Dr. Philip J Klemmer MD
Nephrologist (Kidney Specialist) | Nephrology
101 Manning Dr Chapel Hill NC, 27599About
Dr. Philip Klemmer is a nephrologist practicing in Chapel Hill, NC. Dr. Klemmer specializes in the care and treatment of the kidneys. As a nephrologist, Dr. Klemmer 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
Temple Univ Sch of Med, Philadelphia Pa 1972
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Carbon disulfide nephropathy.
- Preexisting crescentic glomerulonephritis in the renal allograft.
- Calcium loading, calcium accumulation, and associated cardiovascular risks in dialysis patients.
- Survival of liver transplant candidates with acute renal failure receiving renal replacement therapy.
- Association of low-grade urinary albumin excretion with left ventricular hypertrophy in the general population: a reply.
- Jack London's "mysterious malady".
- Of snakes and men: the evolution of ACE inhibitors.
- The incidence and implications of aldosterone breakthrough.
- Change in proteinuria after adding aldosterone blockers to ACE inhibitors or angiotensin receptor blockers in CKD: a systematic review.
- Jack London's "chronic interstitial nephritis". A historical differential diagnosis.
- Severe lactic acidosis associated with juice of the mangosteen fruit Garcinia mangostana.
- Renal injury in extreme obesity: the important role of aldosterone.
- Renal aspirin: will all patients with chronic kidney disease one day take spironolactone?
- A simple algorithm to predict incident kidney disease.
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