Dr. Robert Z Goldstein M.D.
Nephrologist (Kidney Specialist) | Nephrology
358 S Oyster Bay Rd Hicksville NY, 11801About
Dr. Robert Goldstein is a nephrologist practicing in Hicksville, NY. Dr. Goldstein specializes in the care and treatment of the kidneys. As a nephrologist, Dr. Goldstein 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
Suny-Hlth Sci Ctr At Brooklyn, Coll of Med, Brooklyn Ny 1965
State University of New York Downstate Medical Center College of Medicine 1965
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Addiction changes orbitofrontal gyrus function: involvement in response inhibition.
- Role of the anterior cingulate and medial orbitofrontal cortex in processing drug cues in cocaine addiction.
- Drug fluency: a potential marker for cocaine use disorders.
- Widespread disruption in brain activation patterns to a working memory task during cocaine abstinence.
- Liking and wanting of drug and non-drug rewards in active cocaine users: the STRAP-R questionnaire.
- Motivation deficit in ADHD is associated with dysfunction of the dopamine reward pathway.
- Positive emotionality is associated with baseline metabolism in orbitofrontal cortex and in regions of the default network.
- Simultaneous TMS-fMRI of the Visual Cortex Reveals Functional Network, Even in Absence of Phosphene Sensation.
- Repeat variation in the human PER2 gene as a new genetic marker associated with cocaine addiction and brain dopamine D2 receptor availability.
- Dopaminergic involvement during mental fatigue in health and cocaine addiction.
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