Dr. Syed G Shah MD
Nephrologist (Kidney Specialist) | Nephrology
106 S Claude A Lord Blvd Pottsville PA, 17901Rating
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About
Dr. Syed Shah is a nephrologist practicing in Pottsville, PA. Dr. Shah specializes in the care and treatment of the kidneys. As a nephrologist, Dr. Shah 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
King Edward Medical University 1972
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Treatment with argon plasma coagulation reduces recurrence after piecemeal resection of large sessile colonic polyps: a randomized trial and recommendations.
- Colonoscopy at a combined district general hospital and specialist endoscopy unit: lessons from 505 consecutive examinations.
- Effect of magnetic endoscope imaging on patient tolerance and sedation
- The variable stiffness colonoscope: assessment of efficacy by magnetic endoscope imaging.
- Total colonic dye-spray increases the detection of diminutive adenomas during routine colonoscopy: a randomized controlled trial.
- Use of video and magnetic endoscope imaging for rating competence at colonoscopy: validation of a measurement tool.
- Colonoscopic balloon dilation of Crohn's strictures: a review of long-term outcomes.
- Advances in immunosuppressive therapy in solid organ transplantation.
- Aids to insertion: magnetic imaging, variable stiffness, and overtubes.
- Small bowel obstruction presenting with a rectal haematoma.
Treatments
- Diabetes
- Anemia
- High Cholesterol
- Heart Disease
- Stroke
- Cerebrovascular Disease
- Chronic Kidney Disease
- Coronary Artery Disease (cad)
- Vascular Disease
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