Dr. Stephen O Pastan MD
Nephrologist (Kidney Specialist) | Nephrology
35 Collier Rd Nw Suite 610 Atlanta GA, 30309Rating
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Dr. Stephen Pastan is a nephrologist practicing in Atlanta, GA. Dr. Pastan specializes in the care and treatment of the kidneys. As a nephrologist, Dr. Pastan 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.
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Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Measuring the disparity gap: quality improvement to eliminate health disparities in kidney transplantation.
- Kidney transplant access in the Southeast: view from the bottom.
- Dialysis facility and network factors associated with low kidney transplantation rates among United States dialysis facilities.
- Association of time to kidney transplantation with graft failure among U.S. patients with end-stage renal disease due to lupus nephritis.
- The RaDIANT community study protocol: community-based participatory research for reducing disparities in access to kidney transplantation.
- Membranous nephropathy associated with gastrointestinal stromal tumour: a case report.
- Variation in Dialysis Facility Referral for Kidney Transplantation Among Patients With End-Stage Renal Disease in Georgia.
- Dialysis Facility Transplant Philosophy and Access to Kidney Transplantation in the Southeast.
- Racial/Ethnic Differences in the Association Between Hospitalization and Kidney Transplantation Among Waitlisted End-Stage Renal Disease Patients.
- Comparison of vascular access outcomes in patients with end-stage renal disease attributed to systemic lupus erythematosus vs. other causes: a retrospective cohort study.
- Everybody needs a cheerleader to get a kidney transplant: a qualitative study of the patient barriers and facilitators to kidney transplantation in the Southeastern United States.
- Emergency Department Use and Hospital Admissions Among Patients With End-Stage Renal Disease in the United States.
- A Randomized Trial to Reduce Disparities in Referral for Transplant Evaluation.
- Preventing Emergency Department Use among Patients with CKD: It Starts with Awareness.
- Predictive Value of Using Initial Versus Terminal Deceased Donor Creatinine to Calculate the Kidney Donor Risk Index.
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