Dr. Martin Russell Pollak MD
Nephrologist (Kidney Specialist) | Nephrology
330 Brookline Ave De 1 Boston MA, 02215About
Dr. Martin Pollak is a nephrologist practicing in Boston, MA. Dr. Pollak specializes in the care and treatment of the kidneys. As a nephrologist, Dr. Pollak 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
New York Univ Sch of Med, New York Ny 1988
New York University School of Medicine 1988
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Nephrology
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Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Successful pregnancy outcome in a woman with a gain-of-function mutation of the calcium-sensing receptor. A case report.
- Mutations in ACTN4, encoding alpha-actinin-4, cause familial focal segmental glomerulosclerosis.
- A locus for adolescent and adult onset familial focal segmental glomerulosclerosis on chromosome 1q25-31.
- Familial focal segmental glomerulosclerosis.
- Inherited podocytopathies: FSGS and nephrotic syndrome from a genetic viewpoint.
- NPHS2 mutations in late-onset focal segmental glomerulosclerosis: R229Q is a common disease-associated allele.
- The calcium-sensing receptor is required for normal calcium homeostasis independent of parathyroid hormone.
- The genetic basis of FSGS and steroid-resistant nephrosis.
- Mice deficient in alpha-actinin-4 have severe glomerular disease.
- NPHS2 R229Q functional variant is associated with microalbuminuria in the general population.
- Alpha-actinin-4-mediated FSGS: an inherited kidney disease caused by an
- Mutations in the long QT gene, KCNQ1, are an uncommon cause of atrial fibrillation.
- Comparative linkage analysis and visualization of high-density oligonucleotide SNP array data.
- TRPC6 is a glomerular slit diaphragm-associated channel required for normal renal
- Mutational and Biological Analysis of alpha-actinin-4 in focal segmental glomerulosclerosis.
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Fellowships
- Brigham and Women's Hospital in Nephrology, Boston, MA 1994
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