Associate Professor, Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Pediatric Nephrology
Dr. Abhay N. Vats, MD
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Abhay N. Vats, MD practices Pediatric Nephrology. He researched medicine at Wayne State University School of Medicine. Wayne State University School of Medicine has a rank of 63 in research and a 85 in primary care He has 1 awards "Regional Top Doctor". Abhay Vats is a published physician. He published 51 publications, including: 'Hemodialysis catheter placement and recirculation in treatment of hyperammonemia.'
Publications
- Pediatric living donor Kidney transplantation under alemtuzumab pretreatment and tacrolimus monotherapy: 4-year experience.
- Antilymphoid antibody preconditioning and tacrolimus monotherapy for pediatric Kidney transplantation.
- A locus for Renal malformations including vesico-ureteric reflux on chromosome 13q33-34.
- Detection of CD8+ T cells sensitized to BK virus large T antigen in healthy volunteers and Kidney transplant recipients.
- Steroid-resistant nephrotic syndrome and congenital anomalies of Kidneys: evidence of locus on chromosome 13q.
- Cytokine overproduction in healthy first degree relatives of patients with IDDM.
- Update of PAX2 mutations in Renal coloboma syndrome and establishment of a locus-specific database.
- Cost of extracorporeal life support in pediatric patients with acute respiratory failure.
- Henoch-Schönlein purpura and pulmonary hemorrhage: a report and literature review.
- Relationships of cell proliferation and expression of integrin subunits and type I collagen in skin fibroblasts with Renal lesions in patients with IDDM.
- Loop-mediated isothermal amplification assay for rapid detection of common strains of Escherichia coli.
- BK virus and neoplasia: an emerging role.
- BK virus-associated transplant Nephropathy: need for increased awareness in children.
- Hemodialysis catheter placement and recirculation in treatment of hyperammonemia.
- Inhibition of Simian Virus 40 replication by targeting the molecular chaperone function and ATPase activity of T antigen.
- The pathobiology of polyomavirus infection in man.
- Successful retransplantation after Renal allograft loss to polyoma virus interstitial nephritis.
- Delayed acute Renal failure in post-transplant period in young children from unexplained etiology.
- BK virus infection in Renal transplant recipients.
- Improved late graft survival and half-lives in pediatric Kidney transplantation: a single center experience.
- Viral load monitoring in BK virus-associated Nephropathy.
- Pretransplant dialysis status and outcome of Renal transplantation in North American children: a NAPRTCS Study. North American Pediatric Renal Transplant Cooperative S...
- Polyomavirus BK non-coding control region rearrangements in health and Disease.
- Polyomavirus allograft Nephropathy: sequential assessment of histologic viral load, tubulitis, and graft function following changes in immunosuppression.
- Systemic anticoagulation and bleeding in children with hemodialysis catheters.
- Infantile systemic lupus erythematosus presenting with pulmonary hemorrhage.
- Antihypertensive and renoprotective efficacy and safety of losartan. A long-term study in children with Renal disorders.
- Quantitation of DNA of polyomaviruses BK and JC in human Kidneys.
- Alemtuzumab pre-conditioning with tacrolimus monotherapy in pediatric Renal transplantation.
- Phylogenetic analysis of polyomavirus BK sequences.
- Autosomal dominant progressive Nephropathy with deafness: linkage to a new locus on chromosome 11q24.
- Effect of leflunomide and cidofovir on replication of BK virus in an in vitro culture system.
- African American Hypertensive nephropathy maps to a new locus on chromosome 9q31-q32.
- DNA sequencing of viral capsid protein VP-1 region in patients with BK virus interstitial Nephritis.
- Development of a loop-mediated isothermal amplification assay for rapid detection of BK virus.
- Diagnosis and treatment of BK virus-associated transplant Nephropathy.
- Renal transplantation in children managed with lymphocyte depleting agents and low-dose maintenance tacrolimus monotherapy.
- Immunoglobulin G, A, and M responses to BK virus in Renal transplantation.
- Correlates of quantitative measurement of BK polyomavirus (BKV) DNA with clinical course of BKV infection in Renal transplant patients.
- Monitoring for polyomavirus BK And JC in urine: comparison of quantitative polymerase chain reaction with urine cytology.
- Long-term antiproteinuric and renoprotective efficacy and safety of losartan in children with proteinuria.
- A comparative study of BK and JC virus infections in organ transplant recipients.
- Familial nephrotic syndrome: clinical spectrum and linkage to chromosome 19q13.
- Quantitation of viral DNA in Renal allograft tissue from patients with BK virus nephropathy.
- Proteomic analysis of urine in Kidney transplant patients with BK virus nephropathy.
- Low incidence of BK virus nephropathy after simultaneous Kidney pancreas transplantation.
- Quantitative viral load monitoring and cidofovir therapy for the management of BK virus-associated Nephropathy in children and adults.
- Viral regulatory region sequence variations in Kidney tissue obtained from patients with BK virus nephropathy.
- Glomerular structural factors in progression of congenital nephrotic syndrome.
- Genetics of idiopathic nephrotic syndrome.
Schools
AllIndia Institute Of Medical Sciences AllIndia Institute Of Medical Sciences
University Of Mn Med School
Wayne St University Detroit M C
Procedures Preformed
- Hemodialysis
Conditions Treated
- Chronic Kidney Diseases
- End-Stage Renal Disease
- Henoch-Schonlein purpura
- Hyperkalemia
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Doctors Specialties
- Pediatric Nephrology
Accepted Insurances
- Aetna HMO
- Choice Plus POS II
- Blue Card PPO
- Great West Healthcare-Cigna PPO
- Commercial Insurance Company
- Fidelis Care HMO
- First Health (Coventry Health Care) PPO
- HealthSmart
- Community Blue PPO
- Choice Care PPO
- Medicaid
- Medicare MCR
- MultiPlan PPO
- PHCS Network PPO
- Choice Plus POS
- Navigate HMO
- Navigate POS
- Options PPO
- United Healthcare
- UPMC PPO
- UPMC Health Plan
- Wells Fargo Insurance
Awards
- Regional Top Doctor
Education
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University of Minnesota -
Wayne State University School of Medicine -
All India Institute of Medical Sciences
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