
Arnold B. Alper Jr. MD
associate professor of medicine/ nephrology and hypertension
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1415 Tulane AveNew Orleans, LA 70112
Phone+1 504-988-5838
Fax+1 504-988-7691
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Education & Training
Tulane Univ SOM1999 - 2001
University Of Alabama-Birmingham School of MedicineFellowship, 1999 - 2000
Tulane UniversityChief Residency, Internal Medicine, 1998 - 1999
Tulane UniversityResidency, Internal Medicine, 1995 - 1998
Tulane University School of MedicineClass of 1995, MD, Alpha Omega Alpha
Certifications & Licensure
LA State Medical License 1996 - 2026
AL State Medical License 1999 - 2002
American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine Nephrology
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification eClinicalWorks, eClinicalWorks, LLC, 2013-2017
- CMS Meaningful Use Stage 2 Certification eClinicalWorks, eClinicalWorks, LLC, 2013-2017
- CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification eClinicalWorks EHR, eClinicalWorks LLC, 2012-2013
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 20 citationsPosoleucel in Kidney Transplant Recipients with BK Viremia: Multicenter, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Phase 2 Trial.Anil Chandraker, Anil Regmi, Reginald Gohh, Akhil Sharma, E Steve Woodle
Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. 2024-05-01 - 13 citationsCombination Treatment with Sodium Nitrite and Isoquercetin on Endothelial Dysfunction among Patients with CKD: A Randomized Phase 2 Pilot Trial.Jing M. Chen, L. Lee Hamm, Joshua D. Bundy, Damodar Kumbala, Shirisha Bodana
Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. 2020-10-06 - 49 citationsBlood Pressure and Risk of Cardiovascular Events in Patients on Chronic Hemodialysis: The CRIC Study (Chronic Renal Insufficiency Cohort).Nisha Bansal, Charles E. McCulloch, Feng Lin, Arnold B. Alper, Amanda H. Anderson
Hypertension. 2017-08-01
Journal Articles
- Pancreas transplantation - a controversy in evolution.Paramesh AS, Zhang R, Fonseca V, Killackey MT, Alper B, Slakey D, Florman S, Journal of the Lousiana State Medical Society 159(6):319-329
- Successful Transplantation of HIV patients: the Louisiana experience.Hayes K, Van Sickels N, Buell J, Killackey M, Zhang R, Slakey D, Lukitsch I, Alper A Jr, Mushatt D, Asad S, Paramesh A, J La State Med Soc; 164(4):191-3
- Increased Urinary Excretion of Angiotensinogen Is Associated with Risk of Chronic Kidney Disease.Mills KT, Kobori H, Hamm LL, Alper AB, Khan IE, Rahman M, Kleinpeter MA, Navar LG, Liu Y, Browne G, Batuman V, He J, Chen J, Nephrol Dial Transplant
Books/Book Chapters
Abstracts/Posters
- Human correlates of a rat model of preeclampsia.Outland J, Alper B, Eze C, Pridjian G, Puschett JB, American Society of Hypertension Annual Meeting
- Tissue ace inhibitors are not superior to plasma ace inhibitors in decreasing cardiovascular events in hypertensive patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD): a meta...Balamuthusamy S, Jalandara N, Adigopula S, Alper A, American Society of Hypertension Annual Meeting
- Urinary Angiotensinogen as a novel marker of the intrarenal renin-angiotensin system status in hypertensive patients.Kobori H, Alper AB, Hamm L, Navar G, American Society of Hypertension Annual Meeting
Other
- Interstitial.Alper A. Nephritis, eMedicine from WebMD
http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/243597-overview
Press Mentions
Q&A: Are You Sure the Diagnosis Is IgA Nephropathy?January 22nd, 2025
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