Faculty
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RAMESH NAIR, M.D.
Assistant Professor
Director, Renal Pathology
and Electron Microscopy
200 Hawkins Drive - 5243 Roy Carver Pavilion
Iowa City, IA 52242-1009
M.B.B.S. Calicut (Kozhikode) Medical College Calicut, Kerala, India, 1987
Internal Medicine Residency, New York Methodist Hospital, 1994-95
Pathology Residency, Long Island College Hospital/Winthrop University Hospital, New York, 1995-99
Renal Pathology Fellowship, Johns Hopkins Hospital, 1999-00 |
My primary interest is in the pathology of medical renal diseases and renal transplantation. We provide rapid same day renal biopsy diagnosis helping in efficient patient care and management. My current interests include IgA nephropathy and Chronic Transplant Rejections.
Recent publications:
Suneja M, Khan A, Katz PD, Khalil R, Nair R, Nodular glomerulosclerosis in a kidney transplant recipient who smokes. Am J Kidney 50(5):830-833, 2007.
Nair R, Suneja M, Thomas CA, Early onset transplant glomerulopathy is associated with antibody mediated rejection and accelerated graft loss. (Abstract, Banff Conference on Allograft Pathology, La Coruna, Spain June 2007).
Nair R, Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis: Cellular variant and beyond. Kidney Int 70:1676-1678, 2006 (Invited Commentary).
Nair, R. Katz PD. Thomas CA, Diffuse glomerular crescents and peritubular immune deposits in a transplant patient. Am J Kidney Dis 48(1):174-178, 2006.
Nair R, Walker PD. Is IgA Nephropathy the Commonest Primary Glomerulopathy Amongst Young Adults in the USA? Kidney International 69:1455-1458, 2006.
Nair R, Said M. Diabetic Woman With Massive Proteinuria and Acute Renal Failure. Am J Kidney Dis 46(2):362-366, 2005.
Bell JM, Nair R, Solon A, Walker PD. SLE: The Great Imitator Strikes Again. Am J Kidney Dis 45(1):219-222, 2005.
Nair R, Bell JM, Walker PD. Renal Biopsy in Patients Aged 80 Years and Older. Am J Kidney Dis 44(4):618-626, 2004.
Katzman M, Nair R, Racusen L, Stone J. Correlation of Percentage of Normal Glomeruli with Renal Outcome in Wegener’s Granulomatosis. Am J Nephrol 22(5-6):497-503, 2002.
Krishnan M, Nair R, Haas M, Atta MG. Acute Renal Failure in an HIV-Positive 50-Year-Old Man. Am J Kidney Dis 36(5):1075-1078, 2000.
Haas M, Nair R, Kovesdy C. A 49-Year-Old Woman with Hematuria, Proteinuria, and Glomerular Immune Complex Deposits Containing IgA and IgG. Am J Kidney Dis 36(6):1281-1285, 2000.
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