG.0000000000003570
Lazarus, Benjamin and Grams, Morgan E. (2019). Inconsistencies in reporting studies of lactic acidosis - reply. JAMA Internal Medicine, 179 (3), 456-456. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2018.8594
Lazarus, Benjamin and Grams, Morgan E. (2018). Proton pump inhibitors in kidney disease. Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, 13 (10), 1458-1459. doi: 10.2215/CJN.10110818
Lazarus, Benjamin, Shin, Jung-Im and Grams, Morgan E. (2018). Lactic acidosis, metformin use, and dose-response association - reply. JAMA Internal Medicine, 178 (10), 1427-1428. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2018.4430
Lazarus, Benjamin, Wu, Aozhou, Shin, Jung-Im, Sang, Yingying, Alexander, G. Caleb, Secora, Alex, Inker, Lesley A., Coresh, Josef, Chang, Alex R. and Grams, Morgan E. (2018). Association of Metformin Use With Risk of Lactic Acidosis Across the Range of Kidney Function A Community-Based Cohort Study. Jama Internal Medicine, 178 (7), 903-910. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2018.0292
Lazarus, Benjamin, Coresh, Josef and Grams, Morgan E. (2016). Adverse effects of proton pump inhibitors in chronic kidney disease—reply. JAMA Internal Medicine, 176 (6), 869-870. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2016.1863
Lazarus, B., John, G. T., O'Callaghan, C. and Ranganathan, D. (2016). Recent advances in anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitis. Indian Journal of Nephrology, 26 (2), 86-96. doi: 10.4103/0971-4065.171225
Lazarus, Benjamin, Chen, Yuan, Wilson, Francis P., Sang, Yingying, Chang, Alex R., Coresh, Josef and Grams, Morgan E. (2016). Proton pump inhibitor use and the risk of chronic kidney disease. JAMA Internal Medicine, 176 (2), 238-246. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2015.7193
Lazarus, Benjamin, Paterson, David L., Mollinger, Joanne L. and Rogers, Benjamin A. (2015). Less evidence for an important role of food-producing animals as source of antibiotic resistance in humans reply. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 60 (12), 1867-1868. doi: 10.1093/cid/civ276
Lazarus, Benjamin, Paterson, David L., Mollinger, Joanne L. and Rogers, Benjamin A. (2014). Do Human Extraintestinal Escherichia coli Infections Resistant to Expanded-Spectrum Cephalosporins Originate From Food-Producing Animals? A Systematic Review. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 60 (3), 439-452. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciu785
Conference Papers
Bongetti, Elisa, Lazarus, Benjamin, Wolfe, Rory and Polkinghorne, Kevan (2024). A systematic review of the comparative prognostic accuracy of age-specific estimated glomerular filtration rate equations in older adults. 59th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Australian and New Zealand Society of Nephrology (ANZSN), Adelaide, SA, Australia, 31 August–4 September 2024. Richmond, VIC, Australia: John Wiley & Sons. doi: 10.1111/nep.14361
Lazarus, Ben, Polkinghorne, Kevan, Duong, Alex, Seneviratne, Mechelle K. and Rogers, Benjamin A. (2022). A novel electronic Surveillance Program to Track Bloodstream Infections in Haemodialysis Patients (SPoT-BSI) : TH-PO270. Kidney Week, Orlando, FL, United States, 3-6 November 2022. Washington, DC, United States: American Society of Nephrology. doi: 10.1681/asn.20223311s1124a
Lazarus, B., Wolfe, R. and Polkinghorne, K. (2021). Risk Of Death At 3 Years Among Patients That Have Survived The First 6 Months Of Dialysis In Australia And New Zealand. ISN World Congress of Nephrology (ISN WCN '21), Montreal, Canada, 15-19 April 2021. New York, NY United States: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.ekir.2021.03.563
Lazarus, Ben (2013). Are Food-Producing Animals a Source of Third Generation Cephalosporin Resistant Escherichia Coli Infections in Humans? a Systematic Review. RACP Future Directions in Health Congress 2013, Perth, WA Australia, 26-29 May 2013. Richmond, VIC Australia: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Asia. doi: 10.1111/imj.12149