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Category: Kidney - Renal - Nephrology

Denervation can lower blood pressure for some patients
April 29, 2024
An interview with Wei Li, MD, Upstate endovascular surgeon

Living donors are vital part of kidney transplant programs
March 13, 2024
Transplant chief Reza Saidi, MD outlines the process of kidney donation and how...

Pancreas/kidney transplants; babies and electronic screens: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, March 10, 2024
March 7, 2024
Interviews with Matthew Garner, MD, and Danielle Hoose, DPT

Flu, COVID and RSV; kidney transplants in children: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, Feb. 11, 2024
February 8, 2024
Interviews with Elizabeth Asiago Reddy, MD, and Toby Le Nguyen, MD

Why some patients will also receive a new kidney
January 31, 2024
Interview with Matthew Garner, MD, Upstate transplant surgeon

Living donors can make a huge difference
January 17, 2024
Interview with Toby Le Nguyen, MD, Upstate transplant surgeon

Tattoo care and removal; too much sitting; dialysis and hospice: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, Dec. 17, 2023
December 14, 2023
Interviews with Ramsay Farah, MD, Carol Sames, PhD, and Ayorinde Soipe, MD,

Tough decisions await those with end-stage kidney disease
November 8, 2023
Interview with Ayorinde Soipe, MD, a resident physician at Upstate

Focusing on cancers: liver and pancreas; lungs; kidney and prostate: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday. Aug. 27, 2023
August 24, 2023
Interviews with Thomas VanderMeer, MD, Stephen Graziano, MD, and Gennady...

Select group of patients don't need a new kidney
July 12, 2023
Interview with Reza Saidi, MD, chief of transplant services

Explaining regular screening, advanced-stage disease
June 30, 2023
Interview with Gennady Bratslavsky, MD, chair of urology

Testing a Lyme vaccine; signs of kidney disease: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, May 21, 2023
May 17, 2023
Interviews with Kristopher Paolino, MD, and Michael Lioudis, MD

Diabetes, high blood pressure among factors to consider
April 27, 2023
Interview with Michael Lioudis, MD, nephrology chief at Upstate

Transplants and obesity; latest trends in poisonings; lung cancer research: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, Feb. 26, 2023
February 24, 2023
Interviews with transplant chief Reza Saidi, MD, poison center Administrative...

Research shows that weight need not disqualify a candidate
February 13, 2023
Interview with Reza Saidi, MD, chief of transplant services at Upstate

Sexually transmitted infections on the rise; a podcast for future medical professionals; preventing kidney disease: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, May 22, 2022
May 20, 2022
Interviews with infectious disease chief Elizabeth Asiago-Reddy, MD; admission...

Explaining kidney health, disease and treatment; what weight-loss surgery is like; test-kit precautions: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, April 3, 2022
April 1, 2022
Interviews with nephrology chief Michael Lioudis, MD, bariatric surgeon Lauren...

How to prevent -- or live with -- kidney disease
March 25, 2022
Interview with Michael Lioudis, MD, Upstate's chief of nephrology