Dr. Steven C Borkan M.D.
Nephrologist (Kidney Specialist) | Nephrology
725 Albany St Shapiro 7, Suite A Boston MA, 02118Rating
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About
Dr. Steven Borkan is a nephrologist practicing in Boston, MA. Dr. Borkan specializes in the care and treatment of the kidneys. As a nephrologist, Dr. Borkan 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.
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Nephrology
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Prior heat stress inhibits apoptosis in adenosine triphosphate-depleted renal tubular cells.
- cAMP-activated anion conductance is associated with expression of CFTR in neonatal mouse cardiac myocytes.
- Hepatic alpha 2 mu-globulin localizes to the cytosol of rat proximal tubule
- c-Src and HSP72 interact in ATP-depleted renal epithelial cells.
- Molecular chaperones in the kidney.
- Extracorporeal therapies for acute intoxications.
- Heat stress prevents mitochondrial injury in ATP-depleted renal epithelial cells.
- Hsp72 expression enhances survival in adenosine triphosphate-depleted renal epithelial cells.
- hsp72 inhibits focal adhesion kinase degradation in ATP-depleted renal epithelial cells.
- HSP72 inhibits apoptosis-inducing factor release in ATP-depleted renal epithelial cells.
- Hsp72 interacts with paxillin and facilitates the reassembly of focal adhesions during recovery from ATP depletion.
- Lithium activates the Wnt and phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase Akt signaling pathways to promote cell survival in the absence of soluble survival factors.
- Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma inhibition prevents adhesion to the extracellular matrix and induces anoikis in hepatocellular carcinoma cells.
- Distinct hsp70 domains mediate apoptosis-inducing factor release and nuclear accumulation.
- A novel cellular survival factor--the B2 subunit of vacuolar H+-ATPase inhibits apoptosis.
Awards
- Boston Super Doctors 2011
- NIH Research Grant Acute Renal Failure 1999-2013
- Robert Evans Dawson Teaching Award, Boston Medical Center
- Educator of the Year, Boston University School of Medicine
- Special Recognition Teaching Award, Boston Medical Center
- Excellence in Teaching Award for Hospital Based Faculty
- Teacher of the Year award, granted by Housestaff in Physical Medicine
- Grant V. Rodkey Award for outstanding contributions to medical educat
Fellowships
- Research Fellowship in Nephrology, Michael Reese Hospital & Medical Center, Chicago IL, Clinical Fellowship in Nephrology, University of Chicago Hospital, Chicago IL 1985
- University of Chicago, Fellow:Nephrology 1985
- Boston Univ, Thorndike Lab, Research Fellow 1986
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