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Dr. Susan R Digiovanni M.D.
Nephrologist (Kidney Specialist) | Nephrology
1250 E Marshall Street Internal Medicine Richmond VA, 23298About
Dr. Susan Digiovanni is a nephrologist practicing in Richmond, VA. Dr. Digiovanni specializes in the care and treatment of the kidneys. As a nephrologist, Dr. Digiovanni 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- 1988
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Nephrology- 1990
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Regulation of collecting duct water channel expression by vasopressin in Brattleboro rat.
- Oxytocin as an antidiuretic hormone. I. Concentration dependence of action.
- Oxytocin as an antidiuretic hormone. II. Role of V2 vasopressin receptor.
- Mechanism of vasopressin action in the renal collecting duct.
- An RT-PCR approach to study the regulation of mRNA levels for phosphate-dependent glutaminase.
- Cellular and subcellular immunolocalization of vasopressin-regulated water channel in rat kidney.
- Rat renal arcade segment expresses vasopressin-regulated water channel and vasopressin V2 receptor.
- Evidence for dual signaling pathways for V2 vasopressin receptor in rat inner medullary collecting duct.
- Segmental localization of urea transporter mRNAs in rat kidney.
- Escape from vasopressin-induced antidiuresis: role of vasopressin resistance of the collecting duct.
Awards
- Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society 1983
Fellowships
- Nephrology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA USA 1989
- Renal Physiology/Nephrology Research, LKEM-National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD USA 1995
- VCU Medical Center
- National Institute of Health, Heart Lung and Blood Institute
Dr. Susan R Digiovanni M.D.'s Practice location
Practice At 1250 E Marshall Street Internal Medicine
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