Dr. K K. Venkat M.D.
Nephrologist (Kidney Specialist) | Nephrology
Henry Ford Health System 2799 West Grand Boul Detroit MI, 48202About
Dr. K Venkat is a nephrologist practicing in Detroit, MI. Dr. Venkat specializes in the care and treatment of the kidneys. As a nephrologist, Dr. Venkat most typically treats conditions like kidney stones, chronic kidney disease, acute renal failure, polycystuc kidney disease, high blood pressure and more. Nephrologists are also experts on kidney transplantation and dialysis. They are usually referred to by primary care physicians for problems related to the kidneys, and while they can perform tests to diagnose kidney disorders, they do not perform surgeries.
Education and Training
Stanley Med Coll- Dr M G R Med Univ- Madras- Tn- India 1967
Madras Medical College 1967
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Transplantation without maintenance corticosteroids in 1-haplotype and 2-haplotype HLA matched living-related renal transplant recipients treated with mycophenolate mofetil and cyclosporine.
- Improved outcome of steroid withdrawal in mycophenolate mofetil-treated primary cadaveric renal transplant recipients.
- Outcome of plasma exchange therapy in thrombotic microangiopathy after renal transplantation.
- Recurrence of Scedosporium apiospermum infection following renal re-transplantation.
- Care of the renal transplant recipient in the emergency department.
- Rapid progression of native renal artery fibromuscular dysplasia following kidney donation.
- Proteinuria and microalbuminuria in adults: significance, evaluation, and treatment.
- Outcome of low-dose ganciclovir for cytomegalovirus disease prophylaxis in renal-transplant recipients.
- Rapid resolution of proteinuria of native kidney origin following live donor renal transplantation.
- Comparison of long-term actual renal allograft survival in mycophenolate mofetil and azathioprine-based triple drug immunosuppression protocols.
- Rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis in a patient with Waldenström's macroglobulinemia.
- Quality of life and psychosocial factors in renal transplant recipients.
- Hemolytic-uremic syndrome in a renal transplant recipient on FK 506 immunosuppression.
- Utility of estimated glomerular filtration rate in live kidney donation.
- Sequestration of active Cryptococcus neoformans infection in the parathyroid gland despite prolonged therapy in a renal transplant recipient.
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