Notable fellow publications
1. Apple B, Sartori G, Moore B, Chintam K, Singh G, Anand PM, Strande NT, Mirshahi T, Triffo W, Chang AR. Individuals heterozygous for ALG8 protein-truncating variants are at increased risk of a mild cystic kidney disease. Kidney Int 103(3): 607-615, 2023
2. Chang AR, Moore BS, Luo JZ, Sartori G, Fang B, Jacobs S, Abdalla Y, Taher M, Carey DJ, Triffo WJ, Singh G, Mirshahi T. Exome sequencing of a clinical population for autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease. Jama 328(24): 2412-2421, 2022
3. Singh G, Hu Y, Jacobs S, Brown J, George J, Bermudez M, Ho K, Green JA, Kirchner HL, Chang AR. Post-discharge mortality and rehospitalization among participants in a comprehensive acute kidney injury rehabilitation program. Kidney360 2(9): 1424-1433, 2021
4. Chintam K, & Chang AR. Strategies to treat obesity in patients with CKD. Am J Kidney Dis 77(3): 427-439, 2021
5. Leddy J, Green JA, Yule C, Molecavage J, Coresh J, Chang AR. Improving proteinuria screening with mailed smartphone urinalysis testing in previously unscreened patients with hypertension: A randomized controlled trial. BMC Nephrol 20(1): 132, 2019
6. Zhang Y, Zafar W, Hartzel DN, Williams MS, Tin A, Chang AR, Lee MTM. GSTM1 copy number is not associated with risk of kidney failure in a large cohort. Front Genet 10: 765, 2019
7. Chang AR, Sang Y, Leddy J, Yahya T, Kirchner HL, Inker LA, Matsushita K, Ballew SH, Coresh J, Grams ME. Antihypertensive medications, and the prevalence of hyperkalemia in a large health system. Hypertension 67(6): 1181-1188, 2016
8. Perkins RM, Kirchner HL, Hartle JE, Bucaloiu ID. Estimated glomerular filtration rate variability and risk of end-stage renal disease among patients with stage 3 chronic kidney disease. Clin Nephrol 80(4): 256-262, 2013
9. Perkins RM, Tang X, Bengier AC, Kirchner HL, Bucaloiu ID. Variability in estimated glomerular filtration rate is an independent risk factor for death among patients with stage 3 chronic kidney disease. Kidney Int 82(12): 1332-1338, 2012
10. Hartle JE, Tang X, Kirchner HL, Bucaloiu ID, Sartorius JA, Pogrebnaya ZV, Akers GA, Carnero GE, Perkins RM. Bisphosphonate therapy, death, and cardiovascular events among female patients with CKD: A retrospective cohort study. Am J Kidney Dis 59(5): 636-644, 2012
11. Bucaloiu ID, Kirchner HL, Norfolk ER, Hartle JE, Perkins RM. Increased risk of death and de novo chronic kidney disease following reversible acute kidney injury. Kidney Int 81(5): 477-485, 2012
12. Perkins RM, Bucaloiu ID, Kirchner HL, Ashouian N, Hartle JE, Yahya T. GFR decline and mortality risk among patients with chronic kidney disease. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 6(8): 1879-1886, 2011
13. Puher SL, Bucaloiu ID, Perkins RM. Early nephrologic consultation after acute kidney injury. Am J Kidney Dis 58(1): 154-155; author reply 155, 2011
14. Bucaloiu ID, Wood GC, Norfolk ER, Still CD, Hartle JE, Perkins RM. Fat-free weight prediction in morbidly obese females. Int J Nephrol Renovasc Dis 4: 149-155, 2011
15. Bucaloiu ID, Perkins RM, DiFilippo W, Yahya T, Norfolk E. Acute kidney injury in the critically ill, morbidly obese patient: Diagnostic and therapeutic challenges in a unique patient population. Crit Care Clin 26(4): 607-624, 2010
16. Nepal M, Bucaloiu ID, Norfolk ER. Hypernatremia in a patient treated with sodium polystyrene sulfonate. Int J Nephrol Renovasc Dis 3: 141-143, 2010
17. Padigala KK, Hartle JE, Kirchner HL, Schultz MF. Renal cortical thickness as a predictor of renal function and blood pressure status post renal artery stenting. Angiology 60(6): 719-724, 2010
Alumni
Our nephrology fellows have enjoyed success in a variety of settings, and many choose to practice at Geisinger — testament to the high quality of work we do, our collegial community and the benefits of the lifestyle we offer.
2023
Chinedu Nwachukwu
Nephrologist
Dallas Renal Group, Dallas, TX
Lakshna Sankar, MD
Nephrologist
Samaritan Kidney Specialists, Corvallis, OR
Hospitalist
Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, PA
2021
Kiran Chintam, MD
Nephrologist
Columbus Regional Hospital, Columbus, IN
Pooja Sanghi, MD
Nephrologist
Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, PA
2019
Yoosif Abdalla, MD
Critical Care Fellowship
Geisinger Medical Center, PA
2018
Jason George, DO
Nephrologist
Geisinger Medical Center, PA
Julia Leddy, DO
Nephrologist
Geisinger Medical Center, PA
Gerald Shovlin, DO
Nephrologist
Guthrie Cancer Center, Sayre, PA
2017
Mark Kleman, MD
UNC Kidney Center, Chapel Hill, NC
2016
Lindsay Smith, DO
Private Practice
Northeast Pennsylvania
Syed Shah, MD
Private Practice
Wisconsin
2015
Sandesh Joshi, MD
Adventist Health Care, Rockville, MD
Mayurkumar Gohel, MD
Private Practice
Annapolis, MD
2014
Zubin Kolangaden, MD
Private Practice
Langhorne, PA
Gordana Obradovic, MD
Private Practice
Syracuse, NY