Emory University School of Medicine
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Ashtar Chami

  • Department of Surgery
    Assistant Professor
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Academic Appointment

  • Assistant Professor of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine

Education

Degrees

  • MD from McGill University School of Medicine
  • BS from McGill University (Graduated with Great Distinction)

Research

Focus

  • 2008 2009 Detection of Class I/Class II HLA antibodies to predict type of rejection and outcome in renal transplant recipients Mentor: Manikkam Suthanthiran, Chief of Nephrology and Transplantation Medicine, New York Presbyterian Hospital, Weill Cornell Medical Center Cross-Sectional Study using sera obtained at the time of renal allograft dysfunction on 120 patients to detect class I/class II HLA antibodies and correlate presence and type of antibody with long term renal allograft function
  • 2005 2006 Kidney Size and Functional Renal Decline in ADPKD Mentor: Arlene Chapman, M.D, Professor of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Emory University School of Medicine Analyzed data from an observational long term study looking at 400 patients with ADPKD to investigate a correlation between iothalamate evaluated GFR and MRI measurement of kidney size
  • 2005 2006 Genetic Polymorphisms in Hypertension Mentor: Arlene Chapman, M.D, Professor of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Emory University School of Medicine
  • The effect of Oral Magnesium on TPN induced Cholestasis Mentor: Qiang Cai, M.D, PhD, Assistant Professor, Division of Gastroenterology, Emory University School of Medicine Set up a prospective randomized control trial comparing treatment of TPN induced cholestasis with oral Magnesium Sulfate and fatty acids
  • 2000 2003 Effect of end stage renal disease on cardiac output Mentor: Sarah Prichard, M.D, Professor, Department of Nephrology, McGill University School of Medicine Used Transonic machine to measure cardiac output and correlate it with clinical findings in ESRD dialysis dependent patients
  • 1998 1999 Mathematical modeling in the administration of chemotherapy Mentor: Micheal Mackey, PhD, Professor, Chairman of Nonlinear Dynamics, McGill University Department of Physiology Used XPP a differential equations modeling program to simulate the administration of G-CSF to obtain an optimal yield of benign cells

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