Dr. Scott Gregory Satko MD
Nephrologist (Kidney Specialist) | Nephrology
505 Parnassus Ave # M-1202 San Francisco CA, 94143About
Dr. Scott Satko is a nephrologist practicing in San Francisco, CA. Dr. Satko specializes in the care and treatment of the kidneys. As a nephrologist, Dr. Satko 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
Univ of Va Sch of Med, Charlottesville Va 1994
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Nephrology
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- 2007
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Sudden and cardiac death rates in hemodialysis patients.
- Frequency and causes of discrepancy between Kt/V and creatinine clearance.
- Genes and renal disease.
- Incremental initiation of dialysis: one center's experience over a two-year period.
- Hypokalemia associated with herbal tea ingestion.
- Clinical characterization of a family with a mutation in the uromodulin (Tamm-Horsfall glycoprotein) gene.
- Characteristics of sudden death in hemodialysis patients.
Treatments
- Kidney Problems, Dialysis, High Blood Pressure (hypertension)
Professional Memberships
- Member Int'L Society Of Nephrology
- Member Nat'L Kidney Foundation
- Member Am Coll Of Physicians
- Member Am Soc Of Nephrology
- Member International Society of Nephrology
- Member National Kidney Foundation
- Member American Society of Nephrology
- Member American College of Physicians
Fellowships
- North Carolina Baptist Hospita 1999
- Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Nephrology, NC, USA 1999
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