ChamberlainIObialoMD

Nephrology • Atlanta, GA

Physician

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Office
75 Piedmont Ave NE
Ste 700
Atlanta, GA 30303
Phone+1 404-756-1400

Fax+1 404-756-1402
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Education & Training

Washington University/B-JH/SLCH ConsortiumFellowship, Nephrology, 1987 - 1992
City of Faith HospitalResidency, Internal Medicine, 1984 - 1986
Ahmadu Bello UniversityClass of 1979

Certifications & Licensure

GA State Medical License 1994 - 2025
AL State Medical License Active through 1994
OK State Medical License 1985 - 1987
American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
National Board of Physicians and Surgeons Internal Medicine
National Board of Physicians and Surgeons Nephrology

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Fellow (ASNF) American Society of Nephrology

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

10 citations
Statins and Cardiovascular Disease Outcomes in Chronic Kidney Disease: Reaffirmation vs. Repudiation
Chamberlain I. Obialo, Elizabeth Ofili, Keith C. Norris> ;International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2018 Dec 4
11 citations
The Role of Vitamin D and Oxidative Stress in Chronic Kidney Disease.
Keith C. Norris, Opeyemi A. Olabisi, M. Edwina Barnett, Yuan-Xiang Meng, David Martins, Chamberlain I. Obialo, Jae Eun Lee, Susanne B. Nicholas> ;International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2018 Nov 30
19 citations
Detection of HIV-1 and Human Proteins in Urinary Extracellular Vesicles from HIV+ Patients
Samuel I. Anyanwu, Akins Doherty, Michael D. Powell, Chamberlain I. Obialo, Ming B. Huang, Alexander Quarshie, Claudette Mitchell, Khalid Bashir, Gale W. Newman> ;Advances in Virology. 2018 Mar 12
2 citations
Iatrogenic hypernatremia in hemodialysis patients: A result of erroneous online conductivity monitor and conductivity meter reading.
Chamberlain I. Obialo, Smitha John, Khalid Bashir> ;Hemodialysis International. International Symposium on Home Hemodialysis. 2017 Oct 1
10 citations
Relationships of clinic size, geographic region, and race/ethnicity to the frequency of missed/shortened dialysis treatments
Chamberlain I. Obialo, Phillip G. Zager, Orrin Myers, William C. Hunt> ;Journal of Nephrology. 2014 Jan 21
2 citations
Heart Surgery in End-Stage Renal Disease: Is Outcome Worse for African American Patients?
Jonathan Nwiloh, Chamberlain I. Obialo> ;Open Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery. 2013 Aug 11
32 citations
Relationship of missed and shortened hemodialysis treatments to hospitalization and mortality: observations from a US dialysis network.
Chamberlain I. Obialo, William C. Hunt, Khalid Bashir, Phillip G. Zager> ;Clinical Kidney Journal. 2012 Aug 1
8 citations
Cardiovascular risk modification in participants with coronary disease screened by the Kidney Early Evaluation Program.
Peter A. McCullough, Adam Whaley-Connell, Wendy W. Brown, Allan J. Collins, Shu-Cheng Chen, Suying Li, Keith C. Norris, Claudine Jurkovitz, Samy I. McFarlane, Chamberl...> ;Internal Medicine Journal. 2010 Dec 1
132 citations
Chronic kidney disease, prevalence of premature cardiovascular disease, and relationship to short-term mortality
Peter A. McCullough, Suying Li, Claudine Jurkovitz, Leslie Stevens, Alan J. Collins, Shu Cheng Chen, Keith C. Norris, Samy I. McFarlane, Bruce D. Johnson, Michael G. S...> ;American Heart Journal. 2008 Aug 1
111 citations
CKD and cardiovascular disease in screened high-risk volunteer and general populations: the Kidney Early Evaluation Program (KEEP) and National Health and Nutrition Ex...
Peter A. McCullough, Suying Li, Claudine Jurkovitz, Lesley A. Stevens, Changchun Wang, Allan J. Collins, Shu Cheng Chen, Keith C. Norris, Samy I. McFarlane, Bruce John...> ;American Journal of Kidney Diseases. 2008 Apr 1
10 citations
Dialysis "no-shows" on saturdays: implications of the weekly hemodialysis schedules on nonadherence and outcomes.
Chamberlain I. Obialo, Khalid Bashir, Sharon Goring, Beverly Robinson, Alexander Quarshie, Ahmad Al-Mahmoud, Judith Alexander-Squires> ;Journal of the National Medical Association. 2008 Apr 1
75 citations
Low birth weight is associated with chronic kidney disease only in men.
Suying Li, Shu Cheng Chen, Michael G. Shlipak, George L. Bakris, Peter A. McCullough, J. Sowers, L. Stevens, Claudine Jurkovitz, S. McFarlane, Keith Norris, Joseph A. ...> ;Kidney International. 2008 Mar 1
7 citations
Cardiorenal Consideration as a Risk Factor for Heart Failure
Chamberlain I. Obialo> ;The American Journal of Cardiology. 2007 Mar 26
12 citations
Cardiovascular Risk Factor Control in Communities—Update From the ASH Carolinas‐Georgia Chapter, the Hypertension Initiative, and the Community Physicians' Network
Brent M. Egan, Daniel T. Lackland, Priscilla Igho-Pemu, Katharine H. Hendrix, Jan Basile, Shakaib U. Rehman, Eni C. Okonofua, Alexander Quarshie, Adefisayo Oduwole, An...> ;Journal of Clinical Hypertension. 2006 Dec 1
60 citations
Ultralate Referral and Presentation for Renal Replacement Therapy: Socioeconomic Implications
Chamberlain I. Obialo, Elizabeth Ofili, Alexander Quarshie, Phyllis C. Martin> ;American Journal of Kidney Diseases. 2005 Nov 1
9 citations
The Community Physicians' Network (CPN): an academic-community partnership to eliminate healthcare disparities.
Elizabeth Ofili, Priscilla Igho-Pemu, Rigobert Lapu-Bula, Alexander Quarshie, Chamberlain I. Obialo, Clifford Thomas, Anekwe Onwuanyi, Adefisayo Odwole, Folake Ojutala...> ;Ethnicity & Disease. 2005 Jan 1
5 citations
Morehouse Community Physicians Network (CPN) hypertension registry: patterns of care and opportunities for targeted medical education.
Priscilla Igho-Pemu, Alexander Quarshie, Adefisayo Oduwole, Rigobert Lapu-Bula, Robert Mayberry, Chamberlain I. Obialo, Gary H. Gibbons, Elizabeth Ofili> ;Ethnicity & Disease. 2005 Jan 1
15 citations
Ability of troponin T to predict angiographic coronary artery disease in patients with chronic kidney disease.
Chamberlain I. Obialo, Shalini Sharda, Smriti Goyal, Elizabeth Ofili, Adefisayo Oduwole, Nancy Gray> ;The American Journal of Cardiology. 2004 Sep 15
16 citations
Adequacy and survival of autogenous arteriovenous fistula in African American hemodialysis patients.
Chamberlain I. Obialo, Albert T. Tagoe, Phyllis C. Martin, Pearl E. Asche-Crowe> ;ASAIO Journal. 2003 Jul 1
38 citations
Maintaining patency of tunneled hemodialysis catheters--efficacy of aspirin compared to warfarin.
Chamberlain I. Obialo, Anita C. Conner, Linda F. Lebon> ;Scandinavian Journal of Urology and Nephrology. 2003 Jan 1
5 citations
Nephrotic proteinuria as a result of essential hypertension.
Chamberlain I. Obialo, Karlene Hewan-Lowe, Brenda Fulong> ;Kidney & Blood Pressure Research. 2002 Nov 8
34 citations
Hyperkalemia in congestive heart failure patients aged 63 to 85 years with subclinical renal disease.
Chamberlain I. Obialo, Elizabeth Ofili, Tariq Mirza> ;The American Journal of Cardiology. 2002 Sep 15
4 citations
Kidney disease in elderly minorities.
Chamberlain I. Obialo, Sharon Allison-Ottey> ;Journal of the National Medical Association. 2002 Aug 1
144 citations
Sodium ferric gluconate complex in hemodialysis patients: Adverse reactions compared to placebo and iron dextran
Beckie Michael, Daniel W. Coyne, Steven Fishbane, Vaughn W. Folkert, Robert I. Lynn, Allen R. Nissenson, Rajiv Agarwal, Joseph W. Eschbach, Stephen Z. Fadem, J. Richar...> ;Kidney International. 2002 May 1
26 citations
Acute renal failure mortality in hospitalized African Americans: age and gender considerations.
Chamberlain I. Obialo, Angela K. Crowell, Eni C. Okonofua> ;Journal of the National Medical Association. 2002 Mar 1
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