Massini A Merzkani, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
- Phone: 314-362-5365
- Fax: 314-362-5470
- Email: massini@nospam.wustl.edu
Interests: Long term renal allograft survival, Recurrent glomerulonephritis after transplantation, complications related to kidney transplantation.
Location
Patients seen at
Center for Advanced Medicine, South County
- Physical Address: 5201 Midamerica Place, St. Louis, MO, USA
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Mailing Address:
5201 Midamerica Plaza
St. Louis, MO 63129 - Phone: 314-286-0770
- Fax: 314-747-5213
Center for Advanced Medicine
- Physical Address: 4921 Parkview Place, Saint Louis, MO, United States
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Mailing Address:
4921 Parkview Place
Suite C, 5th Floor
St. Louis, MO 63110 - Phone: 314-362-7603
- Fax: 314-747-2460
Mailing Address
Specialty Areas
- Internal Medicine
- Nephrology
- Kidney Transplantation
Education
- Transplant Nephrology: Mayo Clinic, Rochester MN, 2018
- Nephrology Fellowship: Hofstra Northwell School of Medicine, 2017
- Internal Medicine Residency: Albert Einstein College of Medicine (Jacobi Medical Center), 2015
- Medical Degree: Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Honduras, 2011
Board Certification
- Internal Medicine
- Nephrology
Clinical Interests
- Long term renal allograft survival
- Recurrent glomerulonephritis after transplantation
- Complications related to kidney transplantation
Research Interests
- Long-term allograft survival
Publications
Research Articles
Gangadharan K, Parameswaranunni R, Merzkani M, Molmenti E, Bhaskaran M. Renal Transplantation after Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement: Case Report. Int J Angiol, 2020
Kukla A, Hill J, Merzkani M, Bentall A, Lorenz EC, Park WD, D’Costa M, Kudva YC, Stegall MD, Shah P. The Use of GLP1R Agonists for the Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes in Kidney Transplant Recipients. Transplant Direct, 2020.
Issa N, Lopez CL, Denic A, Taler SJ, Larson JJ, Kremers WK, Ricaurte L, Merzkani MA, Alexander MP, Chakkera HA, Stegall MD, Augustine JJ, Rule AD. Kidney Structural Features from Living Donors Predict Graft Failure in the Recipient. J Am Soc Nephrol, 2020
Sochol KM, Johns TS, Buttar RS, Randhawa L, Sanchez E, Gal M, Lestrade K, Merzkani M, Abramowitz MK, Mossavar-Rahmani Y, Melamed ML. The Effects of Dairy Intake on Insulin Resistance: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Clinical Trials. Nutrients, 2019.
Ross DW, Abbasi MM, Jhaveri KD, Sachdeva M, Miller I, Barnett R, Narasimhan M, Mayo P, Merzkani M, Mathew AT. Lung ultrasonography in end-stage renal disease: moving from evidence to practice-a narrative review. Clin Kidney J, 2018
Ross DW, Stevens GR, Wanchoo R, Majure DT, Jauhar S, Fernandez HA, Merzkani M, Jhaveri KD. Left Ventricular Assist Devices and the Kidney. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol, 2018
Merzkani M, Uppal NN, Ross DW, Gautam-Goyal P, Malhotra P, Shah HH, Jhaveri KD, D’Agati VD. Strongyloides stercoralis-Associated Tip Variant Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis. Kidney Int Rep, 2017.
Merzkani M, Israel E, Sachdeva M. Primary Cytomegalovirus Infection Causing Guillain-Barré Syndrome in a Living Renal Allograft Recipient. Case Rep Transplant, 2017.