Dr. Luis M Ortega MD
Nephrologist (Kidney Specialist) | Nephrology
320 E NORTH AVE FL 4 PITTSBURGH PA, 15212About
Dr. Luis Ortega is a nephrologist practicing in Miami, FL. Dr. Ortega specializes in the care and treatment of the kidneys. As a nephrologist, Dr. Ortega 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
Universidad De Zaragoza MD
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Apoptosis, mastocytosis, and diminished adipocytokine gene expression accompany reduced epididymal fat mass in long-standing diet-induced obese mice.
- Leptin deficiency-induced obesity affects the density of mast cells in abdominal fat depots and lymph nodes in mice.
- Metabolic acidosis and progression of chronic kidney disease: incidence, pathogenesis, and therapeutic options.
- Catastrophic antiphospholipid syndrome: a clinical review.
- Use of Extracorporeal Techniques in the Removal of Dabigatran.
- Necrotizing crescentic glomerulonephritis in a patient with positive serologies for lupus and antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies.
- Contrast-induced nephropathy: pathogenesis and new therapeutic options for prevention.
- Crystal-induced acute kidney injury due to ciprofloxacin.
- Perieccrine and pericapillary calcification in calciphylaxis.
- Calcification of the liver in a patient on renal replacement therapy diagnosed with systemic calciphylaxis.
- Hypertension in the African American population: A succinct look at its epidemiology, pathogenesis, and therapy.
- IgA-dominant post-infectious glomerulonephritis; making another case in support of renal biopsy in type 2 diabetic nephropathy.
- Rasburicase for Tumor Lysis Syndrome.
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