Overview
Dr. Derek M. Fine is an associate professor of medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. His areas of clinical expertise include glomerular kidney disease, particularly lupus nephritis and other immune-mediated kidney diseases, HIV-related kidney disease, scleroderma-related kidney disease, acute kidney injury, hyponatremia, kidney biopsy, and rhabdomyolysis. Dr. Fine earned his M.D. at Johns Hopkins. He completed his residency in internal medicine and his fellowship in nephrology at Johns Hopkins. His research interests include HIV-related kidney diseases and lupus nephritis. He is a member of the Miller Coulson Academy of Clinical Excellence and was named 2018 Physician of the Year at Johns Hopkins Hospital.
Dr. Fine is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis. His top areas of expertise are Lupus Nephritis, Glomerulonephritis, Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE), Chronic Kidney Disease, and Kidney Transplant.
His clinical research consists of co-authoring 86 peer reviewed articles. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years. In particular, he has co-authored 5 articles in the study of Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis.
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Locations
10751 Falls Road, Falls Concourse STE 408/412, Falls Concourse STE 408/412, Lutherville, MD 21093
1717 East Monument Street, Park Building, Ground Level, Baltimore, MD 21287
301 Mason Lord Drive, Suite 3400, Baltimore, MD 21224
Additional Areas of Focus
Dr. Fine has provided the following conditions as areas of focus. Please note that we may not have enough data to validate their experience in some of these conditions.
Clinical Research
Clinical research consists of overseeing clinical studies of patients undergoing new treatments and therapies, and publishing articles in peer reviewed medical journals. Providers who actively participate in clinical research are generally at the forefront of the fields and aware of the most up-to-date advances in treatments for their patients.
Jeffrey Kopp is a Nephrologist in Bethesda, Maryland. Dr. Kopp is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis. His top areas of expertise are Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis, Glomerulonephritis, Nephrotic Syndrome, Minimal Change Disease, and Kidney Transplant.
The Johns Hopkins Hospital
Dr. Nada Alachkar is an associate professor of medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Her areas of clinical expertise include incompatible kidney transplants, kidney transplants, nephrology and pancreas transplants. Dr. Alachkar earned her M.D. at Aleppo University Faculty of Medicine in Syria. She completed residencies at Aleppo University and Wright State University School of Medicine. She performed clinical fellowship in nephrology and transplant nephrology fellowship at Johns Hopkins University. Her research interests include recurrent glomerular diseases post kidney transplantation; in particular recurrent FSGS post transplant. Also, she is studying biomarkers in kidney transplants; outcome of living and deceased donor kidney transplant recipients with positive crossmatch; and responses to desensitization treatments and post-transplant outcome in highly sensitized patients. Dr. Alachkar is a member of the American Society of Nephrology and the American Society of Transplantation. Dr. Alachkar is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis. Her top areas of expertise are Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis, Atypical Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome (aHUS), D-Plus Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome, Kidney Transplant, and Splenectomy.
Rulan Parekh is a Nephrologist and a Pediatrics provider in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Parekh is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis. Her top areas of expertise are Nephrotic Syndrome, Chronic Kidney Disease, End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD), Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis, and Kidney Transplant.
Areas of Expertise
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- Elite
- Lupus NephritisDr. Fine isElite. Learn about Lupus Nephritis.
- Distinguished
- Chronic Kidney DiseaseDr. Fine isDistinguished. Learn about Chronic Kidney Disease.
- GlomerulonephritisDr. Fine isDistinguished. Learn about Glomerulonephritis.
- Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE)Dr. Fine isDistinguished. Learn about Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE).
- Advanced
- Acute Kidney FailureDr. Fine isAdvanced. Learn about Acute Kidney Failure.
- End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD)
- Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis
- Experienced
- CalcinosisDr. Fine isExperienced. Learn about Calcinosis.
- CalciphylaxisDr. Fine isExperienced. Learn about Calciphylaxis.
- Congenital MicrocoriaDr. Fine isExperienced. Learn about Congenital Microcoria.
- Congenital Nephrotic SyndromeDr. Fine isExperienced. Learn about Congenital Nephrotic Syndrome.
- Denys-Drash Syndrome (DDS)Dr. Fine isExperienced. Learn about Denys-Drash Syndrome (DDS).
- Diabetic NephropathyDr. Fine isExperienced. Learn about Diabetic Nephropathy.