Emaad M Abdel-rahman
Nephrologist (Kidney Specialist) | Nephrology
1300 JEFFERSON PARK AVE CHARLOTTESVILLE VA, 22903Rating
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Dr. Emaad Abdel-rahman is a nephrologist practicing in Charlottesville, VA. Dr. Abdel-rahman specializes in the care and treatment of the kidneys. As a nephrologist, Dr. Abdel-rahman 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.
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Nephrology
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- 1995
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Antibiotic resistance and prevalence of beta-lactamase in Haemophilus influenzae
- Comparison of the Etest and agar dilution methods for susceptibility testing of resistant clinical isolates of Haemophilus influenzae from Saudi Arabia.
- Successful maintenance hemodialysis in nonagenarians with end-stage renal disease and preexisting comorbidities.
- Renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system blockade effects on the kidney in the elderly: benefits and limitations.
- Clinical applications of therapeutic apheresis.
- An unusual case of anti-glomerular basement membrane disease presenting with nephrotic syndrome.
- Screening for depression in elderly hemodialysis patients.
- Long-term morbidity and mortality related to falls in hemodialysis patients: role of age and gender - a pilot study.
- Regional citrate anticoagulation in critically ill patients with liver and kidney failure.
- Falls in elderly hemodialysis patients.
- Therapeutic plasma exchange and renal related vasculitis: therapeutic apheresis academy 2010.
- The 15-item geriatric depression scale as a predictor of mortality in older adults undergoing hemodialysis.
- Selected questions and answers given by apheresis medicine experts at TAA 2010.
- Therapeutic plasma exchange for renal-related conditions in the elderly: ten years experience in one center.
- Septic shock with multiorgan failure: from conventional apheresis to adsorption therapies.
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Fellowships
- NEPHROLOGY, AIN SHAMS UNIVERSITY, CAIRO, EGYPT 1988
- NEPHROLOGY, UNIV. OF WISCONSIN, MADISON, WI USA 1996
- Nephrology, University of Wisconsin 1996
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