Dr. Gary C Curhan MD SCD
Nephrologist (Kidney Specialist) | Nephrology
181 Longwood Ave Channing Laboratory Boston MA, 02115About
Dr. Gary Curhan is a nephrologist practicing in Boston, MA. Dr. Curhan specializes in the care and treatment of the kidneys. As a nephrologist, Dr. Curhan 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
Harvard Med Sch, Boston Ma 1985
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Fluid intake and the risk of bladder cancer in men.
- High body mass index and hypercholesterolemia: risk of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy.
- Epidemiologic evidence for the role of oxalate in idiopathic nephrolithiasis.
- A prospective study of pregravid oral contraceptive use and risk of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy.
- Quality of life among women with interstitial cystitis.
- Diabetes, hemoglobin A(1c), cholesterol, and the risk of moderate chronic renal insufficiency in an ambulatory population.
- A prospective study of age and lifestyle factors in relation to community-acquired pneumonia in US men and women.
- Relationship between hematocrit and renal function in men and women.
- Blood pressure and angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor use in hypertensive patients with chronic renal insufficiency.
- Epidemiology of anemia associated with chronic renal insufficiency among adults in the United States: results from the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.
- Methodological issues in studying the epidemiology of mild to moderate chronic renal insufficiency.
- Iron status and hemoglobin level in chronic renal insufficiency.
- Nonnarcotic analgesic use and the risk of hypertension in US women.
- Prevention of contrast nephropathy.
- Anaemia among subjects with chronic renal insufficiency.
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