Dr. Gerald S Light MD
Nephrologist (Kidney Specialist) | Nephrology
3564b Northcrossing Cir Valdosta GA, 31602About
Dr. Gerald Light is a nephrologist practicing in Valdosta, GA. Dr. Light specializes in the care and treatment of the kidneys. As a nephrologist, Dr. Light 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
Univ Of Saskatchewan- Coll Of Med- Saskatoon- Sask- Canada 1965
University of Saskatchewan / College of Medicine 1965
Board Certification
PediatricsAmerican Board of PediatricsABP
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Dynamic baroreflex sensitivity in anesthetized horses, maintained at 1.25 to 1.3 minimal alveolar concentration of halothane.
- Growth and development in children receiving hemodialysis.
- Growth and development in children receiving hemodialysis.
- Renal lesions in streptococcal pyoderma.
- Tinea capitis in children.
- Wilson--Mikity syndrome. Case descriptions and a review of current knowledge.
- Cerebral dysfunction in children do not procrastinate.
- The physician and differential diagnosis of communicative disorders in children.
- Effects of atropine on the arrhythmogenic dose of dobutamine in xylazine-thiamylal-halothane-anesthetized horses.
- Urticarial response during anesthesia in a horse.
- Surgical treatment of egg retention in emus.
- Small intestinal incarceration through the lateral ligament of the urinary bladder in a horse.
- Repetitive injectable anesthesia in a 27-year-old horse.
- Theophylline-induced diuresis in the neonate.
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