Academic Information
Section Chief, Division of Nephrology, HSTVH
Courtesy Faculty
Research Interests
- Dialysis
- Hypertension (high blood pressure)
- Kidney (renal) disease
- Kidney stones
Areas of Expertise
- Dialysis
- Hypertension (high blood pressure)
- Kidney (renal) disease
- Kidney stones
Education & Training
Medical School
Rajendra Medical College
Internship
Internal Medicine
University of Tennessee Medical Center-Knoxville
Residency
Internal Medicine
University of Tennessee Medical Center-Knoxville
University of Tennessee Medical Center-Knoxville
Fellowship
Nephrology
University of Tennessee Health Science Center-Memphis
Board Certification
American Board of Internal Medicine/Nephrology
Awards & Honors
Memberships
- International Society of Peritoneal Dialysis
- American Society of Nephrology
- American Society of Hypertension
Councils and Committees
- American Society of Nephrology: Fellow and Council Member
- American Society of Hypertension: Council Member for Midwest Chapter
Publications
- Lishmanov A, Dorairajan S, Pak Youngju, Chaudhary Kunal, Chockalingam A(2012) . Serum intact parathormone as a cardiovascular risk factor for patients with moderate CKD. Int Journal Urol Nephrol ;44(2):541-7.
- Yerram Preethi, Karuparthi PR, Chaudhary Kunal.(2012) Pathogenesis and management of renovascular disease and ischemic nephropathy Minerva Urol e Nefrol 64(1): 63-72.
- Ramanath Vinayak, Nistala Ravi, Chaudhary Kunal.(2012) Update on the role of Rituximab in kidney diseases and transplant. Expert Opin Biol Ther. 12(2):223-33.
- Ramanath Vinayak, Diptesh Gupta, Juhi Jain, Chaudhary Kunal and Nistala Ravi (2012). Anemia and chronic kidney disease: making sense of recent trials. Rev Recent Clin Trials. 2012 Aug 1;7(3):187-96
- Bichu Prasad and Chaudhary Kunal. (2012) Non-Infectious Complications of Immunosuppressant Medications in Renal Transplant Patients Current Clin Pharmacology, 7(4): 254-62.
- Chaudhary Kunal. Current perspective on peritoneal dialysis. (2012) (Editorial). Journal of Nephrology and Therapeutics. 2:e107. doi:10.4172/2161-0959.1000e107
- Ariyamuthu V, Balla Sudarshan and Chaudhary Kunal (2012). Ischemic Heart disease in patients undergoing dialysis: Hospital Practice 2012 Oct;40(4):33-9. doi: 10.3810/hp. 2012.10.1001.
- Chaudhary Kunal, Malhotra Kunal, Sowers James, and Aroor A. (2013) Uric acid: A Key ingredient in the recipe of cardiorenal metabolic syndrome Cardiorenal Med 2013, 3; 208-220
- Lishmanov A, Dorairajan S, Pak Y, Chaudhary Kunal, Chockalingam A (2013) Treatment of 25 OH Vitamin D in CKD stage 3 and 4 patients reduces the risk for cardiovascular events. Am J Ther. 20(5): 480-486
- Yerram Preethi and Chaudhary Kunal. Calcific uremic arteriolopathy in end stage renal disease patients: pathophysiology and management” (2014) The Ochsner Journal: Vol. 14, No. 3, pp. 380-385
- Chaudhary Kunal , Harold Moore, Ashish Tandon, Suneel Gupta, Ramesh Khanna , and Rajiv R. Mohan. Nanotechnology and Adeno-associated virus based decorin gene therapy ameliorates Peritoneal Fibrosis . (2014) Am J Physiol- Renal Physiol 307 ( 7) F777-782. DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.00653.2013
- Rao Akhilesh, Pandya Vishwam, Chaudhary Kunal. Lipid abnormalities in kidney disease and management strategies . (2015) World Journal of Nephrology 4(1): 83-91. DOI : 10.5527
- Sivakumar Ardhanari, Kannuswamy Rohini , Chaudhary Kunal, Warren Lockette and Adam Whaley-Connell. Mineralocorticoid forms of secondary hypertension (2015) Advances in CKD (in press).