Dr. Vimal Kumar Derebail M.D.
Nephrologist (Kidney Specialist) | Nephrology
7024 Burnett Womack Campus Box 7155 Chapel Hill NC, 27599About
Dr. Vimal Derebail is a nephrologist practicing in Chapel Hill, NC. Dr. Derebail specializes in the care and treatment of the kidneys. As a nephrologist, Dr. Derebail 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
Medical College of Georgia at Georgia Regents University 2002
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Nephrology
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Sickle-cell trait: novel clinical significance.
- Hydroxyurea is associated with lower prevalence of albuminuria in adults with sickle cell disease.
- Adenovirus causing fever, upper respiratory infection, and allograft nephritis complicated by persistent asymptomatic viremia.
- Polyomavirus nephropathy: quantitative urinary polyomavirus-Haufen testing accurately predicts the degree of intrarenal viral disease.
- Negative health implications of sickle cell trait in high income countries: from the football field to the laboratory.
- A Randomized Crossover Trial of Dietary Sodium Restriction in Stage 3-4 CKD.
- The spectrum of sickle hemoglobin-related nephropathy: from sickle cell disease to sickle trait.
Clinical Trials
Treatments
- Chronic Kidney Disease
- Vascular Disease
Dr. Vimal Kumar Derebail M.D.'s Practice location
Vimal Derebail
7024 Burnett Womack Campus Box 7155 -Chapel Hill, NC 27599Get Direction
UNC Hospitals Kidney Specialty and Transplant Clinic
102 Mason Farm Road Ambulatory Care Center -Chapel Hill, NC 27514Get Direction
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