Internal Medicine / Renal Diseases

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James Albert Delmez, MD

Specialty Areas
Nephrology
Kidney Disease

Areas of Clinical Interest
Chronic renal disease, diagnostic testing, assessment of renal function, peritoneal dialysis,hemodialysis, bone disease in chronic renal failure, hypertension, diabetic renal disease, glomerulonephritis, polycstic kidney disease

Major or Recent Publications/Awards

Honors and Awards

Listed in Best Doctors in America, 2002 - 2008 (Best Doctors, Inc)

Listed in America's Top Doctors Castle Connolly Medical Ltd, 2003 - 2008

Editorial Responsibilities

American Journal of Kidney Disease
Blood Purification
Medtext (Internet)
Kidney International
Advances in Renal Replacement Therapy

Journal Articles

Uribarri J, Levin NW, Delmez J, Depner TA, Ornt D, Owen W, Yan G. Association of acidosis and nutritional parameters in hemodialysis patients. Amer J Kidney Dis 1999; 43:(3)493-9

Llach F, Keshav G, Goldblat MV, Lindberg JS, Sadler R, Delmez J, Arruda J, Lau, A, Slatopolsky E. Suppresion of parathyroid hormone secretion in hemodialysis patients by a novel vitamin D analogue: 19-Nor-1, 25 dihydroxyvitamin D2. Amer J Kidney Dis 1998; 32:(4)S2:S48-S54

Coyne DW, Delmez J, Spence G, Windus DW. Impaired delivery of hemodialysis prescriptions: An analysis of causes and an approach to evaluation. J Am Soc Nephrol 1997; 8:1315-1318

Coyne DW, Lowell JA, Windus DW, Delmez JA, Shenoy S, Audrain J, Howard TK. Comparison of survival of an expanded polytetrafluoroethylene graft designed for early cannulation to standard wall polytetrafluoroethylene grafts. J Am Coll Surg 1996; 183:401-405

Golder J, Delmez JA, Klahr S. Bone disease in long-term dialysis. Am J Kidney Dis 1996; 28:918-924

Delmez JA, Kelber J, Norwood KY, Giles KS, Slatopolsky E. Magnesium carbonate as a phosphorus binder: A prospective, controlled, crossover study. Kidney Int 1996; 6:163-167

Books and Book Chapters

Delmez JA, Kaye M. Bone. Handbook of Dialysis (2nd edition). Ed. Daugirdas J and Ing T. Boston, MA: Little, Brown & Co, In Press

Delmez JA, Windus DW. Diagnostic Testing and Assessment of Renal Function. Primary Care and General Medicine (3rd edition). Eds. Noble J, Green H, Heffernan J, Levinson W, Modest G. St. Louis, MO: Mosby, In Press

Slatopolsky E, Delmez JA. Bone Disease in Chronic Renal Failure and After Renal Transplantation. Disorders of Bone and Mineral Metabolism (2nd edition) Eds. Coe FL and Favus MJ. Raven Press, In Press

Delmez J. Nephrology. Ed. Ladenson PW The Consultation Guide, Lippincott Williams and Wilkins 1999; 347-388

Delmez J. What to do when delivered dose does not equal prescribed dose. Proc. 6th Ann Spring Clin Nephrol Meetings 1997; 104-105

Singer G, Delmez J. Transplant Renal Osteodystrophy. Ed. Bushinsky D. Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott-Raven 1997; 473-498

Delmez JA. Renal Osteodystrophy and Other Musculoskeletal Complications of Chronic Renal Failure. NKF Nephrology Primer (2nd Edition). Ed. A Greenberg. San Diego, CA: Academic Press 1997; 447-455

Delmez JA, Slatopolsky E. Renal Osteodystrophy. Therapy in Nephrology and Hypertension: A Companion to Brenner and Rectors The Kidney. Eds. Brady H and Wilcox CS. Philadelphia, PA: WB Saunders 1997; 497-504

Slatopolsky E, Delmez J. Renal Osteodystrophy. Metabolic Bones Disease. Eds. Avioli L and Krane S. San Diego, CA: Academic Press 1997; 443-464

For more articles and abstracts, take this off-site link to the National Library of Medicine Pub Med page for Dr. Delmez

James Albert Delmez, MD