Dr. John Maesaka
Nephrologist (Kidney Specialist) | Nephrology
200 Old Country Road Suite 135 Mineola New York, 11501Rating
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About
Dr. John Maesaka is a nephrologist practicing in Mineola, New York. Dr. Maesaka specializes in the care and treatment of the kidneys. As a nephrologist, Dr. Maesaka 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
Boston University
Boston University School of Medicine 1961
Board Certification
American Board of Internal Medicine- Internal Medicine
Nephrology
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Nephrology
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Dr. John Maesaka's Expert Contributions
Can low sodium affect my kidneys?
The low sodium should not directly affect your kidneys but the dehydration raises some complicated questions. It is difficult to determine dehydration but if you are truly dehydrated then it might affect kidney function that can be reversed. There is a question of whether you have an outmoded term called cerebral salt eating or more appropriately renal salt wasting. Treatment is to give salt water. Be careful of diagnosis of SIADH that is more commonly diagnosed but are fluid restricted because they have too much water in their body. You could also be dehydrated with normal kidneys where treatment is to five salt water. In the end there should not be any damage to your kidneys, just increase your salt and water intake if you are truly dehydrated READ MORE
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Prevalence of hypertension in a hemodialysis population.
- Beneficial effects of iron therapy in renal failure patients on hemodialysis.
- Cerebral salt-wasting syndrome: does it exist?
- Is there material hazard to treatment with intravenous iron?
- Self-assessed quality of life in peritoneal dialysis patients.
- Self-assessed physical and mental function of haemodialysis patients.
- Prostaglandin D2 synthase induces apoptosis in PC12 neuronal cells.
- Prostaglandin D(2) synthase induces apoptosis in pig kidney LLC-PK1 cells.
- Contribution of prostaglandin D2 synthase to progression of renal failure and dialysis dementia.
- Elevated L-PGDS activity contributes to PMA-induced apoptosis concomitant with downregulation of PI3-K.
- A randomized controlled trial of N-acetylcysteine to prevent contrast nephropathy in cardiac angiography.
- Treating interdialytic hyperkalemia with fludrocortisone.
- Prostaglandin D2 synthase inhibits the exaggerated growth phenotype of spontaneously hypertensive rat vascular smooth muscle cells.
- Cytoprotection by darbepoetin/epoetin alfa in pig tubular and mouse mesangial cells.
- Inhibition of cell cycle progression and migration of vascular smooth muscle cells by prostaglandin D2 synthase: resistance in diabetic Goto-Kakizaki rats.
Areas of expertise and specialization
Faculty Titles & Positions
- Professor of Medicine, Winthrop University Hospital -
Dr. John Maesaka's Practice location
NYU Langone Hospital Long Island
1230 Park Ave Apt 17C -New York, NY 10128Get Direction
MINEOLA, NY 11501Get Direction
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