Dr. Fuad S. Shihab MD
Nephrologist (Kidney Specialist) | Nephrology
50 N Medical Dr Salt Lake City UT, 84132Rating
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Dr. Fuad Shihab is a nephrologist practicing in Salt Lake City, UT. Dr. Shihab specializes in the care and treatment of the kidneys. As a nephrologist, Dr. Shihab 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
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Expression of apoptosis regulatory genes in chronic cyclosporine nephrotoxicity favors apoptosis.
- Effect of nitric oxide modulation on TGF-beta1 and matrix proteins in chronic cyclosporine nephrotoxicity.
- De novo fibrillary glomerulopathy in the renal allograft of a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus.
- Expression of vascular endothelial growth factor and its receptors Flt-1 and KDR/Flk-1 in chronic cyclosporine nephrotoxicity.
- Renin-angiotensin system in chronic renal allograft dysfunction.
- Pirfenidone treatment decreases transforming growth factor-beta1 and matrix proteins and ameliorates fibrosis in chronic cyclosporine nephrotoxicity.
- Angiotensin II regulation of vascular endothelial growth factor and receptors Flt-1 and KDR/Flk-1 in cyclosporine nephrotoxicity.
- De novo C1q nephropathy in the renal allograft of a kidney pancreas transplant recipient: BK virus-induced nephropathy?
- Recurrent lupus nephritis in the second allograft of a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus.
- Nitric oxide modulates vascular endothelial growth factor and receptors in chronic cyclosporine nephrotoxicity.
- Lack of economic benefit with basiliximab induction in living related donor adult renal transplant recipients.
- Mycophenolate mofetil ameliorates arteriolopathy and decreases transforming growth factor-beta1 in chronic cyclosporine nephrotoxicity.
- Combination therapy with sirolimus and mycophenolate mofetil: effects on the kidney and on transforming growth factor-beta1.
- Sirolimus increases transforming growth factor-beta1 expression and potentiates chronic cyclosporine nephrotoxicity.
- Effect of pirfenidone on apoptosis-regulatory genes in chronic cyclosporine nephrotoxicity.
Clinical Trials
- Efficacy and Safety Study of Maribavir in Transplant Recipients With Cytomegalovirus (CMV) Infections That Are Refractory or Resistant to Treatment With Ganciclovir, Valganciclovir, Foscarnet, or Cidofovir
- A Multicenter Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of Cinryze® for the Treatment of Acute Antibody-mediated Rejection in Patients With Kidney Transplant
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