Dr. Chamberlain I Obialo MD
Nephrologist (Kidney Specialist) | Nephrology
1800 HOWELL MILL RD ATLANTA GA, 30318About
Dr. Chamberlain Obialo is a nephrologist practicing in Atlanta, GA. Dr. Obialo specializes in the care and treatment of the kidneys. As a nephrologist, Dr. Obialo 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
NIGERIA MEDICAL SCHOOLS 1979
Ahmadu Bello University Faculty of Medicine
ORAL ROBERTS UNIV 1987
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Nephrology
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Kidney disease in elderly minorities.
- Nephrotic proteinuria as a result of essential hypertension.
- Acute uric acid nephropathy following angiography and coronary artery bypass surgery.
- Cardiorenal consideration as a risk factor for heart failure.
- Dialysis "no-shows" on saturdays: implications of the weekly hemodialysis schedules on nonadherence and outcomes.
- Pathogenesis of nephrolithiasis post-partial ileal bypass surgery: case-control study. The POSCH Group.
- Heart surgery in end-stage renal disease: is outcome worse for african american patients?
- Iatrogenic hypernatremia in hemodialysis patients: A result of erroneous online conductivity monitor and conductivity meter reading.
- Intravenous erythropoietin (rHuEPO) administration increases plasma endothelin and blood pressure in hemodialysis patients.
- Recombinant human erythropoietin (rHuEPO) increases endothelin-1 release by endothelial cells.
- Hemodialysis vascular access: variable thrombus-free survival in three subpopulations of black patients.
- Rapid progression to end-stage renal disease in young hypertensive African Americans with proteinuria.
- Delivered dialysis dose is suboptimal in hospitalized patients.
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