BalakuntalamKasinathMD
Nephrology • San Antonio, TXEmeritus Professor, Medicine, University of Texas Medical School, San Antonio
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Office
4502 Medical Dr
San Antonio, TX 78229Phone+1 210-257-1400- Is this information wrong?
Summary
- Dr. Balakuntalam Kasinath is a nephrologist in San Antonio, TX. He retired in 2018. He was affiliated with multiple hospitals in the area, including South Texas Veterans Health Care System and University Health / UT Health Science Center at San Antonio. He received his medical degree from Bangalore Medical College and was in practice 43 years. He is experienced in clinical: glomerulonephritis, diabetic nephropathy and research: molecular basis of kidney injury in diabetes and aging. He has more than 100 publications and over 500 citings.
Education & Training
University of ChicagoFellowship, Nephrology, 1980 - 1983
Advocate Health Care/Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical CenterResidency, Internal Medicine, 1977 - 1980
Bangalore Medical CollegeClass of 1974
Certifications & Licensure
TX State Medical License 1991 - 2024
IL State Medical License 1979 - 1993- American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
- American Board of Internal Medicine Nephrology
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- America's Top Doctors Castle Connolly, 2002-2014
- Top Doctors:SE Texas Castle Connolly, 2013
- Fellow (ASNF) American Society of Nephrology
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Tryptophan metabolites and anemia in patients with diabetic kidney disease.Subrata Debnath, Afaf Saliba, Saket Kottewar, Sheena Grant, Balakuntalam S Kasinath, Kumar Sharma, Carlos Lorenzo, Thomas, N.> ;Journal of Nephrology. 2023 May 1
- TGFβ instructs mTORC2 to activate PKCβII for increased TWIST1 expression in proximal tubular epithelial cell injury.Falguni Das, Nandini Ghosh-Choudhury, Soumya Maity, Balakuntalam S Kasinath, Goutam Ghosh Choudhury> ;FEBS Letters. 2023 May 1
- 3 citationsOncoprotein DJ-1 interacts with mTOR complexes to effect transcription factor Hif1α-dependent expression of collagen I (α2) during renal fibrosis.Falguni Das, Nandini Ghosh-Choudhury, Soumya Maity, Balakuntalam S Kasinath, Goutam Ghosh Choudhury> ;The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 2022 Sep 1
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Journal Articles
- Marmoset as a Model to Study Kidney Changes Associated with AgingAndrew Donati, Balakuntalam S Kasinath, The Journals of Gerontology
- Hydrogen Sulfide Ameliorates Aging-Associated Changes in the KidneyBalakuntalam Kasinath, MD, Geroscience
Professional Memberships
- Fellow
Hospital Affiliations
Audie L. Murphy Memorial Veterans' HospitalSan Antonio, Texas
University Health / UT Health Science Center at San AntonioSan Antonio, Texas
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