Dr. Alan Chun-yao Pao MD
Nephrologist (Kidney Specialist) | Nephrology
300 Pasteur Dr Stanford CA, 94305About
Dr. Alan Pao is a nephrologist practicing in Stanford, CA. Dr. Pao specializes in the care and treatment of the kidneys. As a nephrologist, Dr. Pao 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
Washington Univ Sch Of Med- St Louis Mo 1998
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Nephrology
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- SGK1: a rapid aldosterone-induced regulator of renal sodium reabsorption.
- Serum- and glucocorticoid-regulated kinase 1 regulates ubiquitin ligase neural precursor cell-expressed, developmentally down-regulated protein 4-2 by inducing interaction with 14-3-3.
- Disinhibitory pathways for control of sodium transport: regulation of ENaC by SGK1 and GILZ.
- NH2 terminus of serum and glucocorticoid-regulated kinase 1 binds to phosphoinositides and is essential for isoform-specific physiological functions.
- Melamine nephrotoxicity: an emerging epidemic in an era of globalization.
- Adenosine activates a2b receptors and enhances chloride secretion in kidney inner medullary collecting duct cells.
- The natriuretic mechanism of Gamma-Melanocyte-Stimulating Hormone.
- Activation of P2Y1 and P2Y2 receptors induces chloride secretion via calcium-activated chloride channels in kidney inner medullary collecting duct cells.
- Epithelial sodium channel regulation by cell surface-associated serum- and glucocorticoid-regulated kinase 1.
- Metabolic syndrome, insulin resistance and kidney function in non-diabetic individuals.
- Differential effects of extracellular ATP on chloride transport in cortical collecting duct cells.
- SGK regulation of renal sodium transport.
- βPix is a New Player in Renal Physiology.
- Prostaglandin E(2) mediates proliferation and chloride secretion in ADPKD cystic renal epithelia.
- Landscape of ENaC regulation in the kidney.
Awards
- Stanford University 1994 Phi Beta Kappa
- Stanford University 2010 SPARK Scholar
- John S. Miller Award, 2001 University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Treatments
- General Care
Fellowships
- UCSF Medical Center - Nephrology Division CA 2006
Publications
- Current opinion in nephrology and hypertensionUpdate on the Guytonian view of hypertension.2014
- American jourl of physiology. Cell physiologyProstaglandin E2 induces chloride secretion through crosstalk between cAMP and calcium sigling2014
- AMERICAN JOURL OF PHYSIOLOGY-REL PHYSIOLOGYFulvene-5 inhibition of dph oxidases attenuates activation of epithelial sodium channels in A62013
- AMERICAN JOURL OF PHYSIOLOGY-REL PHYSIOLOGYNovel diuretic targets2013
- AMERICAN JOURL OF PHYSIOLOGY-REL PHYSIOLOGYLandscape of EC regulation in the kidney2012
- AMERICAN JOURL OF PHYSIOLOGY-REL PHYSIOLOGYProstaglandin E-2 mediates proliferation and chloride secretion in ADPKD cystic rel epithelia2012
- CURRENT OPINION IN NEPHROLOGY AND HYPERTENSIONSGK regulation of rel sodium transport2012
- AMERICAN JOURL OF PHYSIOLOGY-REL PHYSIOLOGYDifferential effects of extracellular ATP on chloride transport in cortical collecting duct cells2012
- NEPHROLOGY DIALYSIS TRANSPLANTATIONMetabolic syndrome, insulin resistance and kidney function in non-diabetic individuals2012
- Frontiers in physiologyßPix is a New Player in Rel Physiology.2012
- JOURL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRYEpithelial Sodium Channel Regulation by Cell Surface-associated Serum-2011
- AMERICAN JOURL OF PHYSIOLOGY-REL PHYSIOLOGYActivation of P2Y(1)2011
- PEPTIDESThe triuretic mechanism of Gamma-Melanocyte-Stimulating Hormone2011
- AMERICAN JOURL OF PHYSIOLOGY-REL PHYSIOLOGYExpression and role of serum and glucocorticoid-regulated kise 2 in the regulation of +2010
- HYPERTENSIONAdenosine Activates A2b Receptors2010
- KIDNEY INTERTIOLMelamine nephrotoxicity: an emerging epidemic in an era of globalization2009
- AMERICAN JOURL OF PHYSIOLOGY-REL PHYSIOLOGYNH2 terminus of serum and glucocorticoid2007
- AMERICAN JOURL OF PHYSIOLOGY-REL PHYSIOLOGYDisinhibitory pathways for control of sodium transport: regulation of EC by SGK1 and GILZ2006
- MOLECULAR ENDOCRINOLOGYSerum- and glucocorticoid-regulated kise 1 regulates ubiquitin ligase neural precursor2005
- PHYSIOLOGYSGK1: A rapid aldosterone-induced regulator of rel sodium reabsorption2005
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