Scott C. Thomson M.D.
Nephrologist (Kidney Specialist) | Nephrology
9300 Campus Point Drive La Jolla CA, 92037About
Dr. Scott Thomson is a nephrologist practicing in San Diego, CA. Dr. Thomson specializes in the care and treatment of the kidneys. As a nephrologist, Dr. Thomson 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
UC San Diego, School of Medicine, San Diego, CA Medical Degree
Staff Physician Medical Degree
Professor of Medicine Medical Degree
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
PediatricsAmerican Board of PediatricsABP- Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Nitric oxide and tubuloglomerular feedback.
- Some research trends on group decision making.
- Leadership: indications from research.
- Absorption of visible spectrum radiation by the wing membranes of living pteropodid bats.
- Converting enzyme inhibition and the glomerular hemodynamic response to glycine in diabetic rats.
- Temporal adjustment of the juxtaglomerular apparatus during sustained inhibition of proximal reabsorption.
- Ions and signal transduction in the macula densa.
- Ornithine decarboxylase, kidney size, and the tubular hypothesis of glomerular hyperfiltration in experimental diabetes.
- Polyamine transport system mediates agmatine transport in mammalian cells.
- Limits to sustained energy intake. I. Lactation in the laboratory mouse Mus musculus.
- Limits to sustained energy intake. II. Inter-relationships between resting metabolic rate, life-history traits and morphology in Mus musculus.
- Limits to sustained energy intake. III. Effects of concurrent pregnancy and lactation in Mus musculus.
- Suppression of inducible nitric oxide generation by agmatine aldehyde: beneficial effects in sepsis.
- Adenosine and purinergic mediators of tubuloglomerular feedback.
- The complex role of nitric oxide in the regulation of glomerular ultrafiltration.
Treatments
- Kidney Problems
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