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Leonard Potempa, MD, Nephrology, La Grange, IL, AMITA Health Adventist Medical Center - Hinsdale

LeonardPotempaMD

Nephrology La Grange, IL

Physician

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Education & Training

  • Loyola University Medical Center
    Loyola University Medical CenterFellowship, Nephrology, 1985 - 1988
  • Loyola University Medical Center
    Loyola University Medical CenterResidency, Internal Medicine, 1982 - 1985
  • Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine
    Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of MedicineClass of 1982
  • Loyola University of Chicago
    Loyola University of ChicagoB.A., Chemistry, Summa Cum Laude, 1979

Certifications & Licensure

  • IL State Medical License
    IL State Medical License 1982 - 2026
  • American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
  • American Board of Internal Medicine Nephrology
  • National Board of Physicians and Surgeons Internal Medicine
  • National Board of Physicians and Surgeons Nephrology

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • Listed in "Chicago's Top Doctors" Chicago Magazine, 2001, 2021
  • FASN American Society of Nephrology, 2005
  • Regional Top Doctors Castle Connolly, 2017
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Journal Articles

  • Intradialytic Parenteral Nutrition: A Retrospective Study  
    McQuiston, B.D., Potempa, L.D., DeGuzman, L., and Sackman, S, Journal of Renal Nutrition, 1/1/1997
  • Clinical Disturbances of Water Metabolism Seldin, DW and Giebisch, G, Eds  
    Potempa, L.D., Doody's Health Sciences Book Review Journal, 1/1/1994
  • A Phase I Trial of High Dose Diazoquinone and Autologous Bone Marrow Transplantation: An Illinois Cancer Counsil Study  
    Stiff, P., McKenzie, S., Potempa, L.D., Albain, K., Koch, D., Braud, E., Bansal, V.K., Weidner, M.K., Lanzotti, V.J., Chun, H.G., and Fisher, R.J., Journal of Clinical Oncology, 1/1/1991
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Books/Book Chapters

Abstracts/Posters

  • Intradialytic Parenteral Nutrition Efficacy.
    McQuiston, B.D., Potempa, L.D., DeGuzman, L. and Sackman, S., Journal of Renal Nutrition, 1/1/1996
  • Sodium Transport in Cultured Renal Tubular Cells of Hypertensive Rats.
    Potempa, L.D., American Federation for Clinical Research, Baltimore, MD, 1/1/1994
  • Effect of cAMP on Electrical Characteristics of Cultured Inner Medullary Collecting Duct Cells of Dahl-S and Dahl-R Rats.
    Potempa, L.D., American Society of Nephrology, Orlando, FL, 1/1/1994
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Professional Memberships

Hospital Affiliations