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Office
890 W Faris Rd Suite 520
Greenville SC
Greenville, SC 29605Phone+1 864-455-1770Fax+1 864-455-1775- Is this information wrong?
Summary
- I am a transplant nephrologist and Professor of Medicine and Surgery at the Medical University of South Carolina. As a member of the MUSC Health Transplant Center, I support the evaluation of pre-transplant patients and the care and management of post-transplant patients. My areas of interest and research include care of post renal and pancreas patients, transplantation of Sickle Cell Anemia patients, management of transplant rejections, transplant infections, skin conditions, weight management issues and recurrent glomerulonephritis after transplantation.
I received his Medicine Doctorate Degree in 1990 from the University of Puerto Rico School in San Juan, Puerto Rico, my Post-Doctoral training (1994-1997) Fellowship in Renal Medicine (Transplant Nephrology and Research) at Emory University School of Medicine, Division of Nephrology in Atlanta GA. I am Board Certified Diplomat in Nephrology by the American Board of Internal Medicine.
I served as medical director of the Emory Transplant Center, Piedmont Transplant Institute and Medical College of Georgia Renal and Pancreas Programs in Georgia. I have contributed to many local-institutional, regional and national committees and boards, and am a member of various scientific and professional societies including; International Society of Nephrology, Colegio de Médicos y Cirujanos de Puerto Rico, Member of the American Society of Transplant Physicians, Fellow of the American College of Physicians, Fellow of the American Society of Nephrology.
Education & Training
- Emory University School of MedicineFellowship, Nephrology, 1994 - 1997
- University of Puerto Rico School of MedicineClass of 1990
Certifications & Licensure
- GA State Medical License 1993 - 2025
- SC State Medical License 2014 - 2025
- American Board of Internal Medicine Nephrology
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 43 citationsDialysis Facility Referral and Start of Evaluation for Kidney Transplantation among Patients Treated with Dialysis in the Southeastern United StatesRachel E. Patzer, Laura McPherson, Zhensheng Wang, Laura C. Plantinga, Sudeshna Paul, Matthew J. Ellis, Derek Dubay, Joshua Wolf, Amber Reeves-Daniel, Heather Jones, C...> ;American Journal of Transplantation. 2020 Feb 11
- 30 citationsAssociation of sociocultural factors with initiation of the kidney transplant evaluation process.Reem E. Hamoda, Laura McPherson, Kristie Lipford, Kimberly R. Jacob Arriola, Laura C. Plantinga, Jennifer C. Gander, Erica L. Hartmann, Laura L. Mulloy, Carlos Zayas, ...> ;American Journal of Transplantation. 2020 Jan 1
- 23 citationsA Culturally Sensitive Web-based Intervention to Improve Living Donor Kidney Transplant Among African AmericansRachel E. Patzer, Laura McPherson, Nakeva Redmond, Derek Dubay, Carlos Zayas, Erica Hartmann, Laura L. Mulloy, Jennie P. Perryman, Stephen O. Pastan, Kimberly R. Jacob...> ;Kidney International Reports. 2019 May 31
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Other Languages
- Spanish
Hospital Affiliations
- MUSC Health University Medical CenterCharleston, South Carolina
- WellStar MCG Health, affiliated with Medical College of GeorgiaAugusta, Georgia
- Candler HospitalSavannah, Georgia
- Prisma Health Greenville Memorial HospitalGreenville, South Carolina
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