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Rajan Kapoor, MD, FASN
Assistant Professor of Medicine
  • Department of Nephrology, Hypertension and Transplant Medicine
    Augusta University, Augusta, GA, USA
    Phone: 706-721-9655
    E-mail: RKAPOOR@augusta.edu

Education

Graduate and Professional
2000-2005
Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS)
University College of Medical Sciences University of Delhi, New Delhi, India
Post-Doctoral Training
2005-2006
Internship, Internal Medicine, University College of Medical Sciences, University of Delhi, New Delhi, India
2006-2008 Resident, Internal Medicine, Indrapastha Apollo Hospital, New Delhi, India
2008-2011 Resident, Internal Medicine, Montefiore New Rochelle, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New Rochelle, NY
2011-2013 Fellow, Nephrology, Westchester Medical Center, New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY
2013- 2014 Fellow, Transplant Nephrology, Augusta University, Augusta, GA
2014- Present Assistant Professor of Medicine, Renal and Pancreas transplant Program, Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, Augusta University, Augusta, GA

Biography

 

Research Interest

  • Renal transplant Medicine
  • Living donor transplants
  • Immunosuppression in renal transplant
  • Recurrence of primary glomerular disease in an allograft
  • Cardiovascular risk factors in renal transplant and Dialysis patient.

Scientific Activities

Awards/ Honors
2010 Podium Position at New York ACP meeting
2010-2011 Outstanding Resident of the Year
2010-2011 Julien Friedan Cardiology Award
2011 Podium Position at Medical Society of the State of New York meeting
Scientific and Professional Societies

National Societies

  • American Society of Transplantation
  • American Society of Nephrology
  • National Kidney Foundation
  • American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin

Member

  • AST Committee - Cardiovascular Working Group - American Society of Transplantation Kidney Pancreas Community of Practice (AST KPCOP)
  • ASN Communities - Women’s health and Research, Kidney Transplantation, Onco-Nephrology
  • Fellow of American Society of Nephrology (FASN)

Member – Internal Committees – Augusta University

  • Infectious Disease/ Antimicrobial Subcommittee
  • Governance and Communication Committee

Publications

  1. Callaway CM, Ajith A, Portik-Dobos V, Best P, Zayas C, Kapoor R, Horuzsko A, Mulloy L: Soluble human leukocyte antigen-G levels and allograft survival: a demographic analysis. Presented, Southern AFMR 2017. J Investig Med 65:619, 2017
  2. Rajan Kapoor, Carlos Zayas, Laura Mulloy, Muralidharan Jagadeesan. Recurrence of Acute Page Kidney in a Renal Transplant Allograft. Case Reports in Medicine. vol. 2016, PMID: 27725836
  3. Maureen Ezeakile, Vera Portik-Dobos, Daniel D. Horuzsko, Rajan Kapoor, Katsumi Maenaka, Carlos F. Zayas, Laura L. Mulloy, Anatolij Horuzsko. Mechanisms Reprogramming B cells by HLA-G and their signature in kidney transplant patients. Tissue Antigens 86(2):90-91;August 2015
  4. Maureen Ezeakile, Vera Portik-Dobos, Juan Wu, Daniel D. Horuzsko, Rajan Kapoor, Muralidharan Jagadeesan, Laura L. Mulloy, Anatolij Horuzsko HLA-G Dimers in the Prolongation of Kidney Allograft Survival, Journal of Immunology Research; March 2014. PMID: 24741575
  5. Kapoor R, Blum D, Batra A, Varma N, Lakshmi K, Basak P, Jesmajian S. Life-threatening hypoglycemia with moxifloxacin in a dialysis patient. J Clin Pharmacol. Feb 2012. PMID: 21383336.
  6. Kohli A, Kapoor R. Embolic spread of tuberculomas in the brain in multidrug resistant tubercular meningitis. BMJ Case Reports. 2009 Feb; BCR 2007. (Feb 2009): doi: 10. 1136.
  7. Kohli A, Kapoor R. Embolic spread of tuberculomas in the brain in multidrug resistant tubercular meningitis. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry (JNNP) 2008; 79: 198: 2008 Feb (79 (2)): 198. PMID: 18202209.

 

 

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