Dr. Stephen G Rostand MD
Nephrologist (Kidney Specialist) | Nephrology
619 19th Street South Birmingham AL, 35233About
Dr. Stephen Rostand is a nephrologist practicing in Birmingham, AL. Dr. Rostand specializes in the care and treatment of the kidneys. As a nephrologist, Dr. Rostand 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
Tufts Univ Sch of Med, Boston Ma 1965
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Nephrology
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- 1971
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Seasonal changes in blood pressure in patients undergoing hemodialysis.
- Parathyroid hormone, vitamin D, and cardiovascular disease in chronic renal failure.
- Coronary heart disease in chronic renal insufficiency: some management considerations.
- Extraskeletal calcification in patients with chronic kidney failure.
- Progression of vascular calcification in uraemic patients: can it be stopped?
- Effect of blood pressure lowering and antihypertensive drug class on progression of hypertensive kidney disease: results from the AASK trial.
- Oligonephronia, primary hypertension and renal disease: 'is the child father to the man?'.
- Hypertension and renal disease in blacks: role of genetic and/or environmental factors?
- Racial disparities in the association of foetal growth retardation to childhood blood pressure.
- The relationship between magnitude of proteinuria reduction and risk of end-stage renal disease: results of the African American study of kidney disease and hypertension.
- US minority groups and end-stage renal disease: a disproportionate share.
- Vitamin B12 levels and nerve conduction velocities in patients undergoing maintenance hemodialysis.
- Vitamin B12 levels and nerve conduction velocities in patients undergoing maintenance hemodialysis.
- Vitamin D, blood pressure, and African Americans: toward a unifying hypothesis.
- Chronic kidney disease in African Americans: past, present, and future: introduction.
Fellowships
- University of Pennsylvania Biophysics 1969
- Duke University Medical Center 1971
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