Dr. Robert S Gaston MD
Nephrologist (Kidney Specialist) | Nephrology
619 19th Street South Birmingham AL, 35233About
Dr. Robert Gaston is a nephrologist practicing in Birmingham, AL. Dr. Gaston specializes in the care and treatment of the kidneys. As a nephrologist, Dr. Gaston 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
St Louis Univ Sch of Med, St Louis Mo 1979
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Nephrology
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Unequal racial access to kidney transplantation.
- African Americans and renal transplantation: disproportionate need, limited access, and impaired outcomes.
- Addressing minority issues in renal transplantation: is more equitable access an achievable goal?
- Determinants of cardiovascular mortality after renal transplantation: a role for cytomegalovirus?
- Diabetes mellitus after kidney transplantation.
- Kidneys from deceased donors: maximizing the value of a scarce resource.
- Association of CD20+ infiltrates with poorer clinical outcomes in acute cellular rejection of renal allografts.
- Understanding the influence of ethnicity on renal allograft survival.
- The relationship between ethnicity and outcomes in solid organ transplantation.
- Improving access to renal transplantation.
- Current and evolving immunosuppressive regimens in kidney transplantation.
- Kidney transplantation as primary therapy for end-stage renal disease: a National Kidney Foundation/Kidney Disease Outcomes Quality Initiative (NKF/KDOQITM) conference.
- Transplant tourism: a modern iteration of an ancient problem.
- Must health literacy be a prerequisite for kidney transplantation?
- A Festschrift honoring Dr. John J. Curtis.
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