Dr. Moro O. Salifu M.D.
Nephrologist (Kidney Specialist) | Nephrology
450 Clarkson Ave Suite A Brooklyn NY, 11203About
Dr. Moro Salifu is a nephrologist practicing in Brooklyn, NY. Dr. Salifu specializes in the care and treatment of the kidneys. As a nephrologist, Dr. Salifu 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
Dokuz Eylul Univ- Tip Fak- Inciralti- Izmir- Turkey 1994
Dokuz Eylul Universitesi Tip Fakultesi 1994
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Nephrology
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- A new method to control ultrafiltration in conventional continuous renal replacement therapy.
- Usefulness of an abnormal ankle-brachial index to predict presence of coronary artery disease in African-Americans.
- Relationship of lower extremity skin blood flow to the ankle brachial index in patients with peripheral arterial disease and normal volunteers.
- Hypertension after renal transplant.
- Frequency of swing-segment stenosis in referred dialysis patients with angiographically documented lesions.
- Chronic transplant confusion: why not transplant CKD?
- Elevated plasma level of soluble F11 receptor/junctional adhesion molecule-A (F11R/JAM-A) in hypertension.
- Prediction of hemodynamically significant coronary artery disease using troponin I in hemodialysis patients presenting with chest pain: A case-control study.
- Chylothorax and chylopericardial tamponade in a hemodialysis patient with catheter-induced superior vena cava stenosis.
- Erythropoietin stimulating agents in the management of anemia of chronic kidney disease.
- Pre-clinical myocardial metabolic alterations in chronic kidney disease.
- Silencing of the F11R gene reveals a role for F11R/JAM-A in the migration of inflamed vascular smooth muscle cells and in atherosclerosis.
- Long-term kidney transplant outcome in obese patients in a predominantly African American population.
- Debate: CON Position. Formal assessment of donor kidney function should be mandatory.
- Impact of human leukocyte antigen-DR mismatch status on kidney graft survival in a predominantly African-American population under the newer immunosuppressive era.
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