Experienced in Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis

Dr. Luis F. Gimenez

Nephrology
Johns Hopkins Medicine
Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center
601 North Caroline Street, Floor 7, Floor 7, 
Baltimore, MD 
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Experienced in Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis
Johns Hopkins Medicine
Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center
601 North Caroline Street, Floor 7, Floor 7, 
Baltimore, MD 
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Dr. Luis F. Gimenez is an assistant professor of medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. His area of clinical expertise includes nephrology. Dr. Gimenez received his medical degree from Facultad de Medicina de la Universidad de Chile. He completed residencies in internal medicine at Hospital Clinico Regional Dr. Guillermo Grant Benavente, Hospital Carlos Van Buren and the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. He performed his fellowship in nephrology at Johns Hopkins. His research interests include the pathophysiology of chronic renal failure.

Dr. Gimenez is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis. His top areas of expertise are End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD), Chronic Kidney Disease, Acute Kidney Failure, and Minimal Change Disease.

His clinical research consists of co-authoring 11 peer reviewed articles. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years.

Residency
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Medicine, 1984
Specialties
Nephrology
Licenses
Internal Medicine in MD
Board Certifications
American Board Of Internal Medicine
Fellowships
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Nephrology, 1985
Hospital Affiliations
Umd Upper Chesapeake Medical Center
The Johns Hopkins Hospital
Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
Medstar Good Samaritan Hospital
Languages Spoken
English
Spanish
Gender
Male

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Locations

Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center
601 North Caroline Street, Floor 7, Floor 7, Baltimore, MD 21287
Call: 410-955-0670

Additional Areas of Focus

Dr. Gimenez 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.

IgA Nephropathy

Clinical Research

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11 Total Publications

Patients' and family members' perspectives on arrhythmias and sudden death in dialysis: the HeartLink focus groups pilot study.
Patients' and family members' perspectives on arrhythmias and sudden death in dialysis: the HeartLink focus groups pilot study.
Journal: BMC nephrology
Published: October 02, 2019
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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.

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410-955-4427
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