Dr. Adam M Sun MD
Nephrologist (Kidney Specialist) | Nephrology
455 N Garfield Ave 2nd Fl Monterey Park CA, 91754About
Dr. Adam Sun is a nephrologist practicing in Monterey Park, CA. Dr. Sun specializes in the care and treatment of the kidneys. As a nephrologist, Dr. Sun 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
Taipei Med Coll, Taipei, Taiwan (- Prior / 1981
Taipei Medical College 1981
Taipei Medical
Taipei Medical University 1981
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Nephrology- 1992
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Bioartificial pancreas: alternative supply of insulin-secreting cells.
- In pursuit of perfection: a primary care physician's guide to body dysmorphic disorder.
- Bioartificial organs and acceptable risk.
- Xenotransplantation of microencapsulated bovine chromaffin cells into hemiparkinsonian monkeys.
- Microencapsulated bovine chromaffin cell xenografts into hemiparkinsonian rats: a drug-induced rotational behavior and histological changes analysis.
- Members of the Kv1 and Kv2 voltage-dependent K(+) channel families regulate insulin secretion.
- Vasopressin regulates apical and basolateral Na(+)-H+ antiporters in mouse medullary thick ascending limbs.
- Microencapsulated pancreatic islets: a pathologic study.
- Maintenance of long-term secretory function by microencapsulated islets of Langerhans.
- Hypertonicity increases CLC-5 expression in mouse medullary thick ascending limb cells.
- Free versus microencapsulated pancreatic islet xenografts producing amelioration of streptozotocin toxicity.
- Xenografts of rat islets into diabetic mice. An evaluation of new smaller capsules.
- Mechanism of ADH-induced enhancement of active ammonium absorption by the mouse medullary thick ascending limb.
- Microencapsulated islets in diabetic rats.
- Optimization of microencapsulation parameters: Semipermeable microcapsules as a bioartificial pancreas.
Treatments
- General Care
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