Dr. Michael D Rokaw MD
Nephrologist (Kidney Specialist) | Nephrology
1800 Buckner St Suite C120 Shreveport LA, 71101About
Dr. Michael Rokaw is a nephrologist practicing in Shreveport, LA. Dr. Rokaw specializes in the care and treatment of the kidneys. As a nephrologist, Dr. Rokaw 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
University At Buffalo SUNY School Of Med and Biomedical Sciences Buffalo Ny 1988
University at Buffalo State University of New York School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences 1988
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Nephrology
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Vasopressin stimulates sodium transport in A6 cells via a phosphatidylinositide 3-kinase-dependent pathway.
- Sepsis or ischemia in experimental acute renal failure: what have we learned?
- Rapamycin inhibits protein kinase C activity and stimulates Na+ transport in A6 cells.
- Differential glycosylation of MUC1 in tumors and transfected epithelial and lymphoblastoid cell lines.
- A second enzyme protecting mineralocorticoid receptors from glucocorticoid occupancy.
- Carboxylmethylation of the beta subunit of xENaC regulates channel activity.
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