
Dr. Charles P Tifft M.D.
Nephrologist (Kidney Specialist) | Nephrology
575 BOYLSTON ST BOSTON MA, 02116About
Dr. Charles Tifft is a nephrologist practicing in Boston, MA. Dr. Tifft specializes in the care and treatment of the kidneys. As a nephrologist, Dr. Tifft 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
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Hypertension; impaired glucose tolerance.
- Hypertension therapy in managed care.
- Coronary heart disease; hypertension.
- Joint National Committee VI: individualized versus indiscriminate therapy for hypertension.
- Effects of a novel renin inhibitor in patients with essential hypertension.
- Treatment considerations for the hypertensive patient over age 55.
- Antihypertensive effect of the oral angiotensin converting-enzyme inhibitor SQ 14225 in man.
- Antihypertensive effect of the oral angiotensin converting-enzyme inhibitor SQ 14225 in man.
- High Blood Pressure in the Competitive Athlete: Guidelines and Recommendations.
- The relationship of various indices of heart size on chest x-ray to the 10-year incidence of hypertension. The Normative Aging Study.
- Systolic hypertension in an elderly female.
- The hypertensive patient with concomitant cardiovascular disease.
- Are the days of the sphygmomanometer past?
- Mineralocorticoid-induced hypertension in patients with orthostatic hypotension.
- Mineralocorticoid-induced hypertension in patients with orthostatic hypotension.
Awards
- 2011 Boston Super Doctors
Fellowships
- Nephrology/Hypertension, and Atherosclerosis, Boston Medical Center, Boston MA 1978
- Boston University Hospital, Resident/Fellow:Nephrology 1975
- Boston University Hospital, Fellow:Hypertension 1976
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