Dr. Howard M. Cushner M.D.
Nephrologist (Kidney Specialist) | Nephrology
Madigan Army Medical Ctr 9040 Reid St Attn Mc Tacoma WA, 98431About
Dr. Howard Cushner is a nephrologist practicing in Tacoma, WA. Dr. Cushner specializes in the care and treatment of the kidneys. As a nephrologist, Dr. Cushner 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 Md Sch of Med, Baltimore Md 1977
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Cardiovascular effects of pseudoephedrine in medically controlled hypertensive patients.
- Emergencies in continuous dialysis patients: diagnosis and management.
- Review: Renal osteodystrophy--pathogenesis and treatment.
- Mineralocorticoid-induced kaliuresis in type-II pseudohypoaldosteronism.
- Sexual dysfunction in the male dialysis patient: pathogenesis, evaluation, and therapy.
- Renal osteodystrophy--pathogenesis and treatment.
- Effect of citrate on serum aluminum concentrations in hemodialysis patients: a prospective study.
- Does hemodilution exist? Effects of saline infusion on hematologic parameters in euvolemic subjects.
- Hemolytic-uremic syndrome without evidence of microangiopathic hemolytic anemia on peripheral blood smear.
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